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	They deserve to lose!
	Adam Curry, John C. Devorak.
	It's Sunday, December 18, 2022.
	This is your award-winning Kimber Nation Media Assassination, Episode 1513.
	This is no agenda.
	We got messy mania and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region No. 16.
	6 in the morning, everybody.
	I'm Adam Curry.
	And from northern Silicon Valley, we're all congratulating Argentina.
	And I have questions.
	I'm John C. Dvorak.
	Oh, you came to the right guy.
	If you have questions.
	Yep.
	About football.
	Football.
	The football.
	Yes.
	Since when did the French team become all black, except for the one guy, the gold keeper?
	I think they've been pretty black for a while.
	I've watched all these games, the club games, there's never a black guy, but now the whole national team's all black.
	No, no, you're wrong.
	The French have lots of black guys on their team, always have.
	I mean, the French actually can't play any, you know, you need to have your African French.
	They're the ones that can play.
	Yeah, French Africa.
	Yeah, the Frafricans.
	They're the ones that know how to play, but I think it's pretty much been that way as far as I can remember.
	Okay, that's question number one.
	Okay, you got it, question number one.
	I got three questions.
	Oh, okay.
	Question number two.
	Yes?
	So this guy Messi that's on Argentina.
	Yeah?
	They say this is his first World Cup that he's won.
	Yes.
	And he's been playing for 17 years and this is the first time he's won the World Cup and yet he's the greatest player in the world?
	No, actually he doesn't get the Golden Ball trophy.
	He gets the, he missed out because Mbappe, Mbappe did better than he did.
	So he's not necessarily the best in the world.
	Well, that's what they said on the, on the broadcast.
	Yeah.
	Well, what was that?
	NPR?
	Thirdly?
	Why don't they just, uh... Cut the game short and just do shootouts?
	Come on, this was a good match.
	What's the point of a game that goes on for hours and then you still have to sit there and do shootouts?
	Why don't you just do the shootouts to begin with and give it up?
	Give the rest of it up.
	Half the games in this World Cup tournament were shootouts at the end.
	That's how it goes when you have equal strength and it just comes down to the shootout.
	Well, then why don't you make that decision early on and just do shootouts?
	Well, this is why no one loves you.
	In Argentina or France.
	Or anywhere in Europe.
	Or even in Qatar!
	What, because I asked the obvious?
	No, because you're mocking the sport that is bigger than any other sport in the world.
	Certainly you're sumo.
	Okay there.
	There you go.
	That'll do it.
	Thank you.
	Personally, I thought France would win.
	It's interesting to see Argentina win.
	How does this play on a political global scale?
	Any thoughts?
	No, I was thinking about why would they?
	I think it's just to cement the idea of white supremacy.
	Oh.
	How about that?
	Well, that works.
	Because pretty much all the Argentinian guys are white.
	Yes, I think it was just a white supremacy thing.
	And overnight they flew in Elon Musk and Jared together.
	Hanging out in... Jared who?
	Jared Kushner.
	Oh, that was the guy from Subway Sandwiches.
	No, Elon and Jared were at the World Cup together.
	We tracked his jet on Mastodon.
	Since you can't track Elon's jet on Twitter anymore, we track it on Mastodon.
	So Elon's got nothing better to do than fly to Qatar.
	First of all, let's make this clear.
	Flying to Qatar is a pain in the ass.
	Well, if you have your own Gulfstream 6, it gets a little easier.
	No, but it's still a pain.
	I'm talking about the time involved.
	Yes.
	Oh, yeah.
	And he went last night.
	Via London, I think.
	So he's got nothing better to do.
	Despite the fact that it's on, the game was on in 4K on Fox.
	So you could watch it in high res and high def, super high def.
	But I'd rather go to, I'm going to go there.
	I'm going to fly it and spend all my time.
	But you must be confused with this illusion that Elon Musk is running anything.
	This is your confusion.
	He's not running.
	I must be.
	I must be.
	I am convinced.
	I gotta tell you right now.
	I am convinced he doesn't do his own Twitter.
	That is, it's too good.
	It's too sophisticated.
	I'm, I'm, he, he, at best he has someone helping him.
	It's just not possible to be that good with your trolling tweets.
	He has writers.
	He must.
	He's got money.
	He must have writers.
	He's probably got writers for everything.
	We've heard him speak.
	I've got that one clip of him just stammering.
	Can't really speak.
	Anyway, we lost a lot of good people in the past couple of hours.
	People just falling down dead.
	I don't know if you heard, it was really quite horrific.
	Take a look at this big number right here.
	1.5 billion.
	That's with a B. Billion people worldwide are expected to watch the World Cup Final on Sunday.
	Hard to believe, but it is the most popular sport in the world.
	That means a lot of anxious fans everywhere.
	There's a lot of research out there that shows that rooting for your favorite team can cause a lot of stress.
	Not just emotionally, but also can cause some physical things too.
	I mean, quite literally, and all kidding aside, it can be a stress test of sorts.
	Take a look at some of the medical or physiologic signs as per the Cleveland Clinic, but we have documentation of this in the medical literature.
	Wow, thanks for the backup details.
	That fight-or-flight response.
	Adrenaline is released.
	That forces our heart to beat faster, to push more oxygen throughout our body, to our brain, to our muscles.
	What do we do sometimes when we're watching sporting events?
	Well, we can overindulge maybe.
	Hot dogs?
	Fatty foods and alcohol.
	That's also a strain on our cardiovascular system.
	Who would be most at risk in this scenario?
	People with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, a body mass index over 30, who are dealing with obesity, let's say, or even the condition of overweight and someone with diabetes or someone who smokes.
	All at high risk for this stress test, as we say.
	We lost people.
	Just a guaranteed stress test.
	It's so horrible, so horrible.
	You know, I should mention that some years back there was a similar study done, and this is really old news to be honest about it, and they determined that if you rooted, if your wife, for football watchers, yeah, a real American football, not foosball, American football, American football.
	So they said that the elation that you feel if your team wins is fairly similar to what the players felt.
	And if your team loses, you have the same negative kind of energy, the same... Yeah.
	You suffer as much.
	And that led me to becoming a Fairweather friend.
	I have, or Fairweather fan, same thing.
	You don't want to get too excited.
	So I always root for the top teams.
	It's good for your health.
	Yeah, exactly.
	Now, I have watched, and just to say just a little insight to my personality, if I'm not really invested in any team and I'm kind of rooting for one team or another, let's say the Green Bay's playing against the Kansas City Chiefs, and one team's kicking the other one's ass, I'm rooting for the team that's doing that.
	And the other team starts making a comeback and it looks like they're going to win, I'll switch sides in the middle of the game.
	They deserve to lose!
	It's much better for you.
	And, you know what, ladies and gentlemen, he is only 88 years old, so, I mean, 90.
	You don't want to take his advice.
	He's doing good so far.
	I think it's pretty good.
	I have been condemned by my friends for being this way.
	You've told me this, and I've always thought it was quite fabulous.
	You have no problem switching sides.
	No.
	Done.
	I was happy to see that FIFA, the International Football Association, a federation, told Zelensky, no, you cannot share your message of peace at the World Cup final.
	You know, I got to play this for you.
	You know, goodness, this is so horrible.
	So I've always been a David Letterman fan, you know, back in the 80s, late 80s, 90s.
	Everyone MTV, we would not watch The Tonight Show.
	Of course not.
	No, you watch Dave, you know, Dave was doing cool stuff.
	And Dave, you could kind of trust that Dave would always be a little bit against the man.
	But oh, no.
	No, Dave went to Kiev and went to that phony baloney subway station, the one that's basically a TV studio, all lit and all beautiful, and he interviews Zelensky, and right on cue we get an air raid!
	Yes, I can hear the siren.
	What should we do?
	Nothing.
	In any other circumstance, that wouldn't be reassuring, but here with you, I feel reassured.
	What was that?
	What was the siren indicating?
	Now, then he goes on.
	Thanks, Dave!
	What a, what a wuss.
	He sold out to the man.
	Yeah, the man.
	Some years ago.
	It was, I think it was before, even before Trump was elected.
	Yeah, he had already flipped and gone crazy.
	Became a super, I think it was because Obama maybe, or I know he was chummy with Clinton, but Obama invited him to the White House a couple times, I believe.
	I think, wasn't Obama one of his first guests on that new show?
	Yeah, I think so.
	But he's always, he's always been, I remember, no, he was doing comedians and getting coffee in cars or whatever with Seinfeld.
	He was raging against Trump.
	Like, who cares what you think about that?
	That's beyond me.
	Make a joke, make a joke, man.
	Don't, don't.
	Anyway, I did check in with you yesterday to make sure you were okay after the 3.6 magnitude earthquake pretty much under your butt.
	Pretty close.
	It was walking distance definitely to the epicenter.
	Now, did you go to the epicenter?
	Is there a hole there?
	No, there's nothing there.
	It's the El Cerrito Plaza for all I can tell.
	Now, 3.6 is not massive, but that close.
	No, but when you're on top of it, you can feel it.
	All right, so what happened?
	What time did this take place?
	Well, here, there was not much.
	I'm on this giant rock, and so the rock is like a big ship, and so the rock moves as one, and so it really lessens the effect.
	But it was noticeable.
	It was 3.30 in the morning.
	Woke me up from a dead sleep.
	And I, you know, woke me up just as it started.
	So I got to feel the whole thing went on for a couple seconds.
	It wasn't that much, but it was a rumble and the place was shaking.
	And I, then I, wait, it stopped.
	And then I said, let's see if there's going to be another thing.
	Nope.
	Went right back to bed.
	Now, is this because of fracking in the area?
	No.
	What is it then?
	There's a million faults around here.
	This whole area is riddled with them.
	So now you're on the fault line?
	No, I don't know what that was.
	This is probably an offshoot from the Hayward Fault.
	I'm not sure what that is.
	I'm a little worried about this rock you're sitting on.
	Can this rock move?
	Can it roll?
	It's a little big for that.
	And it's embedded into the earth deep underground.
	It's bedrock.
	Most of San Francisco is this way.
	San Francisco is actually, when it has a quake, it's only the flatlands and the areas that have been filled.
	You know where they need the coal?
	I was reading the New York Times.
	I know.
	How sad that I was, but I was reading the New York Times.
	There was this article about San Francisco, downtown San Francisco, how it's completely destroyed now that tech companies are firing everybody, closing their doors, going out of business.
	I'm sure it was slanted, being the New York Times, but pretty much downtown is just gone.
	There's no activity.
	There's nothing going on anymore except for homelessness and drug users and bull crap.
	No, human crop.
	Yes, I'm sorry, human crop.
	That's where they need to have the epicenter.
	You know, let's rebuild that thing.
	I think it's time.
	If I was in general planning, I'd say, boys, focus it over there.
	Well, I don't know what they're going to... San Francisco has its moments.
	No, it doesn't.
	It's just poorly managed.
	Look, I was in San Francisco in 2006, 7, 8, 9.
	It was horrible then.
	It's been poorly managed since before Governor Newsom, ever since the Democrats took it over permanently.
	It's like a permanent job for Democrats.
	They have mismanaged it, just what they do.
	They don't know how to do anything except get elected.
	And get good dinners.
	They know how to do that.
	They get good dinners.
	They have taste.
	Anyway, we'll have our own moment here of destruction.
	It's coming, I think, Thursday.
	Where the Arctic Blast is coming back to Texas.
	Remember the one that... Ooh, the Arctic Blast.
	Oh, yeah, the one that froze us to death two years ago.
	Really?
	They're hitting again?
	Yeah, yeah.
	Arctic Blast to freeze Texas next week will bring fresh tests to the power grid.
	Yeah, it's coming.
	It's coming.
	They're the same playbook.
	Uh-huh, and they're predicting 15 degrees, which for Texans is cold.
	That's cold.
	That's cold for anyone.
	That's cold for us.
	Yeah, I think the cold blast is slated for just around Christmas, and it could be one of the most extreme cold air masses to pour into the southern part of the country in years, which would be exactly two years.
	Now, this is a computer model, so that means nothing.
	It does mean nothing.
	It means nothing.
	But if it's going to happen by December 23rd, we should see freezing temperatures during the day.
	It's already cold.
	It's already down to 30 at night here.
	Yikes.
	It's not too bad.
	It's not too bad.
	No.
	It's not too bad.
	So let's just talk about Elon on Twitter for a minute.
	Because this is this is so fun to watch what's happening.
	Whereas I would say for decades and decades, the brunt of all jokes in America was certainly when it came to a class of professionals would have to be lawyers.
	What do you call 10 lawyers at the bottom of the pool?
	A good start.
	I think we can agree that journalists have now become more hated than lawyers.
	It's getting there.
	It's really a thing.
	It's fantastic.
	But if you want to talk about Twitter, I should mention that as we speak, the Twitter auction is going on.
	Oh, but they have nothing good.
	I looked at it.
	They got some chairs.
	You got to look at it with a no agenda perspective.
	Why does an office in San Francisco have a Two $30,000 cappuccino machines plus another three or four single shot $5,000 to $6,000 cappuccino machines.
	And why does every office chair there is like $1,000, $1,200 chair?
	They're selling them for $50,000.
	Why do they need all these screens?
	There's like these workstations, giant screens, a whiteboard, electronic whiteboard things, which cost $20,000.
	They have 10 of them.
	It's unbelievable what a Just a flagrant abuse of funds which went into that.
	They just, more venture capital money, we need more thousand dollar chairs.
	Yeah, well that's the reason why is at the time, Twitter to get the best, the best employees, had to compete with Google and Apple and so you have to have your perks.
	That's how sick Silicon Valley is.
	And to make it worse, you know, because you know, in Silicon Valley, all these places have their own kitchens and they have their own cafeterias and they have free food for all the employees.
	The kitchen equipment that they had at the headquarters over in San Francisco, you never need to leave this place in your lifetime.
	They had like most restaurants don't have the gear that these guys have.
	Well, did you put in a bid on anything?
	No, because smart money's gonna pick up this stuff.
	At half the price, I can't afford it.
	At 25% of its value, I can't afford it.
	That's how expensive this stuff is.
	What would you like to have, if you could choose one item on the list?
	I think the 36-inch stove would be nice.
	Gotcha.
	The 36-inch stove?
	They have a 36-inch stove with six burners.
	I could use that.
	That sounds good.
	Also a couple of chairs, maybe.
	But it's not that... It's not that... Maybe we can hook something up for you.
	A couple of chairs.
	Okay.
	You got the auction going on as we're doing the show?
	I'm looking at it.
	Yeah, of course.
	Why not?
	I saw it.
	You know, I saw everyone's talking about the cappuccino machines.
	Come on.
	This is this bullshit.
	This bull crap has been going on for a decade.
	No, I'm not going to argue that point.
	It's an absolute fact what you say.
	And it actually kind of is squandering money on behalf of these companies using venture capital funds and hoping to make it on the back end with a public offering.
	And they did make it on the back end with $44 billion from Elon.
	So it all paid out, and then Elon gets to sell off the stuff and put in the crates and shit he likes to work with.
	The crates.
	Beanbags.
	Beanbags.
	I have some Twitter BS clips from PBS.
	Oh, OK, good.
	All right.
	Let's start with Twitter BS, PBS.
	Twitter is facing intense criticism after a series of moves by billionaire and owner Elon Musk.
	The United Nations spoke out against the company today, calling its new suspensions of some news reporters' Twitter accounts disturbing and setting a, quote, dangerous precedent.
	Amna Nawaz has more.
	That's right, Judy.
	Twitter suspended the accounts of at least eight journalists yesterday from The Washington Post, CNN, The New York Times and others with limited explanation.
	Each of those accounts had recently posted about Elon Musk or his policy changes on content moderation.
	Some posted links to an account Twitter banned this week that tracked Musk's private jets through public data.
	The self-described free speech absolutist is now facing backlash.
	This is the best part, is that journalists are, they're like, oh my, oh my, oh my.
	This is the end of civilization.
	He is banning journalists!
	They can't believe it.
	Journalists have been banned in the past.
	They were banned all the time on the old Twitter.
	Yeah, but not the New York Times and Washington Post and not Taylor Lorenz.
	Oh no.
	Taylor Lawrence just before going to this clip too.
	She has a sub stack and she bitched and moaned like it.
	Oh, I saw it.
	But you know, you know what?
	She only was off for like two hours.
	They put her back on.
	But the thing, what she, what she, she does this really chicken shit type thing where she will tweet out, uh, we've, uh, we've gotten some information that we want to discuss with you.
	Uh, we just want to handle this right, so please contact us.
	I mean, if I saw that, I'd be like, block you, get out of here, delete.
	That's, that's, that's what she does.
	Very unprofessional.
	It's very, it's, it's like, you deserve to be deleted for that.
	She does that to everybody.
	Deadline at 11!
	Deadline!
	You gotta answer me now or we're gonna print whatever we have!
	So I want to read from her column.
	All right.
	I've been on Twitter since 2010 and have run Twitter accounts.
	Actually, she says I don't have run Twitter account to be plural.
	Sorry about that.
	You know, copyediting doesn't hurt.
	A Twitter account for major media brands, including Verizon, WordPress, the Daily Mail, People Magazine, The Hill, and dozens more.
	Never once in my 13-year career in social media have I received a single terms of service or community guidelines violation when I'm thinking, wait a minute, is there some conflict of interest between this journalist and somebody running the accounts for Verizon and People Magazine and dozens of more operations?
	Oh, probably.
	I would think so.
	Anyway, so yeah.
	Okay, let's go to clip two.
	For more on all of this, I'm joined by tech journalist Cara Swisher.
	She is the host of the on- Really?
	Really?
	Really?
	Oh, you have to do that to me?
	Ah!
	Cara Swisher and Pivot podcast has been covering Elon Musk for more than two decades.
	Cara, welcome.
	As we just mentioned, few people have known and covered Elon Musk as long as you have.
	I'm just curious.
	Did she also mention by any chance, I'll play the last seven seconds, that she is a paid advisor for a competing product?
	Did she mention that?
	Did she mention that in the intro at all?
	Oh my god, she didn't!
	What are you thinking?
	I stopped it here for a reason.
	Blood pressure goes up when you play this.
	last night what are you thinking what's going on here what are you thinking are you from oh okay i haven't i can't believe i stopped it here for a reason this is this is how my this is a blood pressure goes up when you play this i know you got to root for her yeah so uh as you notice this clip has been stopped down I'm introducing a new aspect to our show.
	Uh-oh!
	We did not have a meeting about this.
	Do you want me to continue playing these clips?
	Or do you want to stop them, knowing that it's one of the people that you hate listening to?
	I'm giving you the opportunity to stop the clip.
	Thank you.
	Is that the new item?
	Stop the clip?
	Stop the clip.
	That's it.
	That's what we're going to call it.
	Stop the clip.
	Great.
	OK, yeah, I don't want those.
	Let's go on to something else.
	OK.
	No, I need to hear it.
	Well, it's the latest.
	I mean, it's been going on for since he bought it.
	So one one crazy thing after the next.
	And this is just the latest.
	Things he said he wouldn't do that he's doing, such as creating a moderation council and then making decisions on his own, or tweeting misinformation when he said he wouldn't, or releasing Twitter files that are probably incomplete.
	This is just the latest and he's just trying to create a sense of crisis and drama around the company, I guess, so people will be talking about him.
	That part is true.
	I agree with Kara Swisher on this.
	He's creating hype around the company to keep people talking about it.
	100%.
	100%!
	He likes attention.
	I don't know if you've noticed.
	Yeah, unlike you.
	Well, this is the same man who reinstated banned accounts, right?
	Arguing this is all about free speech.
	Is any of this about free speech, do you think?
	No, it's about the whims of the richest man in the world and what he feels like doing on any given day.
	And I think it's not much more complicated than that.
	He's bought it, he bought it for too much money and he'll do, you know, he bought it and he'll break it if he wants to.
	And that seems to be what he's doing.
	This is not someone who thinks deeply about big issues like free speech and things like that.
	It's a lot of parroted nonsense that he then uses as excuses to do what he's doing.
	He's just mad at a jet guy who published public information.
	He then took it out on journalists who wrote about that controversy, and that's where we are.
	It's really not that complex.
	It's someone who lacks impulse control.
	At the same time, we know that there are real-world consequences to what we've seen unfold on Twitter in the last several weeks, right?
	We know researchers from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, the Anti-Defamation League, and others have tracked a dramatic surge in hate speech and anti-Semitism, anti-black rhetoric on Twitter.
	How worried are you about those real-world consequences while all of this plays out?
	She said without evidence.
	What is that?
	What is that?
	If anything, Elon Musk went right to work with anti-Semitism after Kanye booted Kanye off, showed charts and graphs, which was very convincing.
	Look!
	Look!
	Jew-hate is down!
	Okay, so, boy, this is so riveting.
	I'm glad PBS has time to have Kara Swisher on for this in-depth analysis.
	Can I still stop the clip, or is it too late now?
	Do I have to go all the way through?
	There's one more, and you notice where it stopped on a question?
	Yes!
	You can stop the clip, but I want to mention a couple of things.
	One, why do you bring somebody on if she's not going to give analysis but just spew what sounds like bigoted hate?
	There's no analysis here.
	It's just calling someone names.
	PBS has turned into, and I will have clips later when we have Capehart and Brooks discussing things, that there is no analysis whatsoever.
	It's just bigotry.
	But I'm sorry, what she is doing is she is doing journalism, not bigotry, journalism.
	Bigalism.
	She's doing journalism because she's saying it as it is.
	This is the truth.
	This is what's happening.
	She's just reporting the facts.
	Alright, let's wrap it.
	I'm not that worried only because it's not a very big platform.
	That's one of the big problems with Twitter.
	It's never been a very good business and it's never been very big.
	It does hold the attention of the media and politicians.
	Unlike the company Post.News, which I'm advising for money.
	Celebrities have long since abandoned this because of the toxicity of it and it doesn't really help them that much.
	And so I think that's where the problem is, is it can set the tone for discussions.
	But in general, if I walked outside here in San Francisco right now, very few people would know what this guy was up to.
	Most people outside in San Francisco are drug addicts, homeless, who have no internet or no... She walked outside, but she started in San Francisco right now.
	Yes, you're right.
	They wouldn't know what the hell was going on.
	They would probably beat her to a pulp.
	Except in broad terms.
	He's the P.T.
	Barnum of the internet age.
	So I'm worried about it, and I think it's always dangerous when things are allowed to be toxic on a platform, but at the same time, it's not a very big platform.
	Yes, I'm always worried.
	As the grandmother of Silicon Valley, whenever there's something toxic on a platform, I'm a little concerned.
	At the same time, journalists do use it.
	Many rely on it.
	It can be a powerful message for journalism, a powerful tool.
	We saw the VP of the European Commission respond saying the suspensions, she thought, violated the EU's Digital Services and Media Freedom Act.
	She tweeted, there are red lines and sanctions soon there.
	What about here in the U.S.?
	Do you think Twitter needs to be regulated?
	No, I don't.
	And I think that's going to be a real problem here is because of First Amendment issues.
	Twitter can do whatever it wants, unfortunately, and it happens to be owned by someone who's somewhat irresponsible about running it.
	Not somewhat, very irresponsible about running it.
	Very!
	So she did not disclose that she's a paid advisor.
	The whole pivot show, her boyfriend, Scott Galloway, is an investor in Post.News.
	And what's interesting, I follow all the journos on Mastodon.
	And first of all, every single one of them, they tweet and toot the same thing.
	So whatever they post on Mastodon, if they are allowed to, if they have an account, like Jeff Jarvis.
	Jeff Jarvis.
	Hi!
	I'll show all the journalists how to do the Mastodon, because I'm Jeff Jarvis.
	I know how to do it.
	And he is such a dick, but he also cross... Oh, this guy, he's my new hate.
	He's my hate watch.
	Yeah, and he posts everything on Twitter and Mastodon acting like a big man on campus.
	He's got the Mastodon 101 for journalists.
	Yes, I put that together so I can show people how to do it.
	And so the journalists come in, they all say, well, we've got to change this Mastodon.
	It's not working the way we want it.
	And of course they get exactly what they deserve, which is no, shut up, go build your own, do whatever, we don't care.
	My favorite meme... Are you telling me that he wants them to switch stuff when this is kind of one of those open source projects that you can do whatever you want with and you can make it exactly the way you want it?
	Especially for black people!
	Because black people can't live as their full selves because there's no quote tweet.
	I think we went over this on a previous episode.
	Because there's no way to quote and tweet, that's the call response that black Americans need to have.
	Without that, Mastodon is racist.
	Exactly.
	But the best thing that happened was this media-ite.
	I think they're more right-leaning than left, probably.
	Elon Musk starts blocking or banning any link to Mastodon.
	And forever there's been a joinmastodon.com address.
	Which is, you know, explains how you can join and sign up for an account on Instance somewhere.
	This numbnut misreads it.
	He doesn't read Join Mastodon.
	No, he reads John Mastodon and reports the following.
	Before the latest wave of suspensions, Twitter had already suspended the account posting the location of Musk's jet.
	Then the platform removed John Mastodon, the founder of a competing social media company named after himself, just for posting a link to the jet tracker's Mastodon account.
	This idiot doesn't even know where Mastodon comes from.
	Ms.
	Reeds joined Mastodon.com thinking that the guy who created Mastodon's name was John Mastodon.
	And he named Mastodon after himself.
	Wow, this is a Roseanne Rosanna Dana bit.
	Completely.
	Of course, they immediately know that's been taken down, but I have a screenshot of it in the show notes.
	It's crazy.
	Oh, send me the... it goes in the newsletter.
	Yeah, it has to.
	Let's see, what else?
	Oh yeah, this was interesting.
	Barry Weiss has written about the Twitter reporting.
	And there's a couple of nuggets in this Substack article that she wrote.
	And here's the journalist that she's been working with, Matt Taibbi.
	Investigative reporters connected to the free press, this is the thing we're trying to figure out what it is, including Abigail Schreier, Michael Schellenberger, Leighton Woodhouse, plus free press reporters Susie Weiss, which I think is Barry's wife, Peter Savodnik, Olivia Rheingold, Isaac Grafstein, I have not heard of any of these people.
	And so they camped out in a windowless fluorescent lit room at Twitter headquarters, began looking through the company's vast archive of internal communications.
	But what's interesting is she says that they had to work through lawyers using e-discovery tools, which she describes as software designed for lawyers to help them search huge amounts of information.
	If you're working through lawyers, are the lawyers using the e-discovery tools and giving you the results?
	I'm troubled by the writing, the actual sentence, we had to work through lawyers using e-discovery tools.
	Sounds to me like they're being handed things.
	That's exactly what it sounds like.
	That's the way that sentence is structured.
	We had to work through lawyers that you can stop full stop.
	Stop right there.
	Whatever tools they were using, what difference does it make?
	That doesn't mean anything, but if you're working through lawyers and lawyers are handing you stuff, which means it's contaminated.
	Yes, that's the way I read it.
	Yeah.
	So this will just continue.
	And I think Kara Schwisher is correct.
	And I've always said it.
	I say it differently.
	She said Elon Musk is the P.T.
	Barnum of tech.
	I've always said he is more like the Kim Kardashian of tech.
	He's a great endorser and he clearly doesn't work at any of these companies really.
	I wouldn't have time to jaunt down to, uh... To jet off to Qatar, to Doha.
	To Qatar, just to watch a one lone game.
	I'm off to Doha, everybody.
	As one does.
	So... As one does.
	I'm off to Doha.
	What can I say?
	Yeah, so...
	You could just stop over in Dubai, pick up some rugs and do some duty-free shopping and be on your way back.
	Let's see where he is.
	Hold on, let me go look up Elon's jet.
	I always love how every journalist that complains about Elon kicking them off Twitter... It's publicly accessible information!
	There's a lot of publicly available info.
	Elon Musk jet.
	Let me see.
	Do we have a new update?
	This is three hours ago.
	So his trip to Doha.
	15 hours 39 minutes total.
	He took up about 7, almost 8,000 gallons of fuel.
	Uh, so probably about 85 tons of CO2 emissions.
	I love how they're doing that to him now.
	Oh, he's killing the climate.
	I don't think he's ever cared about the climate.
	No, he's still there.
	He hasn't come back.
	Oh, he's partying!
	They went via London.
	So he flew to London first, then from London.
	They must have refueled there, and then went to Doha.
	Yeah, that would be the route.
	Yeah.
	So he's partying.
	Yeah, he's partying.
	Exactly.
	Yeah, he's partying with Argentina.
	Yeah.
	Hello?
	They found he's there and they invited him over and they're all with him and he's drinking with them and smoking cigars probably.
	And he's probably doused.
	Doused.
	Yeah.
	Good for him.
	Yeah, I agree.
	Hey, Elon.
	Come on over, man.
	Oh, Elon.
	Elon.
	Elon.
	Can't speak Spanish.
	You know, he doesn't know what's going on.
	That's fine.
	No.
	Excellent.
	All right.
	Now, where do we go from here?
	We've already done the most, the biggest news, the only news that anybody seems to care about.
	Well, there was an interesting, uh, this is also awfully long, but there's a couple of gems in here, but PBS NewsHour, Judy, one of her last jobs.
	Oh, yeah, she's almost out.
	And I think this was a filler.
	They ran this yesterday.
	Or, I'm sorry, they ran this on Friday, and I think it was, like, Christmas vacation.
	And this is just a filler.
	She's not even there.
	That they did already.
	Yeah.
	Yeah, everyone's gone.
	Nobody, except us.
	You and I are the only people that work during these moments.
	And some trolls.
	And the trolls.
	You and me and some trolls.
	That's the only people working.
	So she did an interview with the CIA director, Bill Burns.
	Oh, okay.
	Now, Burns is an interesting guy, and the first clip is her introducing him, and I kept it in there because it's good background.
	This guy's no slouch when he speaks.
	He's a little like some of those guys in the past.
	Woolsey, I think, would be one of them.
	And there's some other guys that are very soft-spoken, never gives away the store, doesn't seem to have a big ego that needs to be stroked, so he doesn't brag about anything.
	Like Brennan was probably the worst CIA director they've ever had.
	When it came to bragging, for sure.
	And so it's hard to get.
	So that's why I had to get so many clips, because you got to like dig into each one.
	There was, I think there's two out of the eight that have something interesting in them that it's like, well, that could mean something to us.
	But let's start with Bill Burns interview, PBS.
	Bill Burns has been a career diplomat, a pillar of the State Department for decades, rising to the number two job deputy secretary in President Obama's second term.
	He's been ambassador to Russia and was instrumental in setting up the Iran nuclear deal.
	But for much of the past two years, he's worn a different hat for President Biden, director of the CIA.
	It was a change of venue and a scene for him, but not of the mission as he sees it.
	And with a world full of direct and urgent challenges, these are not quiet days at the CIA.
	I met Director Burns this morning at the sprawling CIA headquarters in Northern Virginia for a rare interview.
	Okay, all right.
	She went to see the mountain went to Bahamut.
	She made a big mistake in there if you listen carefully.
	What was it?
	She says that going to the CIA as a head is a change of venue.
	Say again?
	She said it was a change of venue.
	Oh.
	As if he wasn't a spook all along.
	Okay, good point.
	I'll take it.
	All right, let's hear what he, now you got together, he's like, okay, okay, here's number two.
	There's a generation represented by you.
	Sorry.
	What was that?
	I don't know.
	Wow.
	I don't know.
	It's master of disguise.
	He just threw his voice.
	Now he talks about Ukraine.
	We try to get a little information on this.
	I think this is a, this clip could easily be skipped, but we're going to play.
	Oh, let's do it.
	Let's do it.
	No one else is working.
	Talk about Ukraine.
	I mean, right now, Vladimir Putin is... Yeah, talk about Ukraine, how you guys went in there in 2014 and screwed the whole country over.
	That'd be great!
	Giving every indication he's not backing down, he's gonna stick with this war of attrition as long as he possibly can, that nothing will deter him.
	Is he right?
	No, I think he's wrong.
	I'm sorry, what is this clanging I hear in the background?
	There's a bunch of noise in the background!
	What is going on with that?
	And it's constant throughout the entire interview.
	Are they sharpening their knives, or is it the clinking of... I have no idea, and they don't show it.
	They just say, it looks like they're in a secluded room, but no.
	They're in the skiff.
	I don't know where they are.
	They're in the skiff with the champagne glasses.
	He's wrong in that bet, just as he was wrong, profoundly wrong, in the bet that he made on February 24th when he launched this war.
	Tactically, I think what we see, at least at CIA, is a reduced tempo in fighting between the two militaries as winter sets in.
	The Russian military is badly battered right now.
	The Ukrainian military is determined to keep up the pressure, build on their battlefield successes of the last several months.
	But they also need time to refit and resupply.
	But there's nothing at all reduced about the tempo of Putin's increasingly brutal attacks against Ukrainian civilians But the cost to the United States, weaponry, ammunition, Europeans and what they're sacrificing for this war to go on, you're not concerned that he could outlast all that?
	I don't underestimate for a moment the burdens, the challenges that this war poses for Ukrainians first and foremost, but for all of us who support Ukraine.
	But strategically, I think in many ways, Putin's war has less far been a failure for Russia.
	The Russian military has performed poorly and suffered huge losses.
	The Russian economy has suffered long-term damage.
	Most of the progress that the Russian middle class has made over the last 30 years is being destroyed.
	I think Russia's reputation has been badly undermined and its weaknesses have been exposed.
	The Russian population seems increasingly uneasy about the costs of war as well.
	The fact that Putin, when he launched at the end of September a partial mobilization, the reality was that more Russians of military age fled the country than he was able to round up and send to the front.
	So he's got a lot of challenges as well.
	Yeah, this is the new meme.
	Daily Beast wrote this.
	Russia can finally see that Putin's days are numbered.
	This is what they're trying now.
	Oh, people at home don't like him.
	They don't like him.
	Well, we can see where the Daily Beast is getting their talking points.
	But isn't the Daily Beast, isn't that Shapiro's outfit?
	No, no, no.
	That's Daily Caller.
	No, that's... no, Daily Caller is Tucker Carlson's outfit.
	No, that's the Daily Wire.
	The Daily Wire is... okay, Daily Beast is Tard.
	Got it.
	You're right.
	Daily Wire.
	Daily Beast.
	Sorry.
	Daily Beast is a left-wing operation.
	Right.
	Well, they got it from the CIA then.
	Bingo.
	Yeah, so the CIA's given them the talking points and they're producing nice copy with it.
	A lot of copy, actually.
	Endgame.
	It has a little, like, red stamp.
	Endgame.
	Red stamp.
	Endgame.
	I have an idea.
	Okay.
	Part three.
	I mean, do you see any real threat to his position?
	Well, I think there's an unease across the Russian population right now.
	There's unease from some more hawkish critics who are, you know, who see the conduct of the war as being flawed.
	And then you have the unease I mentioned before of, you know, lots of Russians.
	of military age on Russian men fleeing the country as well.
	So I'm not trying to suggest that that poses an immediate threat to his grip on power.
	He's created a very secure and repressive authoritarian regime in his eyes.
	Oh, yeah.
	Here's another article I caught.
	Before you go to that, I want you to listen to what he said at the end there.
	He said, and he says that Putin thinks that he's created a repressive and authoritarian regime.
	He's proud of it.
	That's bullcrap.
	Putin doesn't think he's created an authoritarian, repressive regime.
	It might be authoritarian and repressive, but that's not Putin's thinking, you think?
	Well, but perhaps the director of CIA is familiar with Putin's thinking.
	Yeah.
	These guys are good.
	These guys are good.
	Yeah, they're great.
	They're mind readers.
	There's this other kind of sub-thread that's running, that really, all of this started with Putin's homophobia.
	That's really where it all started.
	Putin regards homophobia as a means of rallying a credulous population during a failing war.
	It's the best evidence seen of his imitation of the tyrannies of the 20th century because, as you know, both the Nazis and the Communists killed the gays!
	According to yet another banned journo.
	Okay.
	I've got nothing else on that.
	A little bit on China now.
	They covered all the bases.
	The other thing that we've seen in the last weeks is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Mark Milley, General Milley, is speaking about winter may be a time for negotiations.
	between Ukraine and Russia.
	- No, we can't have that. - How do you see that? - Most conflicts end in negotiations, but that requires a seriousness on the part of the Russians in this instance that I don't think we see, at least.
	It's not our assessment that the Russians are serious at this point about a real negotiation. - I wanna bring China into the conversation.
	What's your level of concern right now about cooperation between the Russians and the Chinese?
	- Well, I think Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have formed a pretty close partnership over recent years.
	You know, a few weeks before Putin launched his invasion in Ukraine, when they met at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, they proclaimed a friendship without limits.
	Well, it turns out that there actually are some limits to that partnership, at least in terms of President Xi's reluctance to supply the kind of military assistance to Putin that he's asked for in the course of the war in Ukraine.
	So I wouldn't underestimate for a moment the commitment between the Chinese and Russian leaderships to that partnership, but it's been interesting to watch the Chinese leadership's reaction to the war in Ukraine.
	I don't think any foreign leader has paid more careful attention to that war and Russia's poor military performance than Xi Jinping has, as he thinks about his own ambitions in Taiwan and elsewhere.
	This guy sounds like he's got it all under control, doesn't he?
	Well, that's his style.
	Yeah, maybe he does.
	Maybe he's running the show.
	Wouldn't surprise me.
	Yeah, well, he's got the background to actually do work.
	I wanted to play these clips on the show because it's a good backgrounder to everything we do.
	In fact, I have a couple of clips to play into it once we're done with the series.
	And so let's go listen to what he, now this is the first clip where, you know, the rest of these, you know, he's got some, you know, misstatements, I think, about Putin's, how Putin thinks, he doesn't know.
	But this is the first clip on Taiwan that he actually, there's a factoid in here, he actually let one go, he let one out to the public, he released a fact!
	Here it is.
	Do you believe there are near-term ambitions on his part?
	to take over Taiwan?
	And I mean, in this next year or so.
	Yeah, I'm not sure I would measure it in terms of months or a year, but I would not underestimate for a moment, nor do any of my colleagues here at CIA, underestimate his ambition to control Taiwan.
	In other words, to unify Beijing and Taiwan on the PRC's Have you heard this?
	No!
	It's a weird number.
	that his preference is to do that by means short of the use of force, but we know that he's also instructed his military leadership to be ready by 2027 to launch a war.
	And so I think the honest answer is the further you get into this decade, the greater the risks of a military conflict.
	2027?
	Have you heard this?
	No.
	It's a weird number.
	I haven't heard of 2027 about anything.
	2030, 2050, but 2027.
	Yeah, but this is all United Nations world order stuff, the others' numbers.
	This is a number that they...
	Got from China, if they even have any spies left there.
	It's not even a lucky number, wouldn't it be 2028?
	I mean it's 9, 11, it is 11, I don't know.
	There's nothing, it's just a number.
	But he's solid with it.
	The CIA chief, familiar with Xi Jinping's calendar, predicts that it's 2027.
	Okay, well we've got a while to go then.
	Yeah, we've got a long time to go.
	So here we go with it.
	Now he's going to discuss TikTok.
	One other question about China is their very popular social media platform app, TikTok.
	Your domestic counterpart, the head of the FBI, Chris Wray, has said it's a threat to U.S.
	national security.
	Do you agree?
	I do.
	I mean, I think it's a genuine concern, I think, for the U.S.
	government in the sense that because the parent company of TikTok is a Chinese company, the Chinese government is able to, you know, insist upon extracting the private data of a lot of TikTok users in this country and also to shape the content of what goes on to TikTok as well to suit the interests of the Chinese leadership.
	I think those are Real challenges and a source of real concern.
	As you know, some American lawmakers want to ban TikTok.
	Do you think that's a good idea?
	Well, you know, in my role, see, this is where, blessedly, is an intelligence in an intelligence role.
	I mean, I'm not I'm not going to offer judgments on those kind of policy or legislative decisions.
	What I would underscore, though, is that it's genuinely troubling to see, you know, what the Chinese government could do to manipulate TikTok.
	And what would you recommend people tell their children or their young friends?
	Stay indoors!
	No, I'd be really careful.
	You want to say anything more than that?
	Nope.
	Really careful.
	Wow!
	What was she going for?
	Do you want to say anything more than that?
	I have no idea what she was going for.
	Let me hear that again.
	Let me hear that again.
	That was kind of pathetic.
	What was she expecting?
	To manipulate.
	I think she was expecting a different answer.
	Someone at CIA told her that, oh, yeah, this is number one.
	We're looking at, you know, save the children.
	And what would you recommend people tell their children or their young friends about whether to use TikTok?
	I'd be really careful.
	You want to say anything more than that?
	Nope.
	Really careful.
	Huh.
	You know what?
	Your analysis has to be spot on.
	They told her that she's got to ask this question and to expect this answer, and he never delivered the answer.
	He didn't deliver.
	So she asked again, saying, well, maybe he forgot what the script said.
	Let me ask it again.
	Sounds like Eliza Schlesinger with that crazy laugh.
	I've been tracking Tencent who have, you know, they own the ByteDance.
	They also have a significant stake in Elon Musk's empire.
	More than likely in Twitter as well, certainly Tesla.
	Ever since their earnings, which was end of November, they've gone from about $5 to $8.
	They've almost doubled.
	They're on the NASDAQ.
	They've gone from about $5 to $8.
	They've almost doubled.
	They got pretty close at $9.
	There's something going on.
	People, people in the know are buying the stock and it's going up in like a parabolic almost.
	Well, this TikTok's a hell of a product.
	They're concerned about the Chinese gathering data.
	They're not.
	They're concerned about the earnings that TikTok is taking away the money.
	You're telling it, you're telling the underlying truth.
	Yes.
	Sorry.
	I'm telling what they're concerned about.
	And so they say they're concerned about this.
	Oh, they're going to collect all this data.
	What data are they going to collect?
	I mean, it's just a bunch of goofballs usually on TikTok or somebody falling off a roof.
	And by the way, this guy's an idiot.
	He's a schlemiel.
	Put him on that list.
	It's LexisNexis, as we know, Nexus, who does the vetting and the onboarding.
	It's an American company that does that for them.
	They're contracted to do that.
	Well, my point is, Not that.
	My point is, if they're so damn concerned about all this stuff, how come they don't mention or even show any concern about these genetic testing companies or these companies that do gene testing to see what kind of you look like, where are you going to get sick when you get older?
	And they're owned by the Chinese companies and that data of American citizens' gene structures are being shipped to China.
	How come there's no mention of that?
	Because it's pharmaceutical companies.
	They run the world.
	All right, on to the next topic is Iran control.
	This is short.
	These last clips are short.
	This is on Iran.
	This is an Iranian regime does not have good answers for what's on the minds of a very young population, 70 percent of which today is under the age of 30.
	Can those protests continue, though, given the number of arrests, the people who are dead and now execution?
	I think they can, and it's been a remarkable indication of both that frustration that I mentioned before and also the genuine courage of people out in the streets.
	And so, you know, this has gone on for just about three months now, and it can continue for some time.
	And now, of course, we see Iran's involvement with the Russians in Ukraine, using the drones.
	How worried are you about that relationship now?
	Well, quite worried.
	I mean, you know, historically there's a lot of mistrust between Russians and Iranians, but they need each other right now.
	And what's beginning to emerge is at least the beginnings of a full-fledged defense partnership.
	Well, nice to know that CIA will be continuing to ignite protests in Iran, because that's clearly how he knows that.
	Oh yeah.
	No, I was listening to this one with it.
	Since they're running the op in Iran, they would have some insight.
	So, okay, so it's going to continue for a couple more months at least.
	Good to know.
	Good to know.
	Yes, good.
	That's what I thought.
	Same exact thought.
	Good to know.
	Now, here's another situation.
	This is the last clip.
	This is him talking about the North Korea.
	And this is a great series of little clips.
	This is the one where Judy, I guess, made a mistake or said something wrong and she I kept the pauses and stuff in because it was some sort of a botch or something.
	I'm not sure what happened.
	But you'll get a kick out of this.
	And this is him talking about the North Koreans.
	Just a question about North Korea.
	There was another test today of a, I guess, a solid state engine missile.
	The U.S.
	has no eyes on the ground in the country.
	Is that right?
	No answer.
	Where is that headed?
	Where do you see that regime going?
	And do you see any evidence that the U.S.
	can head off the worst kind of attack that the North Koreans may be capable of?
	Well, I mean, I think what we've seen over the last year, just as you said, Judy, is quite troubling.
	More than 50 launches of North Korean missiles of various ranges, and clearly preparations for what would be the seventh nuclear test by the North Korean regime as well.
	All right, so I'm gonna say this was also the way the briefing went, and someone was not... Someone didn't brief Burns properly.
	The briefing went...
	Look, we're going to say we don't have any boots on the ground in North Korea.
	So don't even ask about it.
	So what she does is she says, we don't have anybody at boots on the ground.
	Think he's going to get a quick, that's right.
	But instead, the guy was not briefed.
	And he went, I think that's what happened here.
	Let's listen.
	I guess a solid state engine.
	Here we go.
	The US has no eyes on the ground in the country.
	Is that right?
	No answer.
	Wow.
	Yeah, that was a fuck up.
	I think it's the same briefing.
	Something got briefed poorly on one or the other or both sides.
	That was a complete botch, that last thing.
	Why'd they leave that in?
	I know why.
	It's the holiday crew.
	Exactly!
	Good call!
	Now, did you at any point have anything to say about the still-not-fully-released JFK documents?
	I don't remember that, no.
	I don't think so.
	Which they should do, because that's a crime against humanity.
	It's a crime.
	Here's a quick story.
	It is a crime.
	Let's give everyone a background on this.
	There was legislation, I think it was in the 90s, Sorry?
	I think it was during Clinton, wasn't it?
	Yeah, I think it was during Clinton, who said you have to release all the JFK documents, all of them, every single document in 75 years after the death.
	I think that was basically the law and it was put in law and then it was so that meant it during the Trump administration was supposed to be released.
	But no.
	The CIA pushed back on Trump, said, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it.
	And so they didn't do it.
	And Trump just pushed it all, kicked the can down the road, figuring, well, it's going to get released.
	So what?
	And by the way, which I think is another flaw in Trump, he should have just released it.
	But as per law, if they're going to impeach him, impeach him for that.
	That would be easier.
	Because it's a violation.
	So now we have to come up again with Biden and the same thing.
	No, I'm not going to do it.
	Is that exactly... I think he said, I believe it should all be released.
	But, uh...
	Yeah, well, he's not going to do it.
	The public is getting its first look at newly released documents about JFK's assassination.
	13,000 records have now been made public by the Biden administration, including information about Lee Harvey Oswald and his time in Mexico.
	The National Archives says only 3% of its documents related to the assassination are still redacted due to national intelligence concerns.
	Ah, there it is.
	Intelligence concerns, like you might find out that we're a bunch of creeps.
	Yes.
	Okay, so just responding to a couple of these different states.
	Well, you know, if you're going to take the CIA side on this, they would make the argument, and of course Ron Paul is the one who said, and we have the clip somewhere, you'll probably find it.
	Ron Paul said that the CIA took over the country, and we just have, you know, assumed it's possible, in a bloodless coup, with the assassination of Kennedy.
	Right.
	At some point they decided, well, Kennedy's got to go because he was problematic, and I used the word advisedly.
	You did.
	He's a problematic president because he was probably mobbed up.
	Like the entire Kennedy family.
	And it was like, you know, you're having the mafia running the country.
	It wasn't a good idea.
	So... I'm not sure.
	Let me see if this is it.
	Now, why did you reject the Secret Service protection?
	It seems like that would be a... Well, it's a form of welfare.
	No, that's not it.
	It wasn't called Ron Paul CIA, you know.
	I can't find that.
	We do have the clip.
	I'm sure we do somewhere.
	But Ron Paul made the assertion first.
	And it was dated at the Kennedy assassination.
	And anyone who knew anybody whose family or friends was in the CIA during that era, including a woodworker that worked here at this house, he told me, and his dad was a field guy, and he says in Hong Kong, or I think it was Hong Kong, He says he was called back to the states on an emergency basis the day before the assassination.
	He thought it was kind of fishy.
	My favorite is if you ask anyone who was around and alive during the 63 assassination of Kennedy, Where they were, it's very similar to ourselves and me, certainly.
	With 9-11, I remember exactly where I was.
	You remember where you were?
	You were old enough to remember where you were when Kennedy was assassinated?
	What you were doing?
	Do you remember that moment?
	Absolutely.
	Do you want to share?
	I was in school.
	Uh-huh.
	And it was announced over the PA system.
	So, for those who don't know, there was only one person who cannot remember where he was on that fateful day.
	That's a good story, yeah.
	And that is George Bush Sr.
	Yeah, George H.W.
	No, not H.W., H. No, it's H.W.
	No, it's George... Oh, you're right, Herbert Walker.
	Yeah, is he... I thought... Anyway, the old guy, the dead one.
	Yeah, the one who ran the CIA.
	Yeah.
	He didn't know where he was.
	I can't remember.
	I just can't remember where I was.
	And he was in Texas.
	I think they have photos of him there.
	Yes, he was, I don't think they have photos, but they have flight records.
	I thought there were photos of him in Dallas.
	I think there's flight records or something.
	There's something that I remember from many, many years of research.
	Right, you know, you have to say he was doing the country a favor the way he saw it.
	Yeah, jump out of airplanes, save the world.
	That's what it was back in the day.
	All right, let me move on to some of the other things the CIA director discussed there.
	You know, these collaborations between Russia and China, Russia and Iran.
	There was a big EU Stormtrooper Starfleet Command meeting.
	Everyone getting together, talking about what are we going to do, Russia's a real problem, and are we still going to be able to stand up to Russia as a bloc?
	And I just got this off of, where'd this come from?
	I think this is from, this may be from Euronews.
	They interviewed one of our buddies, Guy Verhofstadt.
	If you remember, he used to be the... For a while there, he was the Prime Minister of Belgium.
	But of course, we remember him as a member of European Parliament during Brexit.
	He had a big mouth and he likes to race old-fashioned cars.
	And he tells it like it is!
	But for all that has been achieved in the way of support for Ukraine, The crisis has exposed some deep cracks in the EU system.
	Many in Europe are concerned about the bloc's survival in a changing world.
	What we need is a will of the 27 member states to build a real European Union that can be effective and resilient in the world of tomorrow.
	Because the world of tomorrow, let's be very clear about that, it's not a world of member states or nations.
	It will be a world of blocs of empires.
	A stronger European Union means acting as a collective, but member states have to be prepared to cede more sovereignty to Brussels to be able to do that.
	But faced with an energy crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine, EU member states have increasingly gone the other way, pursuing their national interests as they seek to shield their own economies and populations from the war's consequences.
	So we're going to have blocks.
	Blocks.
	Which also means we'll have different reserve currencies.
	Wait, wait, wait.
	Explain this to me.
	What did they say?
	They're going to have blocks?
	Like countries?
	You know, like sovereign nations?
	Yeah, we have blocks.
	So you have the European Union block.
	Yeah.
	That's a block.
	The United States and I guess eventually they want to make it United States, Canada and Mexico.
	That'll be a block.
	Yeah.
	And then it'll be China, Russia, probably Iran will be a block.
	You know?
	What about South America?
	These guys left with a short sheet.
	They just won the World Cup.
	No, they just...
	Who's going to?
	Well, someone has to go down there and invade them and bring them into their block.
	Let's bring them into their block.
	Now, there is a block forming against China, and I'm pretty sure that this is built on our military industrial complex and our money printing as Japan gets ready.
	Japan has unveiled plans for its biggest military build-up since World War II.
	The government says it will double defense spending, bringing it up to the NATO standard of 2% of GDP.
	Japan's move away from a self-defense-only stance comes as it seeks to counter regional threats.
	It plans to acquire long-range missiles capable of striking China.
	Beijing said the plans undermine bilateral relations.
	I'm very pleased to be joined now by Tomohiko Taniguchi.
	He's a professor at Keio University Graduate School and formerly a special advisor to Japan's late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
	And I just want to say this is Deutsche Welle who are bringing a lot of interesting reports like this.
	Professor Taniguchi, could you give us an idea of how significant this announcement we just heard about is?
	It is not only significant but long overdue because the street address and zip code that you find around Japan requires much much more insurance premium.
	Japan is an immediate neighbor to Russia, North Korea and China.
	Doesn't this guy sound like George Takei?
	Like all of a sudden he's going to go, hey now!
	George Takei never went, hey now.
	Hey now!
	Oh my!
	No, he says, oh my!
	Oh my!
	Oh my!
	That's not something that you could envy.
	And Russia is one third of Japan in terms of economy.
	But China is growing still fast.
	And it's already four or five times as large as Japan's economy.
	And China is ten times as big as Russia as regards GDP.
	And none of which has ever exercised a democracy and investing all of all of which are investing very much heavily in nuclear arsenal.
	So it's significant but belated action.
	Yeah, and all I see flying is Ospreys, and I see Patriot missiles.
	There's an Osprey in the Bay Area that flies over the house area.
	One did during the show once.
	I remember.
	They've killed the Osprey program.
	They have new things that'll kill people.
	Yeah, there's a new thing, which is like an Osprey.
	It's a tilt rotor.
	A slightly different looking wing end.
	But the Osprey, when it comes, and it flew by the other day, too.
	That thing is just the noisiest thing I've ever heard in my life.
	Whap, whap, whap.
	It just shakes the house.
	It's worse than the earthquake.
	By the way, that report is not unknown to the United States.
	We do have a PBS version.
	Uh-huh.
	Okay.
	Hold on a second.
	Short and sweet.
	This is the clip.
	It's called China Update?
	No, it's called Japan Rearming.
	Oh, yes.
	I've got it here.
	Japan is making a major break from its self-defense-only security strategy.
	The new policy calls for acquiring first-strike capability and cruise missiles.
	Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said today that Japan's existing military cannot handle growing threats from China and North Korea.
	Can the current capability of the self-defense forces deter a threat to our country?
	When a threat becomes real, can they protect our country?
	We carried out a realistic simulation.
	To state it frankly, the current situation is insufficient.
	Beijing charged that the Japanese move amounts to, quote, hyping up the so-called China threat.
	So, hyping up.
	It's kind of overlooked in the thing, even though the Japanese make good product.
	We're the ones that make the armaments.
	This is money in the bank for us.
	But isn't it money?
	It's a market.
	It's an unexplored, exploited market.
	But wait a minute, haven't we...
	We as a Federal Reserve, haven't we propped up Japan with all this money, the Bank of Japan?
	I think it was like hundreds of billions of swap lines.
	We want it back.
	We want it back.
	That's what it is.
	I agree.
	I'm just saying it's our money too.
	So we're giving them, we printed up the money and now we're going to sell them this stuff, which by the way is all the new stuff that we built with the Ukraine money.
	Yeah, we got rid of inventory.
	We're building back up.
	Build Back Better!
	That's what Build Back Better is!
	We got it!
	It's an MIC term.
	Build Back Better Bombs!
	Yes.
	All right, let's go back to Deutsche Welle as China is still in a little bit of trouble, Beijing specifically, as they had to release some of the pressure as people were getting really angry about being locked up like dogs, being welded in their homes to die.
	In fact, remember when they were killing the dogs and cats, clubbing them and throwing them in bags on the street?
	Only to show up later in the rations?
	Now here's what's going on now.
	COVID-19 cases are surging across China as people take advantage of new freedoms.
	Nationwide frustration and unprecedented public protests forced authorities to ease quarantine and travel restrictions.
	But since then, more and more people are testing positive.
	Official figures on infections and fatalities remain low, but some estimates put the likely death toll at more than 1 million by the end of next year.
	People in Beijing line up to get nasal spray boosters.
	Cases are surging.
	You gotta see these nasal spray boosters?
	This report has video.
	So it's on the street, the patient tilts their head back, and they insert this syringe with like a little, obviously not with a needle on the end, but a spout, and there's a stopper that kind of goes in your nostril, and they shoot this whole thing in, like right into the back of your brain!
	And you can see the people wincing when this happens.
	What's wrong with an inhaler?
	You got a little spray like we have, you know, in this country, and you, you breathe it in.
	No, no, there's, there's like, like a neti pot.
	You're forcing it down your throat.
	Yes, like a neti pot.
	Get nasal spray boosters.
	Cases are surging after the government abruptly ended its strict zero COVID policy in the wake of nationwide protests against the restrictions.
	Authorities are trying to persuade reluctant seniors and others at risk to get vaccinated to prevent large-scale outbreaks, hospitalizations, and deaths.
	Those already showing symptoms make their way to temporary clinics set up around the city, like this public gymnasium where they can get medical advice and treatment.
	Others are opting to stay home, either because they're already sick or trying to avoid infection.
	That means deliveries of food and everyday items are in heavy demand.
	But scores of workers are also coming down with the virus, so packages pile up on the streets, unclaimed.
	In China's financial hub, Shanghai, schools have switched to online classes as cases soar.
	Nurseries and childcare centers are also set to close.
	Across the country, people were quick to return to old habits when the restrictions were eased, crowding shopping malls, subway stations, restaurants.
	See, this is Deutsche Welle again, and I am of the belief that they are only reporting this in this particular fashion because you didn't see any video of what she described except for the nasal spray.
	I think they're gearing everybody up to get all freaked out and scared.
	Because, oh, it's happening.
	Oh, boy.
	Well, you think they're gearing him up for the Europeans to have to go do another lockdown?
	Yep, I do.
	And here's part two.
	The Chinese capital, Beijing, is seeing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases.
	And high numbers of workers testing positive for the virus means that the city's funeral homes are overwhelmed.
	Undertakers say they're short on drivers and workers, so families have to wait longer to cremate their relatives.
	Local media have reported more coronavirus-linked deaths, even though official tallies do not include the latest victims.
	China relaxed some of the world's toughest measures to control the spread of the virus just over a week ago.
	So, we're all gonna die.
	Well, they are all going to die.
	We don't have that angle here.
	I got a PBS version.
	I think this is about the same thing.
	This is the China update, which you cited earlier.
	And I think this is all they have to say.
	China's leaders pledged today to boost the country's economy after pandemic losses.
	That followed a two-day conference.
	The Chinese government has ended strict lockdowns that weakened economic growth.
	But there are growing fears of an explosion of COVID cases.
	It's coming.
	It's coming.
	And everyone's gonna forget.
	They're already... masking is already... Here, ABC.
	Yeah, here we go.
	Here we go.
	This morning, hospitals around the country treating an in-rush of patients battling a perfect storm.
	An in-rush.
	This is a new term.
	I like it.
	An in-rush.
	So, not like hospitals are overwhelmed or filled to the brim.
	No, it's an in-rush.
	We're rushing in.
	It's an in-rush.
	This morning, hospitals around the country treating an in-rush of patients battling a perfect storm of viruses.
	A lot of these patients are very sick.
	In preparation of this winter surge...
	Did you hear that insert?
	It was beautiful.
	Classic.
	And like, a lot of these patients are very sick.
	Rush of patients battling a perfect storm of viruses.
	A lot of these patients are very sick.
	In preparation of this winter surge, the Biden administration is once again offering households free COVID-19 testing kits.
	John, there you go.
	Free.
	It's free.
	Better go get them.
	Go get them free.
	I already put it.
	It's called covidtest.gov.
	I already ordered them for the family.
	Get more!
	It's more free!
	Free COVID-19 testing kits at covidtest.gov.
	Oh, they promoted it for you!
	Oh, John, you should just try to get more.
	Just try to get more.
	I think you should.
	You like getting free stuff from your government.
	Hey, I already paid for it.
	I want it.
	Free COVID-19 testing kits at covidtest.gov.
	We still had some resources left.
	White House health officials urging people to test themselves if they have symptoms and before visiting with family this holiday.
	Stopping.
	Who is this?
	Who's reporting here?
	I can tell you, actually.
	CBS.
	It's gotta be CBS.
	No, this is ABC.
	And the ABC reporter is... Well, I don't care about it.
	It's just the way they... It's the person who did the editing with all these drop-ins.
	Yeah.
	You know?
	It's Emmy... We got resources left.
	You know, they just go right... They just plow through this report.
	It's really funny the way they put it together.
	This is Em Nguyen.
	So I think she's a B-stringer.
	Backbencher?
	Oh, it's how you were on vacation.
	That's why it's so weird.
	Okay, so the guy who's editing the package is like, I'm really gonna show everybody how I kick ass.
	Watch me put these little drops in there.
	Watch me do this little stuff, man.
	It's gonna be great.
	Yeah, it's like, oh yeah, the people are very sick.
	Who come in here?
	Oh yeah, the brass is gonna notice me now!
	...if they have symptoms, and before visiting with family this holiday season.
	The president's plan comes as the country faces a rise in respiratory viruses, COVID-19, RSV, and the flu.
	Flu is rising in many parts of the country, probably the worst flu outbreak we've seen in a decade.
	One boy in San Diego County so sick with two strains of the flu he was put on a ventilator and two weeks later still in the ICU.
	His father urging others to get vaccinated.
	It was so bad that I was scared that he wasn't gonna make it.
	Now the World Health Organization is also tracking a potential uptick in invasive group A strep infections.
	Invasive group A strep infection.
	Dr. Dvorak, can you elaborate?
	No, I don't have a clue, but I'll say this.
	The way this package is, the way this whole presentation has been edited and done, the guy should get put into the A-team.
	He's good!
	It's a lot of value add!
	This report is, compared to what we've been playing so far... It's the best!
	It moves!
	It moves!
	He's moving me.
	I was scared that he wasn't going to make it.
	Now, the World Health Organization is also tracking a potential... Wait, stop, stop, one more time.
	The one thing I have to say is every one of his clips has this in the background.
	Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know.
	Where does he get those noisy clips?
	He's got to do some, some, some, he's got to fix that.
	Some noise gating, some filtering, bruh.
	Something, something.
	Get that Adobe filter.
	What is that thing called?
	That Adobe filter that we recommended to Project Veritas, which I think they're using.
	That thing's crazy good.
	Adobe's got some pretty dynamite.
	They have a blur filter that's unbelievable.
	I'm talking about the one that removes the noise, that gets your noisy, hidden microphone in a bar.
	Right.
	You get rid of all that, and it's not that easy to do by hand.
	You can do it, but it always has a... It throws the phase off.
	It makes a mess.
	No, the stuff that Adobe's doing there is great.
	You need a tool.
	Well, he should have used this.
	I was scared that he wasn't going to make it.
	Now, the World Health Organization is also tracking a potential uptick in invasive Group A strep infections, a sometimes life-threatening illness among children.
	Invasive Group A strep is is actually caused by the same bacteria.
	And when people sometimes talk about flesh-eating bacteria, that's usually the bacteria that we're kind of pointing to.
	Okay, hold on a sec.
	This guy's giving me a little bit too much information about invasive group A strep, which now has an acronym IGAS.
	IGAS.
	IGAS!
	You know, back to the editing of this thing.
	I think she did the whole package.
	She did it.
	She went into the editing room and did the whole thing.
	It's her own package?
	I think she put the whole thing together because this is, again, the skeleton crew over the Christmas holidays.
	They probably can't even get an editor to work.
	Most people that do these news reports can work in the avid editing room to do it themselves if they have time.
	Well, let's take a look at M Nguyen, N-G-U-Y-E-N, which is, I think that's very interesting.
	First, let's take a little look at some images.
	Well, she's Vietnamese.
	Oh, well, she's, well, she's tiny.
	Yeah, she would be if she's Southeast Asian.
	You think she's doing the package herself?
	I think she did the whole thing.
	Hmm.
	Cause it flows through.
	It's just like, it's got the same machine gun style that she has personally.
	So she would, that would be reflected in the editing job.
	Oh, check it out from the rap.
	Headline.
	This is November 6 of last year.
	ABC News hires Em Nguyen as multi-platform reporter.
	If you're a multi-platform reporter, you can do this.
	I think you're right.
	I think you're right.
	Em is a skilled reporter and storyteller who will be a fantastic addition to our talented Washington team.
	And she worked at Spectrum News.
	Oh yeah!
	You have to do everything yourself at Spectrum.
	You have to bring your own camera, set it up on sticks and stand in front of it.
	Pretty much.
	Oh, okay.
	Well, I'm very impressed.
	You know, Em should be moving up.
	...diseases actually caused by the same bacteria.
	And when people sometimes talk about flesh-eating bacteria, that's usually the bacteria that we're kind of pointing to.
	It can cause sepsis.
	Most of those patients, you know, their illness is obviously worse than the typical sepsis.
	One doctor is saying the ongoing shortage of the antibiotic amoxicillin could also be exacerbating the situation.
	Well, there you go.
	I don't know about this invasive group A strep, that's... Yeah, I think that's a stretch.
	It's bothersome!
	Blushing bacteria in your throat.
	Yeah, I'm just saying, it's bothersome.
	That stuff pops up all of a sudden.
	Uh, do we have anything?
	Do you have anything on COVID?
	We should probably just get anything out of the way if you've got anything left on COVID.
	Yeah, but since we're talking about diseases... Oh, let's just bring in random diseases then.
	I have a takedown, or a quiz, more of a question, today's question day for me, of the Dovato commercial, which is an AIDS thing, you take, it's one of those multi-ingredient... Prep?
	Is it prep?
	Prep?
	No, it's not prep, it's something else.
	But it's advertised to death, and of course, ask your doctor, even if you're not gay.
	They always have these really gay performers, and they do this, but there's a little gotcha in here.
	I want to play the whole commercial.
	Which is $1.39, which is a one minute and 29 seconds book.
	And listen to it, and there's something peculiar in here that just, I've been trying to catch this, because I've seen it a number of times on television, every time I hear it I go, this, what?
	Play.
	Detect this.
	Living with HIV, I learned I could stay undetectable with fewer medicines.
	That's why I switched to Dovato.
	Dovato is for some adults who are starting an HIV-1 treatment or replacing their current HIV-1 regimen.
	Detect this.
	No other complete HIV pill uses fewer medicines to help keep you undetectable than Dovato.
	Detect this.
	Most HIV pills contain three or four medicines.
	Dovato is as effective with just two.
	Research shows people who take HIV treatment as prescribed and get to and stay undetectable can no longer transmit HIV through sex.
	Don't take Dovato if you're allergic to its ingredients or if you take Defetilide.
	Taking Dovato with Defetilide can cause serious or life-threatening side effects.
	Hepatitis B can become harder to treat while on Dovato.
	Don't stop Dovato without talking to your doctor.
	As your hepatitis B may worsen or become life-threatening.
	Serious or life-threatening side effects can occur, including allergic reactions, lactic acid buildup, and liver problems.
	If you have a rash or other allergic reaction symptoms, stop the bottle and get medical help right away.
	Tell your doctor if you have kidney or liver problems, or if you are, may be, or plan to be pregnant.
	Dovado may harm your unborn baby.
	Use effective birth control while on Dovado.
	Do not breastfeed while taking Dovado.
	Most common side effects are headache, nausea, diarrhea, trouble sleeping, tiredness, and anxiety.
	Detect this.
	I stay undetectable with fewer medicines.
	Ask your doctor about switching to Dovado.
	Alright, what's the issue?
	Well, first of all, you should detect this game.
	Detect this!
	The idea is to make you undetectable if you have HIV.
	This is what the PrEP does.
	All these drugs do the same thing.
	Well, they make this comment in there, you can't transmit, even though you're undetectable, even though you have HIV, you're undetectable, which is cool, and you can't transmit HIV per se.
	And they say this in every one of these ads.
	Oh, per se.
	Interesting.
	Here's the sub clip.
	You can hear it here.
	Uh, hold on a second.
	Uh, sub clip.
	Yes, thank you.
	Take HIV treatment as prescribed and get to and stay undetectable.
	Can no longer transmit HIV through sex.
	No, through sex.
	No, I said per se.
	No, through sex.
	I'm sorry, maybe I misunderstood.
	I heard you cannot transmit through sex.
	Well, okay, you know, if they say through sex, that's interesting because this is the one commercial where it was unclear.
	The other one, I'm telling you, she says per se.
	It was very clear.
	I think she says per sex.
	I think you're incorrect.
	Play it again.
	The sub clip?
	Yeah.
	Take HIV treatment as prescribed and get to and stay undetectable.
	Can no longer transmit HIV through sex.
	Through sex.
	She's saying through sex.
	She clearly is saying through sex.
	Okay, okay.
	I heard through sex that time.
	Of course.
	Alright, now I gotta go back to find the original commercial where I thought she said per se.
	It's... Well, now I'm Roseanne Rosanna Dana.
	I fall right into that same category.
	Me and Jeff Jarvis.
	Oh no!
	Oh, that's an opening right there.
	Me and Jeff Jarvis.
	That's just an opening.
	Anytime we can do that.
	Okay, well, let me switch it up for a second here.
	And speaking of little things, you might hear someone say, there was this little, little, little itty bitty tidbit that was picked up Uh, which I didn't pick up, but someone, uh, pointed me to this.
	Kevin O'Leary.
	You know who that is?
	Kevin O'Leary, he's the guy on the... Yeah, he's one of the guys that sits there at the, uh, Shark Tank.
	Shark Tank, yeah.
	And so he... Alright, you know, you got a good idea, but I don't like it.
	I'm Mr. Wonderful!
	And that's who he is.
	So, Kevin O'Leary, I guess he had a PR deal with FTX.
	I don't think he invested any money, but he had some kind of deal to promote FTX, and I believe that number was $12 million.
	And so, he feels very comfortable going around, because he wasn't an idiot that really lost money in the investment, but maybe he did, it's unclear.
	But he's the only person who's going around and talking on CNBC.
	Now, what you'll hear in this 41-second clip, there's one little thing here that coincides so weirdly with a very newsworthy event.
	Let me see if you can catch...
	The odd name that is mentioned in this quick clip.
	I obviously know all the institutional investors in this deal.
	We all look like idiots.
	Let's put that on the table, okay?
	We relied on each other's due diligence, but we also relied on another investment theme that I felt drove a lot of interest in FTX.
	Sam Bankman-Fried is an American.
	His parents are American compliance lawyers.
	There were no other American large exchanges to invest in if you wanted to invest in crypto as an infrastructure play.
	So many of us said, wait a second, who's coming to this deal?
	We knew, for example, Tiger.
	This sounds like groupthink.
	Did you know there was no CFO?
	Did you hear it?
	Tiger?
	Yes!
	And FTX blew up the same weekend Iger was brought back as CEO.
	Of Disney.
	Of Disney, yeah.
	Yeah, he mentioned Iger and he was stepped on.
	Yeah, and it never came back.
	The Iger never came back in that interview.
	Now, it was well known that... That brings me... I would like to know what's going on there with Iger.
	Well, don't expect the CNBC crew to actually ask any questions.
	By the way, the way he was talking, you're right.
	It sounds like a guy who put money in.
	And... Hey, you know, we all had to do due diligence.
	These guys were compliance lawyers and all these everybody.
	We needed something in the United States.
	We needed a play that was, you know, an infrastructure play.
	And this was the one.
	It was USA.
	Yeah, it sounds like he put money in.
	One of my friends, who is a top person at Disney, didn't know about this change until Saturday that weekend either.
	This was a very, very abrupt change to bring Iger back to CEO of Disney.
	Oh, wait, wait.
	Let me guess.
	You're thinking that Iger lost his ass and had to go back to work.
	That's the logical thing to me.
	Or like, oh, this is so embarrassing.
	We can't have Bob wrapped up in this.
	Or, um, holy crap, Disney's got a hole in it.
	Let's cover it up with some FT... Oops.
	I don't know.
	I mean, it could be anything.
	But the fact that he was mentioned as... Oh, Iger was coming to this deal.
	What deal?
	The investment deal?
	Was there a big buyout deal?
	He talks of a deal.
	Iger's coming to this deal.
	So this was a consortium of investors?
	It's very poor.
	CNBC has very poor interviewing skills.
	And that's your Ross, Andrew Ross Scrotum, whatever his name is.
	That guy is pathetic.
	I agree, their interviewers are not good.
	But, well, I mean, they lost their best interviews.
	It was the Honey Money and then what's her name?
	Honey Money.
	Honey Money.
	The Money Honey.
	And the other one?
	I like Honey Money.
	That's even better.
	What other one?
	What other one did they lose?
	The one that's the Council on Foreign Relations, younger one.
	She's the one I worked with when I was doing spots for CNBC.
	I don't know.
	Trump hate her and she's like... That's everybody.
	Trump hate her.
	Where is she now then?
	Oh, CNN, you mean Erin... Erin Burnett.
	Aaron Burnett.
	She was a good interviewer.
	You know, and what happened to her, because once they killed the fat guy, her co-host, because they killed him, they killed that guy.
	He was, what, he was 50.
	Who?
	The guy who died, her co-host on CNBC.
	When she was on CNBC, she had her own show.
	Oh man, she did the morning show!
	No, she did it.
	She was doing an afternoon show that I worked on.
	It was like a two or something like that.
	Hold on a second.
	It was the co-host on CNBC this morning.
	Come on.
	What was that called?
	Look her up and look at her bio.
	I'm looking at her bio!
	But it was... You're mixing people up.
	No, I'm not mixing people up.
	Squawk on the street, co-anchor of Squawk on the Street.
	Here we go.
	It was Mark something-or-other.
	Mark Haines.
	Mark Haines.
	No, I don't even know who that is.
	The fat guy, who was her co-host.
	The fat guy.
	You're fat-shaming a dead man.
	Yes!
	Well, I mean... Look, I'm saying they killed him.
	I'm not trying to say that he died because he was fat.
	Uh, let me see.
	Mark Haines.
	Uh... Yeah, so anyway... Oh, I remember him.
	Yeah, Mark.
	Yeah, Squawk Box.
	And then Squawk on the street in 2011, then he keeled over.
	And then she, then she became bad.
	She just, she was no good.
	She can't carry the show herself, is my feeling.
	And if you watch her, whenever she asks a question, Tina mentioned this to me, she cocks her head like a cocker spaniel.
	Yeah, she does.
	And it gets really irritating.
	Like she's looking for some sound.
	Dog whistle.
	Uh, okay.
	Well, anyway, those two are out and there's no, and then they had the other girl that looked like Goldie Hawn and she quit when some, they lost a lot of people cause they didn't, they never paid well.
	And once Fox moved in on the territory into Fox business, even though Fox business stinks, that's where the money, the honey money went, but it took a bunch of people with it cause they pay more.
	Yeah, of course.
	She's no good.
	She's no good.
	Oh, man.
	Okay, where were we?
	Uh, I don't know.
	Our immediate deconstruction of the highest order.
	Yeah, I think so.
	Fat guy.
	And with that, I'd like to thank you for your courage to say, in the morning, to you, the man who put the sea in the cocker spaniel cocked head!
	Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. John C. DeVore!
	In the morning to you, Mr. Adam Curry.
	Also, in the morning, all ships, sea boots to the ground, feed in the air, subs in the water.
	You're all the dames and knights out there.
	Yes, in the morning, to all the trolls in the troll room.
	It's not going to be a very long donation segment.
	I'll let you all know, those who think that they need to skip it.
	Skip it.
	It's very, very poor form.
	I see you skipping and coming back.
	I see it.
	I see it all the time.
	You can actually see it in real time.
	This is where the content lives, people.
	But I'd like to say in the morning to the trolls who are once again in the troll room at trollroom.io.
	They're here all the time.
	When we do our Christmas episode, you know, January 1st, we're also doing... Oh man, it's gonna be great.
	We have a...
	New Year's Eve dinner at the former New York Banker's house.
	Oh, where's his house?
	In Austin, but it's gonna be with like 10 people.
	So we will have some good stories from the hoi polloi, the hoity-toity.
	Come on, it's gonna be great!
	It sounds like a winner.
	Yeah, it's going to be good.
	Anyway, big, big problem yesterday.
	Somehow I was able to dox our cloud of servers and they wound up talking, trying to synchronize with each other, sending out about 13,000 confirmation emails to a number of people.
	So it got our attention.
	It's possible that the troll counting mechanism doesn't work, but let's give it a shot, okay?
	Alright, trolls, let's see.
	And... Oh, yes!
	Ooh, it's a lucky number today.
	1888.
	It was Sunday?
	Yes.
	Ooh, it's a lucky number today.
	1888.
	For Sunday?
	Yeah.
	Uh, yeah.
	It should be 22.
	No, but I like the 1888.
	People are probably... Oh, no.
	I like 1888.
	Oh, no.
	Yeah.
	It's a dynamite number.
	It's better than, like, 2027.
	Give me a break.
	1888 is good.
	It's good.
	Thank you, trolls.
	It's a lucky number.
	It's good to have you all here.
	Of course, you can also find these trolls over at noagendasocial.com, where whether they have an account there or they're just trolling around with their own accounts.
	It turns out, We started the Mastodon five years ago.
	2017 is when we started our no agenda social.
	I find that hard to believe.
	Yeah, no, I have confirmation.
	Five years ago.
	I don't want to say that, you know, we're ahead of the times or anything, but there you go.
	And we were also one of the first to be put on the block list as a bunch of Nazi KKK quadroons, so there you go.
	We are leaders, foam finger number one.
	You can, of course, follow us, even if you've been put on a block list or find yourself a better instance.
	And just follow Adam at noagendersocial.com, John C. Du Bois at noagendersocial.com.
	These are not email addresses.
	If you don't know what Mastodon is, go over to Mastodon.
	Go to John Mastodon and find out what it is.
	Ask Mr. Mastodon how to do it.
	Ask John himself.
	Oh, you know what was really lame?
	And I like her.
	You know Annalee Newitz?
	You know her?
	Reporter?
	Yeah, I do.
	Actually, I know her.
	I like her.
	She used to come on Silicon Spin.
	Yeah, and she did a big article on me for Time magazine when podcasting was just blowing up.
	And I really liked him.
	We kept in touch and she interviewed me several years later about something else.
	But she's gone kind of Woke, like super woke.
	She's one of the journalists that I follow on my secret account.
	And so now the John Mastodon meme was hilarious.
	But oh no, we had to turn it into Joan Mastodon.
	Because you know, we can't have it be a man.
	And she's pushing that.
	It's a little disappointing.
	Oh, that's a shame.
	Joan Mastodon, please.
	It's like, why ruin his goodness?
	I thought she was pretty sharp.
	I think she still is sharp, but it's just like, come on, that was unnecessary.
	Maybe she's just being satirical.
	No, no, I followed her account for a bit.
	She's kind of gone a little overboard.
	Anyway.
	That's what the spike protein does to you.
	Really, I'm reliably informed.
	Thank you very much, Trolls.
	Good to have you here.
	Good to have you on the Mastodon.
	We appreciate that.
	And thank you for being, really for being a driving force and for being there early, knowing how it works.
	We're not surprised by anything, are we?
	Of course, we also want to thank the artists who bring us fabulous, fabulous... Oh, by the way, I wanted to mention, whenever I post the show on noagendasocial.com, I will post something that says, No Agenda episode, it'll be 15, 13 today, comment thread.
	You can respond to that thread, and it will show up in all of the Podcasting 2.0 apps, where you can also respond.
	So it's like cross-app.
	You can be in one app, see a comment, comment on it, and someone else in another app will see it.
	This is something kind of magical that we've put together.
	And it works on Mastodon, so you don't even have to have the app.
	What you comment there will show up in the app.
	Just wanted to say that.
	Now, let's look at the artwork for Episode 1512.
	And bring it up here.
	We titled that one Cash is Criminal.
	Boy is it ever.
	Talk about that in a moment.
	And this was brought to us by Sir Paul Couture.
	And I think we unilaterally, universally, right away, were like, this is kind of the one.
	Was there even anything competing with it?
	It's the Santa... Well, there's a lot of cheesecake for some reason.
	There was some nice simple pieces I liked.
	The couture, we didn't really argue against it.
	I mean, couture, this is all licensed art.
	I should mention anyone who has some complaints about it.
	Yeah.
	The Santa running in the snow with a couple of weirdos.
	We had picked a green one.
	There's two versions of it.
	We picked the one with the more green in it, I believe.
	Yes, we did, specifically.
	More green and the stars were lit up a little bit more in the background.
	Yeah, and they did a second one for some, I don't know why, for higher contrast maybe.
	But yeah, TOR can throw this stuff together pretty well.
	There was a couple of things.
	He also did a piece of cheesecake that was kind of cute, a very fifties-looking one, called Miss Claus vs XXX.
	It was weird because it was a woman with a beard and... No, no, I'm not talking about the woman with the beard.
	That wasn't him.
	That was Capitalist Agenda.
	Oh, Capitalist Agenda.
	You're right, you're right.
	He did a woman with a beard and Mike first thought, well, there's the Eurovision Song Contest wrapped up in a martini glass.
	Yes, correct.
	What else?
	This stuff was just slightly, it was decorative, but it wasn't.
	You made a real pitch at a certain point there for, let me see, what was it?
	Oh, a Nick Pickle.
	You made a pitch for Nick Pickle?
	Yes, Nick Pickle was a very funny piece.
	I thought it was the funniest piece.
	It was silly.
	And it had said Nick Pickle on there.
	And you, and who did that?
	Nick Pickle was done by Tantaniel.
	Which would have, I think, would have sealed the deal for her for the best artist of 2022.
	Well, I wasn't taking any of that into account.
	I always take, you always take, if you're ever a judge, you take everything.
	Only with Darren O'Neill, who I hate.
	That's the only, that's the only person.
	If you didn't hate him, he'd have won again this year.
	So, uh, Nick Pickle, I just thought was funny.
	It was a pickle with a Santa Claus outfit on and it was a pickle.
	But no, he, that way Adam was not going to accept that.
	No, no, that wasn't working for me.
	What else?
	Yeah, it was interesting because it was the big news of the show of the show day that we didn't even talk about.
	A comic strip blogger threw in the Trump superhero thing there.
	I guess he released NFTs?
	That was his big super announcement?
	It was collecting cards, wasn't it cards?
	It's NFTs.
	It was NFT cards?
	Hold on a second.
	Hello, everyone.
	This is Donald Trump, hopefully your favorite president of all time, better than Lincoln, better than Washington, with an important announcement to make.
	I'm doing my first official Donald J. Trump NFT collection right here and right now.
	They're called Trump Digital Trading Cards.
	And the darn thing sold out.
	Oh, I'm sure it could.
	I mean, this guy with his Trump steaks and the Trump winery, which is still in business and makes a credible product, even though he doesn't drink.
	But the thing is, he announced this big, big announcement, very important announcement.
	And people are like, yeah, he rolls out an NFT.
	I mean, that is, although it hasn't stopped my boy, Paul, the septic guy, he still wants Trump.
	He still wants Trump.
	I have some, we have some clips later on in the next segment.
	I got Biden and I got some of these guys on PBS talking about Trump.
	Well, thank you very much to Sir Paul Couture, not just for the fabulous art you made for us.
	And it's part of the value for value model.
	I mean, and Sir Paul has been providing incredible value for many years as he set up the entire noagendaartgenerator.com and maintains it.
	And we really, really appreciate that.
	And they replaced another one before that that was done by Asher and someone else, and I should know his name, but they bailed.
	Both of them are overboard.
	We have never heard from them since.
	And I think there's still some early art that's over there that's gone.
	Yeah, I'm sure we lost something, but right now there's, oh my goodness, what do we have with close to 30,000 pieces of art, which is quite a nice level considering we've had 1,513 episodes.
	So there's always something to choose from.
	We appreciate the work that all of the artists do.
	Get yourself an Albi wallet, people, so we can cut you in.
	We want to thank you with some streaming goodies.
	And I see some dreidels here.
	Are we forgetting our shapeshifting Jewish friends for Hanukkah?
	I think we forgot our Jewish friends for Hanukkah.
	And you're supposed to say it that way, to our Jewish friends.
	Our Jewish friends from Hanukkah.
	Hanukkah.
	I think we might have... I can't believe we missed Hanukkah.
	Hanukkah.
	You know, we also missed... Kwanzaa.
	Well, Kwanzaa don't come.
	No, we missed Canadian Thanksgiving, which was, I think, the first.
	Oh, goodness.
	Yeah, we're fine.
	No wonder the donations are way down.
	We need people to remind us, remind us of these important milestones.
	And they do seem to be a little bit down, but let's thank our executive and associate... A little bit?
	Let's thank our executive and our associate executive producers who bring us one of the teas of the time, talent and treasure.
	And we very much appreciate it.
	And by the way, today is the last day of Hanukkah.
	Well, we're perfect then.
	Yeah, but we didn't put it out there as any point of interest.
	We're very remiss.
	We apologize to our Jewish friends.
	That's the way to say it.
	I think you can also say our Jewish brothers and sisters.
	I think that's a little more insincere.
	That even works better.
	We're very apologetic.
	We screwed up.
	These are Christmas... I see the top two in blue.
	If you become a knight or a dame, you get a Christmas knight or Christmas dame name today, and we see John... Yeah, but there's no instant knights today, and the special celebration is very disappointing.
	Well, we do start with Joe from Sherrville, Indiana.
	Not far from Gary, probably.
	Please put me on the birthday list.
	And this is $361.42.
	I'm sure there's a reason for that.
	Put me on the birthday list for the 21st as I celebrate my 37th trip around the sun.
	Done!
	According to USinflationcalculator.com, this donation amount would have been enough to be an instantite in 1985 dollars.
	Yikes!
	It also happens to be enough to put me, so $1985, so we've lost three, what?
	Two-thirds.
	Two-thirds.
	You go back to the 70s and it's 10x.
	No kidding.
	A hundred bucks, instant night.
	Do you remember that, remember that Jumford Toyota?
	Yeah.
	You know what those trucks cost at the time?
	$5,000.
	Yeah.
	It also happens to be enough to put me over the amount for knighthood in 2022 dollars, accounting below.
	I started listening to the show after Adam's first JRE appearance and have not looked back.
	I probably would have gone insane during the scamdemic.
	Do you have something to say with that?
	No, it's the gong for the JRE experience.
	Oh, okay, very good.
	I probably would have gone insane during this scandemic if it weren't for this show and all you guys do to expose the insanity that is this clown world.
	From henceforth, I will be known as Sir Tooth Fairy Christmas Night of the Dirt Pit Blasters, and I'm requesting dry-aged ribeye and St.
	Elmo's shrimp cocktail at the round table.
	Okay, what we can do that and you request a millennial air horn and yak karma for all You've got Karma All right, onward with Christopher Kessler in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
	And he came in with 333.33, so he's Associate Special Holiday Executive Producer.
	This donation should allow me a title upgrade from Viscount Christopher to Earl Christopher.
	No jingles, no karma.
	Ooh, all right.
	You're on the list.
	Sir Mike is in Clinton Township, Michigan, 333.33.
	Gotta love that number in the morning, John and Adam.
	Sir Mike writes, I apologize for the gap in donations.
	It's been a wild half year here at Axehead Watchmakers.
	Oh, is this our wooden watch guy?
	The wooden watch?
	I think so.
	The wooden watch?
	Yeah, it's axeheadwatch.shop.
	Supply chain issues are worse this year than last.
	We also have to sue a company that took our money, told us to make extra stock, and ghosted us, but still exists for us to sue.
	Wow.
	Yeah.
	Oh, I hate it when this happens.
	In better news, I received 3,524 votes in a race that was decided by only 1,601.
	In third-party politics, we call this beating the spread, or playing spoiler.
	As far as I know, I was the only libertarian to this ...to this in the state of Michigan this cycle.
	My smoking hot wife Dame Kelly is in better health this year and did get a new job offer after the last Jobs Karma.
	Well, we're happy to hear that.
	Producers can still get 25% off wooden watches at axeheadwatch.shop with promo code ITM.
	Use your promo code!
	That's Mike Lindell.
	Thank you.
	And we love them all for keeping us going throughout a rough patch.
	Love is lit.
	Please give some karma that is good for lawsuits, peace on earth, goodwill towards men, and lady folk.
	Well, we've got a karma for you.
	You've got karma.
	And here comes Millennial Mel from Portland.
	She's in Oregon.
	Uh, Oregon 33, Local 33 meetup donation.
	Oh, okay, so she got the call out.
	Yep.
	Our donation gets credited to Millennial Mail to make her an executive producer.
	We had a great meetup and I'd like to thank all the Portland slaves that have been supporting Dick's Primal Burger.
	My 100%... Let me do this correctly.
	Yeah.
	My 100% grass-fed burger joint that would make Texas Slim proud.
	Thanks to John, despite blocking me, and Adam for the hard work and keeping us slaves sane.
	Man, you are loved even when you block people.
	That's great.
	Yeah, that's great.
	That's something cool about that.
	All right, Millennial Mill, on there.
	Nice.
	I love that you guys do that.
	It's very cool.
	Sir Charles is in Thornton, Colorado.
	Associate Executive Producership 28008.
	It's a two boob.
	Dear Kraken Buzz, first, Kyle is a douchebag and he sucks at fantasy football.
	Second, provided TPP jobs, Karma.
	My company's undergoing a merger.
	I could use it.
	Got it lined up.
	Finally, Adam brought a clip last show about gene editing called base editing.
	My wife, Dame Courtney of the Important Mountain, had a cousin named Carolina who underwent this therapy to treat her ongoing leukemia.
	Within 48 hours after receiving this treatment, Carolina experienced a major cytokine storm and died on November 26th.
	This is not the way I expected the report to go.
	Oh, that's horrible!
	Within 48 hours of receiving this treatment, Carolina experienced a major cytokine storm and died November 27th.
	She was 20 years old.
	Please give us a dose of F-cancer.
	You bet.
	Sorry to end the note on a downer.
	Yeah, we love you.
	Okay.
	I'm sorry about that too.
	Well, let's roll it all out then.
	Jobs!
	Jobs!
	You've got karma.
	Sounds like the treatment was flawed.
	I agree.
	Anonymous from Wichita, Kansas comes in with 23456.
	We got a number of notes from him back and forth and back and forth.
	No, it was the same as the one he sent before.
	This is the guy who... Who was drunk.
	It was a drunk donation.
	Still a married wife, still thinks I'm nuts.
	He's referring to the wife who thought he was nuts for taking ivermectin.
	She's the nurse.
	That's why you gotta keep your mectin in the safe.
	No jingles, no karma.
	Sorry.
	Keep your mectin in the safe.
	We got, oh, look at this, that Larry show.
	Comes in with 233.33, wrote us a note, which I have here, dear Adam and John.
	Please enclose, fine, 233.33.
	Was this a check that he sent, do you remember?
	Yeah, it was a check, it was a check, check, check.
	Oh, also, please find two magnetic LUFTA stickers.
	Oh, yes.
	L-U-T-F-A, L-U-T-F-A.
	What is LUTFA?
	You both are LUTFAs, as are most of the No Agenda tribe.
	LUTFA is an acronym of my invention.
	Which stands for leave us the fuck alone.
	LUTFAs predate all political parties, even most nations.
	Since the drawing of time, LUTFAs have been fighting ASTCOs, assholes seeking to control others.
	In the latest incarnation, they are commies masquerading as progressives.
	I'd say welcome to the LUTFAs, but you guys have always been LUTFAs.
	Well, maybe not John.
	Isn't he a former pinko?
	I think so.
	For a bit there.
	We saved him.
	Thank you for the always amazing content.
	Keep fighting the good fight, men.
	Merry Christmas from That Larry Show.
	Would you send this sticker to me?
	If you receive two?
	Yeah, yeah, I got two of them.
	It's not as, you know what it is?
	It's like, you know those little oval things that you put on your car that makes you a Luxembourg?
	Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah.
	The NL, you know, the different countries that indicate your life.
	Yeah, the country, the country sticker, yes.
	It's a country sticker.
	Uh-huh.
	Yeah, I'll send it to you.
	And it says Lotfa?
	Yeah, it looks like a country sticker.
	Like, so people would see it and go, oh, I wonder where Latva is.
	By the way, people, I have a new P.O.
	box I wanted to mention, just in case.
	Now, the old one in Austin, we'll forward mail to the Fredericksburg one, but it's really easy to remember.
	It's 1849, just like the gold rush.
	1849 Fredericksburg 78624.
	It's that simple.
	So send it all over there.
	I thank you, that Larry show.
	And while you're mentioning a little, Public service announcements.
	Stop sending the notes to either myself or Adam and send them to notes at noagendashow.net.
	Right.
	Good luck with that.
	Yes, because people are sending notes to notes at agendashow.
	Don't even say it.
	Don't even say it.
	Notes at dumbfuck.com.
	I mean, they send them all over the place.
	They just make something up.
	What was it again?
	Notes at noagendashow.net.
	It'll soon be on Dvorak.org slash NA.
	In Q1 we have the new donation page.
	Everything going up.
	I'm very excited about what's happening in Q1 here.
	It's gonna be a great quarter.
	It's gonna be a great quarter for us.
	Great Q, guys.
	We'll have a quarterly call.
	Dame Slammy in Austin, Texas is on the list with a row of ducks.
	She says, ITM John and Adam, Merry Christmas to you and your families and a Happy New Year.
	Please send a seasonal goat karma to all Gitmo Nation.
	Thank you for your courage.
	Love is lit.
	You've got karma.
	What do we have here?
	We have Sir Corky.
	From Oulu, Oulu, Florida.
	Oulu, Oulu, Oulu, Florida.
	I read you're a bit short on donations this month.
	Hope this helps.
	Of course it does.
	Thank you.
	With this row of ducks, 222.22 donation, I become an associate executive producer of show 1513 and I dedicate this donation to the memory of my late mother who passed away earlier this year.
	As a former bank clerk, she certainly had her ducks in a row all the way to the end.
	Now do we credit her?
	Is that the idea?
	Did he tell us specifically to credit her?
	Well, he says, uh, it's a dedication.
	It's just a dedication.
	He'll take the credit and dedicate it.
	It's just a dedication.
	Okay.
	I'm fine.
	Um, oops.
	I was, uh, I was also one of the executive producers of show 1498, but during that show you ignored my request for jingles.
	Oh well, it was a busy show.
	The two following ones were even crazier for obvious reasons, so no worries.
	I hope you will play these jingles for me as an early Christmas present.
	Okay, now he's asking for things.
	I do have these, I guess, which are very low in volume.
	Shut up already.
	You got the one.
	I know one is good too.
	No, I have two.
	Actually, I have two.
	Believe it or not, I have number two, which is the science has changed.
	I never heard this clip.
	Well, it's an ISO, believe it or not, and it looks like it might have been yours.
	I don't know if it's your or my ISO.
	Followed by There's No Real Confrict by Rev.
	Al.
	Top it off with some yak karma, please.
	Oh, and in case you really don't find all three of these jingles, don't worry.
	I found it for you.
	Merry Christmas.
	Happy New Year.
	Thank you very much.
	Shut up already.
	It's science.
	The science has changed.
	There's no real conflict.
	See?
	It was pretty good.
	You got it.
	It tells a story.
	Karma.
	There's obviously massive conflict.
	Beefizz is last on our list, and Beefizz is in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, so it could be any number of people down there.
	That whole area is crawling with No Agenda Mavens.
	222.22, another row of ducks.
	Yeah, Beefist from noagendasocial.com being, been a douchebag for three years.
	Please accept a donation with some jingles, Trump's jobs, karmas, I might start a new job soon, and French mystic building karma for my health.
	Bulldog, bulldog camp karma.
	What did I say?
	Building.
	Building.
	I said building.
	Yeah, I saw a B and an L and a D. A G. Anyway, you guys saved my life with the information the show provides.
	I never knew all the... It's amazing.
	The guys who can't read, we saved your life!
	I'll take it.
	You guys saved my life with all the bad reading and information the show provides.
	I never knew all the filth and lies.
	Let me do this.
	That's good.
	Filth and lies!
	Lies!
	Filth and lies from the M5M until now!
	If I would have bowed down to my company and got the jab, I'd be in a mental institution by now or dead.
	Wow.
	The information from this show helped me survive through all the pandemic and beyond.
	Thanks to the love of my life and working from home, I'm almost finished with tapering off of Klonopin.
	I've been taking this poison for 20 years, not to mention other SSRIs or SNRIs along the way.
	It's bad when you have talked to people hooked on heroin and they say, good luck with that taper.
	Jesus!
	Holy crap!
	Also I'd like to give a shout out to my smoking hot wife Daphne.
	We've been married for nine years and never had a fight and if it wasn't for her support and love I would not be here.
	I will forever love her till the day I die.
	John you'll be glad to know my wife told me to donate.
	I hit her in the mouth about four months ago and she's laughed at you guys ever since.
	In a good way I think.
	Thank you for all the love and lit and all that stuff.
	Alright, so Trump, jobs, karma, and the Asian Bulldog.
	Jobs, jobs, jobs.
	So we want to thank all these folks for making the show doable.
	Show 1513.
	This is their executive and associate executive producers.
	These are lifetime credits you can put on your resume forever.
	We appreciate it.
	And if you'd like to find out more about becoming a producer of the No Agenda Show, if you want to see the old school website, go now before Q1.
	Thank you all for your time, talent, and treasure supporting The No Agenda Show!
	Our formula is this.
	We go out, we hit people in the mouth.
	Water.
	Water.
	Shut up, slave.
	Shut up, slave.
	I want to get to a couple of Biden clips because he's been out speaking.
	Oh, has he ever?
	I'm speaking a little too much as a matter of fact.
	In fact, I've got, I've got important clips that are informational and then I've got a bunch of him babbling away.
	Okay.
	But let's start with, let's start with the babbling away from his African rundown where he did this, this event.
	Yeah.
	And these two are, I'm not going to give it away, but there's maybe there's a little production involved here.
	Let him play all the way to the end.
	Yes, which one do you want, the internet or the rundowns?
	I want the rundowns.
	Let's go.
	This is Biden.
	This is just clip, just chop, chop, chop Biden up and here's what you get.
	Hello, hello, hello.
	Good to see you all.
	Please have a seat.
	And I know you're saying to yourselves, make it short, Biden.
	There's a semifinal game coming up.
	I see Secretary Kerry over there nodding.
	Hey, John, how are you, pal?
	I want to thank Secretary Mundo.
	She is one of the brightest and best folks I have.
	Working with me and for all of you in this room for making this forum a success.
	Particularly in Prosper Africa deal room.
	That sounds like something we shouldn't be saying.
	Two great champions for building and growing ties of business.
	Where's the deal room?
	Two great champions for building and growing ties of business.
	All the members of Congress, please stand up if you're here so I know I can identify who you are.
	There's the man.
	All right.
	I'm sure you're out there somewhere.
	Look, because when Africa succeeds, the United States succeeds.
	Quite frankly, the whole world succeeds as well.
	contributing to every step began on day one to help save lives and combat global in America, in nations of all of Africa, global adaptation efforts, deepening business ties, enshrining protection for workers, both across Africa and in the United States, enshrining protection for workers, both across Africa and in the United States, diaspora-owned businesses, continents, vibrant and growing urban economies from the port of, excuse me, from the port Clean hydrogen!
	Oh, there you go!
	Another ten years, Africa.
	Don't worry, it's coming.
	It's coming.
	Comp4 Compact, $600 billion, mobilizing $8 billion in public and private finance to help South Africa replace coal-fired power plants with renewable energy sources and develop cutting-edge energy solutions like clean hydrogen.
	Wow, man.
	Clean hydrogen.
	Oh, there you go.
	Another 10 years, Africa.
	Don't worry.
	It's coming.
	It's coming.
	Coming to you.
	They're throwing a lot of money at Africa, and it's just obviously to back the Chinese off and it's not going to work.
	But let's listen to the second one, which is maybe funnier in its entirety.
	Investing in Africa's people.
	I said at the top of this forum, Cisco systems and Cyber Bastion.
	A Diaspora-owned small business is jointly announcing $800 million in new contracts to protect African countries from cyber, including providing mobile payment services for more micro, small, and medium-sized businesses across Africa.
	General Electric and Standard Bank, $15 billion in new deals, will provide $80 million to improve health care services and provide access to cutting-edge health care equipment.
	Altogether, the forum has spurred more than $15 billion in new deals, which will turn, lift up and improve the lives of people all across the continent.
	And this is just the beginning.
	Patient today.
	Thank you all.
	May God protect our troops.
	Thank you very, very much.
	Appreciate it.
	Thank you.
	Thank you very much.
	Thank you.
	Okay. - Okay.
	So that's Biden's rundown.
	Do you mind if I just interject with a little clip here for a second before you go to the next one?
	Because I really liked how, and you're absolutely right, I mean, all of a sudden we have this USA for Africa with its back, and it's Africa.
	Africa is a continent, it's not a country.
	And so there's, you know, I think there's a lot of countries in Africa probably wondering, well, who's going to get the money?
	Where's it really going?
	But the way Deutsche Welle positioned this, and again, it's only about Africa, Africa, not the individual countries, which is, I think, anyone in any African country is like, well, these guys are a-holes.
	Listen to how they presented this new push towards Africa.
	I stand before you as the President of the United States and a proud American.
	I also stand before you as the son of a man from Africa.
	I thought he was from Indonesia, but okay.
	applause Thank you.
	The blood of Africa runs through our family, and so for us, the bonds between our countries, our continents, are deeply personal.
	That was former U.S.
	President Barack Obama at the 2014 U.S.-Africa Summit there.
	Now it's fair to say that America's relations with the continent have been warmer, but offensive remarks about African countries made by the former leader Donald Trump took them to a new low.
	Do you remember what the offensive comments were by former President Donald Trump who took the relations with America and Africa to a new low?
	Well, they assumed when they were talking about shithole countries that it was about them.
	Exactly!
	Relations with the continent have been warmer, but offensive remarks about African countries made by the former leader, Donald Trump, took them to a new low.
	Now U.S.
	President Joe Biden has told African leaders that his country is committed to Africa's future.
	The U.S.
	is looking to position itself as a reliable trade partner, including calling for the African Union to become a permanent member of the G20.
	I applaud shared success and opportunity.
	Because when Africa succeeds, the United States succeeds.
	Quite frankly, the whole world succeeds as well.
	Yeah, there's another block for you.
	The African block.
	Bullcrap.
	Mm-hmm.
	All right, so let's, uh... Let's listen to this before I play the two actually serious clips.
	Uh, this is Biden really out of it.
	He can barely speak.
	He's talking to some veterans in Delaware about, you know, their service and he's like half asleep, half in the bag.
	It's horrible.
	But then he, but when he's like this, this is when he comes up with made up stories.
	This is the Biden bogus story.
	And it's a generation represented by you, Ray, that doesn't look for accolades.
	You know, my dad, when I got elected vice president, he said, Joey, Uncle Frank fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
	He was not feeling very well now, not because of the Battle of the Bulge, but he said, and he won the Purple Heart.
	And he never received it.
	He never got it.
	Do you think you could help him get it?
	It will surprise him.
	So he got the Purple Heart.
	He had won it.
	Yes, this is a bogus story for many reasons.
	I remember he came over to the house and I came out and he said, present it to him.
	Okay, we had the family there.
	I said, Uncle Frank, you won this.
	And I went to pay.
	He said, I don't want the damn thing.
	I'm serious.
	He said, I don't want it.
	I said, what's the matter, Uncle Frank?
	You earned it.
	He said, yeah, but the others died.
	The others died.
	I lived.
	I don't want it.
	Yes, this is a bogus story for many reasons.
	Yeah, well, there's two reasons.
	Mainly, when was Biden first vice president?
	What, 2006?
	No, 2008.
	2008.
	So he's vice president in 2008.
	His dad died in 2002.
	I know, on September 3rd.
	So how's his dad telling him this when he's vice president?
	From the grave, Joey.
	Joey, from the grave, it's your daddy.
	And so, and then Uncle Joe, or this other Uncle Fred, whatever his name is, he actually died in 99.
	That's the punchline right there.
	And did he ever receive said Purple Heart?
	I don't know, maybe they dug a hole through in his grave.
	This kind of making stories up, which has been a earmark of Trump, of Biden more than anybody forever talking about getting just as bad as Hillary getting shot at like she once claimed.
	Under fire in Kosovo.
	I look at all these fact-checking sites.
	I don't see anything calling him out for any of this stuff.
	Well, no, he's just sad.
	We're not going to do that.
	We're too busy yelling at Elon Musk for deplatforming us, for suspending our accounts.
	This is the outrage, not the lying.
	So I do have two serious clips where he's actually talking about the internet in Africa and how much money we're...
	We're going to spend in Africa to get them all jacked up on the Internet.
	Let's go with Biden, Africa, Internet.
	Digital transformation with Africa.
	Working with Congress to invest $350 billion to facilitate more than almost a half a billion dollars in financing to make sure people across Africa can participate in a digital economy.
	I have some, I got info on this, I'm waiting for you.
	Did you hear what he said?
	Yes, 350 billion dollars so people in Africa can participate.
	No, to facilitate?
	Yes.
	Loaning 50?
	What is it?
	What is the 7X amount?
	It takes 10 bucks to sell somebody a thing for a dollar?
	What kind of businessman is this?
	Are you trying to tell me you thought the U.S.
	government was ever prudent at spending money?
	I'm remiss.
	OK.
	I have part two of this clip you want to play before you play.
	I do.
	That includes partnerships like new collaboration between Microsoft and Visa to bring in Internet access to five million Africans.
	Part of Microsoft's commitment to bring access to 100 million people across Africa by the end of the year 2025.
	That means programs to train African entrepreneurs with a focus on women entrepreneurs.
	To code and build skills that need to start their own businesses.
	to secure good-paying jobs with technology firms.
	And this will include partnerships between African-American companies to provide cybersecurity services to make sure Africa's digital environment is reliable and secure.
	All right, so I had the same clip with the second part with the partnerships, the Microsoft partnerships, and I think that's interesting because I went to look up the Visa partnership, or as he said, Visaed, whatever he said.
	I think he's talking, I think that what he said was not Visa.
	No, he said Visa because Visa's in this deal.
	Okay, well it sounds like he said Visad or something.
	Yeah, he did.
	Visade or some African country.
	Yeah, no he can't read.
	Or some African.
	The guy's a turnip.
	He's a turnip.
	Visa will invest in Africa's digital transformation and has pledged to invest 1 billion dollars in Africa to accelerate the digital transformation.
	And this announcement was made during the US-Africa Business Forum in Washington on Wednesday, December 14.
	Visa will use the money to scale operations Deploy new technologies and deepen collaboration with its partners in the next five years.
	Those include merchants, governments, financial institutions, fintechs, and mobile network operators.
	What this is, and this is what I believe is happening with this push towards Africa, They want to get everybody on our payment system.
	We don't want them on any French thing, any European thing, certainly not any Chinese thing, any Central Bank digital currency.
	If it's going to be one, it's going to be ours.
	And they're already getting ready and pushing countries like Nigeria in that direction because, you know, cash, as we learned on the last episode of the No Agenda Show, is criminal.
	For 12 years, Namdi Okuma has grown his business by mostly trading with large volumes of cash.
	But under a new central bank directive starting January the 9th, individuals can only withdraw 100,000 naira or $225 every week while companies are allowed to withdraw just over $1,000 weekly.
	The policy is to rein in on excess cash in circulation, curb inflation, prevent counterfeiting and discourage the payment of ransoms to kidnappers who demand cash.
	So, So the kidnapping, of course, is key.
	But I also like that, hey, we just got to pull some money out of circulation.
	We got crazy inflation.
	And if you go back to this Visa announcement, as well as acting as a partner to banks that issue credit and debit cards, Visa's African operations require it to work alongside the continent's mobile money and alternative payment fintechs.
	Which use solutions including mobile wallets and virtual cards to bring digital payments to unbanked populations.
	This is the language of the central bank digital currency.
	And it would make total sense for the U.S.
	to roll out a digital dollar in Africa first.
	It would be genius.
	Let's see how it works on those guys.
	Just like the vaccines.
	Try it out on them first.
	Yeah, I think it's a smart move.
	It is!
	It's a genius move.
	And they're bringing in Visa to help them.
	MasterCard is already all in with the World Economic Forum.
	So they're already doing their version of whatever.
	So it's beautiful.
	It's going to be very, very interesting.
	So on the topic of bashing Biden, Let's go to the PBS NewsHour and we have this Brooks, you know, the nervous, who still seems to be like a nervous wreck when he talks.
	He's like really a nervous wreck.
	And this Capehart guy who is now... Is this his new partner because Brooks killed the old guy?
	The old guy died of old age.
	Oh, okay.
	Or the Vax.
	The gay part is the out gay, proud gay, now associate editor of the Washington Post.
	He's moved up actually to the point where he's got some power.
	Oh.
	And he is such a bigoted gay guy.
	He is a bigot.
	He's a bigoted gay guy.
	He hates everything.
	He's just a, you know, writ all over Democrat.
	He loves Joe Biden.
	He's bigated.
	So let's, our begated guy, let's listen to part one of these three clips.
	And Jonathan, I'm going to you first.
	We just talked about the January 6th committee on Monday, the wide reports tonight that they are going to recommend criminal referrals to the Justice Department against former President Trump.
	Serious charges.
	What's your reaction?
	What do you make of it?
	Well, my initial reaction is good.
	What kind of journalist The editor of any newspaper would say, good, he's getting arrested, good.
	This is a bigot.
	He should not be considered a journalist by any means, let alone edit the Washington Post.
	He should be doing a show with Kara Swisher.
	Okay, part two here.
	Is it a blow to the committee, Jonathan, if Justice doesn't go ahead and make charges based on these referrals?
	I don't think it would be a blow to the committee, but if the Justice Department doesn't take action with all of the evidence that the committee has presented to the American people, not to mention the evidence that the Justice Department on its own possibly collected in its various investigations into what happened on January 6th, that would be more disappointing.
	I think the committee served its purpose.
	It investigated.
	It interviewed more than a thousand witnesses.
	It put on compelling hearings for the American people in ways that the American people could listen, digest, understand and learn about how close their government came to teetering at the instigation of the former president. - Yeah.
	Do we know the actual charge that they're talking about?
	Yeah, they got three charges they're thinking of doing.
	But let's review what he just said.
	Okay.
	Despite the fact that the president sent a memo to Pelosi to fill up the place with cops so they don't do what happened on January 6th, and she ignored it and never testified about it.
	He knows that.
	And besides the fact that he said peaceful, Trump himself said peaceful when he said about the people that are going to go to the Capitol.
	And that he wanted to go to at some point.
	And besides the fact that these 1,000 witnesses, most of them, if they weren't amenable to trashing Trump, were testimonies behind closed doors, he knows all that.
	But yet, he's going on and on about how if there's no indictment, they're nuts!
	Now, on the other hand, We now switch topics with these two and this time Brooks chimes in because he's, this is no, this is the PBS News Hour has become a laughing stock as far as I'm concerned in terms of its subjectivity.
	Who are they going to have replacing Judy?
	The woman, there's a multi-culti girl there.
	Oh, that's right.
	She's gonna get the gig, I'm sure.
	Is she gonna be the anchor?
	I think so, but she doesn't have the gravitas and her voice to do it well.
	Judy does have a close voice.
	You have to inhale like that.
	Well, Judy does a lot of that.
	So, and by the way, I cut most of those out when I do clips with her, because she's always breathing in partially.
	But let's listen to this.
	This is two Democrat mavens going on and on about great old Joe.
	He's probably the best president we've ever had.
	And they both agree with each other, as usual.
	I agree with you.
	I agree with you.
	And listen to this pathetic excuse for analysis.
	Poll that the NewsHour did, collaborating with NPR and Marist, asking people not only about President Biden's approval, which is up a little bit, 43 percent, but they were in each party.
	Democrats were asked about whether they think Joe Biden should be the nominee in 2024.
	Republicans were asked the same question about former President Trump and Biden.
	Thirty five percent of Democrats think he should be the nominee for Trump.
	Forty five percent.
	What does that tell us?
	As for President Biden, the fact that 35% of Democrats want him to run for re-election doesn't tell me a whole lot because Democrats have been wringing their hands about President Biden since the man took the oath of office.
	And I just would like for all of them to chill out.
	He's just two years into the first term.
	Let the man do his job.
	And when he does his job, as we have seen over this last year alone, the dude gets stuff done.
	So stop the hand wringing, let him do his job and let him decide whether he's going to run for reelection, which I think he will.
	Sort of with Jonathan, Democratic voters could be a big pain on the rear end.
	I mean, the guy has passed a lot of legislation.
	He's masterfully orchestrated a war in the Ukrainian effort against Russia.
	He's just more or less won the midterms.
	What more do you want?
	I mean, so he's he's older than some people.
	But, you know, he's had a successful presidency as far as I can tell.
	And this is not just about Joe Biden and Joe Biden's age.
	This is something in the DNA of the Democratic Party.
	I've never really understood why they can't be loyal to a guy like their guy.
	That's so pathetic.
	It really is.
	And he orchestrated a great war, is that what he said?
	Yeah, he orchestrated a great war.
	Good work!
	Not just an everyday war.
	Yeah, a good one.
	A great war.
	Just like the last great war.
	Well, I have some ABC responses to this.
	John Carl on deck.
	Telling us, you know, a little bit about this January 6th committee and what's going on.
	After more than a year of closed-door investigations and dramatic public hearings... Dramatic?
	ABC News has learned the January 6th committee plans to recommend criminal charges for former President Donald Trump.
	Sources familiar with the committee's deliberations say the recommended charges will include conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of an official proceeding.
	The committee is also considering recommending Trump be charged with insurrection.
	Over the course of 10 public hearings, the committee has methodically made the case Donald Trump was singularly responsible for the attack on the Capitol.
	Not just that day.
	We're gonna walk down to the Capitol.
	Because you'll never take back our country with weakness.
	You have to show strength and you have to be strong.
	Wow, I don't think that sentence was actually strung together that way.
	The way they just put this in the report sounded a little, little dishonest.
	Yeah, it's fake.
	Dishonest.
	In the weeks and months after the election leading up to January 6th.
	President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack.
	The committee's criminal referral comes as it is preparing to release its final report next week.
	Oh, it's the final report that we gotta wait for?
	Oh, next week?
	Just before Christmas?
	So no one actually reads it?
	Is that the idea?
	I don't know, let's ask.
	I don't know either way.
	Well, next week would be after Christmas.
	Unless you're talking about next week starting tomorrow.
	I think tomorrow.
	I think it's starting tomorrow.
	Let's ask John Carl.
	What are the consequences?
	What does this mean for Trump?
	So let's get right to John Carl tonight with this late news.
	And John, bottom line here, what does this mean for the former president?
	These would be criminal referrals, as we know.
	This decision is still up to the DOJ here.
	David, the bottom line is that it is entirely up to the Department of Justice whether to pursue criminal charges against Donald Trump.
	And with or without these criminal referrals from the January 6th Committee, the Department of Justice already has multiple investigations into Donald Trump, now overseen by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
	Those investigations include charges related to January 6th, But also related to his handling of government documents after he left office.
	But as you said, the bottom line here is this is entirely up to the Department of Justice whether or not to seek criminal indictments of Donald Trump.
	Now what I don't understand is that the special counsel, Jack Smith, has subpoenaed officials in all seven states that Trump accused of Of playing funny business.
	The thinking is, if you're a Democrat, the thinking is he's doing that for the purposes of finding evidence that Trump called him up and threatened him.
	Oh, okay.
	Well, maybe he can.
	I mean, what do you think?
	Do you think they will have the balls To go through with this, and I mean, forget how they do it, but the idea is, whatever they do to Trump, it's so that he can legally not run for president.
	That's what they want.
	That's the goal.
	How do you think that's going to go over in America?
	Not well.
	No!
	I think it's going to go over very poorly.
	And who is... is Merrick Garland really going to pull that trigger?
	Do you think he'd really... he?
	He's such a weenie looking guy.
	When you see him, every time he looks so much like Don Knotts, you know, shaking in his boots because he's got the one bullet in his pocket.
	Yeah.
	And when he loads the gun with the bullet, remains to be seen, but He's getting a lot of pressure to do something, and if he does, it will change American politics forever, because now every president they'll go after will be like South America, where the guy's the president for six years, the next thing you know he's in jail.
	Next guy comes in, he's arrested after he gets voted out.
	Yeah.
	I mean, it came close to that sort of a system with Berlusconi, but it hasn't really happened.
	It's also the same thing in France with, supposedly, Sarkozy, whatever his name was, the previous president was supposedly going to get indicted, never did.
	It's a lot of, uh, it's not good.
	It's unhealthy and it is trumped up.
	We've watched this whole thing.
	These charges are bogus.
	Yeah.
	So there's something else that's happening with the American news, which is I think it's surprising.
	Well, maybe not.
	The borders of the United States, certainly Texas and the southern border, as it's called, are pretty much open.
	Anyone can come in.
	It's overwhelming.
	Everyone's let through.
	This Title 42, which Trump put into place, which allowed border enforcement to actually kick people out of the country, and that's expiring, I think, at the end of the year, which means the border authority will not have the authority to send people back.
	And it seems like the left-wing media, which is what most media is, M5M, they're a little disturbed by it.
	And they're reporting from the border now.
	Here's Martha Raddatz.
	Tonight, this is the scene that the U.S.
	By the way, they sent Martha Raddatz to the border.
	So this is serious reporting they're doing now.
	Tonight, this is the scene at the U.S.-Mexico border.
	Dozens of migrants lining this fence to be processed.
	All from Cuba.
	Along the Rio Grande, you can see their wet clothes, shoes, signs of their arduous journey.
	But despite miles of fences, miles of border, and the National Guard along this border, you can just look right there, drive down, there's the river, that's Mexico just on the other side.
	By some estimates, hundreds, maybe thousands of migrants are waiting in shelters like this one in Ciudad Juarez for the expiration of Title 42, the Trump-era policy that allows the expulsion of migrants without letting them seek asylum.
	Armat Rivers met Carlos in Ciudad Juarez.
	He was sent back to Mexico after crossing into El Paso earlier this week.
	They put them in a bus and they didn't say anything.
	They brought them to the bridge and then he crossed back over here.
	He is one of the 2,500 migrants crossing into El Paso every day.
	Mexico's just over that river.
	Correct.
	We surveyed the border with Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
	He tells me they're bracing for a surge.
	What do you think happens next week when Title 42 comes to an end?
	If the courts do not intervene and put a halt to the removal of Title 42, it's going to be total chaos.
	DHS has predicted as many as 18,000 people could cross the border every day if Title 42 expires next week.
	This is gonna be kind of interesting.
	Yeah, this is the great Joe Biden.
	This is one of his great things that these two jokers on PBS are talking about.
	Congratulations.
	At ABC News, they have a new theme, just as we heard John Carl being asked.
	So bottom line it for us.
	This seems to be the new thing at ABC News.
	Bottom line.
	So let's bring in Martha Raddatz live in Texas for us tonight.
	And Martha, bottom line here for people who are really... Why are they doing this?
	What is this bottom line thing all of a sudden?
	I think it's replaced at the end of the day.
	So let's bring in Martha Raddatz live in Texas for us tonight.
	And Martha, bottom line here for people who are really following this issue, Title 42 is set to expire next week.
	The White House, Congress will be pressed on how they plan to handle this.
	Exactly, David.
	19 GOP states have appealed, so this is before a judge.
	But as of right now, Title 42 will be lifted on Wednesday, and there could be a massive wave of migrants.
	But the Biden administration says they are preparing for that, and Congress could provide emergency funding.
	David?
	This is a big issue, Martha Raddatz.
	Martha, thank you.
	Martha will have much more live from the border, including her interview with the Texas governor on this week.
	Of course, that's Sunday morning right here.
	Martha, thank you.
	So, emergency funding.
	So, just... Oh, we don't want to fix the problem.
	Just send more money?
	Yeah.
	Oh, goodness.
	Yeah, exactly.
	It's so bad.
	All right.
	This was a great story.
	If you've ever been to Berlin, you've probably seen it.
	I don't know if you've ever been to this particular part of Berlin, but this is fantastic.
	Sub-freezing temperatures are suspected of causing a five-story-high aquarium to burst today at a hotel In Berlin, Germany.
	Some people thought a bomb went off when the glass exploded.
	More than 200,000 gallons of water and 1,500 tropical fish were washed into the street.
	And two people were injured.
	Now, do you know how this story played out in Europe?
	Well, first of all, I want to tell everyone that if you get a shot at it, go look this up so you can see this thing.
	This was a massive aquarium that was in the middle of a hotel atrium.
	Atrium.
	That looked like it was about six stories high and it was just, it was huge, it was monstrous, it's unbelievable it was even manufactured.
	Anyway, now take it from there, sorry.
	So in Europe the story played out that this is the fault of Putin, of course.
	And I will explain, oh yes, yes.
	It is because of Putin's dirty, nasty oil and gas that he is cut off.
	As you know, everyone has been asked to cut back on gas, and because the hotel had lowered their temperature because of Putin's war, his illegal war, that's what caused the differential in temperature for it to crack.
	So, indirectly, another one for Putin.
	Wow.
	Right?
	I think you can blame everything on that guy.
	Why not?
	It's pretty good.
	I like it.
	It's very good, actually.
	I like it, too.
	I like it, too.
	Let me see.
	A little update from the EU on the corruption case.
	This is Eva Kiley, who, as we said, we heard the partner thing being played up.
	And, well, it turns out she may not be culpable.
	And in the latest development in the corruption scandal involving member of European Parliament Eva Cayley, her Italian partner has reportedly confessed his role in the Qatar-Graf scandal.
	According to a report by news agency Reuters, Francesco Giorgi has confessed to taking bribes from Qatar to influence the European Parliament decisions on Qatar.
	This has reportedly made a significant contribution to the probe underway by Belgian investigating magistrates.
	Georgie worked as an assistant to an Italian member of the European Parliament.
	Reports said Georgie has told investigators that Cayley was not involved in the corruption scandal.
	Cayley, who was sacked from her role as Vice President of the European Parliament, has denied any role in the alleged bribery.
	While Qatar has also denied any involvement in the corruption case.
	Earlier, Kayleigh's lawyer had suggested that Georgie might have answers about the existence of this cash found at their home.
	A series of searches of the homes and offices of politicians, lobbyists and parliamentary assistants turned up around 1.6 million US dollars in cash.
	Kayleigh, her partner, as well as ex-MEP Pierre Antonio Panzeri and lobbyist Niccolo Figitala-Mancha are all charged with corruption.
	Money laundering and organized crime.
	On Thursday, the European Parliament suspended all work on legislation linked to Qatar, and Parliament's president told the European Union leaders she would lead reforms to prevent a repeat of a criminal corruption scandal here.
	Of course, we have to go to India to get this kind of reporting, WION.
	I guess she's not guilty, but it seems like the money went from 600,000 euros to 1.6 million dollars.
	This something is not adding up here.
	not giving us the full story.
	No, we're not getting the story at all.
	No.
	Obviously.
	No.
	Well, here's an interesting little side bit here.
	Looks like you don't want to play this up too much because this is a PBS story.
	Starbucks is going to go on strike!
	Starbucks workers kicked off a three-day walkout today as they try to unionize the coffee chain.
	Organizers estimated more than 1,000 baristas at 100 stores were taking part.
	No good paying union jobs.
	It is the latest in a series of labor actions.
	There have been votes to unionize at more than 260 of Starbucks' 9,000 company-run stores in the U.S.
	Well, if you're going to play that, then I need to play this.
	This is from a YouTuber.
	So it's just about a minute.
	This YouTuber's name is Patrick Humphrey, and he works in shipping, in shipping and particularly the trains.
	And this is a little piece of information he started his YouTube video with.
	A massive railroad embargo has just started.
	This has started with Union Pacific Railway.
	They have implemented this embargo, and they are telling producers and shippers to take off hundreds and hundreds of their carts individually.
	Individual shippers are being told to take off hundreds of their carts, and they're being told that shipping limits and shipping embargoes are being put in place.
	All right.
	So this is very serious.
	This is another threat to our railway.
	This is just like the strikes we saw last month, earlier this month.
	We were seeing these strikes.
	Thankfully, they were averted.
	All right.
	But we are still seeing repercussions and reactions to it.
	And it's almost, is this intentional?
	Is this on purpose?
	Because the rate at which Union Pacific is shutting down and putting these embargoes in place is extreme.
	It's almost 10x compared to what they normally do, right?
	And this has been happening this year.
	And it just almost makes you wonder if they are trying to shut down the railways on purpose.
	I mean, I don't have much else.
	I'll just call it a boots-on-the-ground report.
	Well, I only have one thing to say about that.
	It kind of explains what I saw a couple days ago, and I don't know if it's been going on every day because I only catch it when I look out the window and look down the hill where the tracks are, Union Pacific, BNSF is what the tracks are to BNSF.
	There was a, normally there's like a 100 to 200 car train goes by twice a day, usually filled with containers from China that they're bringing into the hinterlands.
	And there was nothing but empties, empty carriers.
	There was just like infinite number of empty carriers with no, no, uh, no, no, no carts on it at all.
	Just no carriers whatsoever.
	So we have empty holders that like the things that you put the, you drop a container and then you drop another container on it and off it goes.
	No, these are all empties, which I've never seen so many heading out of the Port of Oakland.
	Empty.
	Well, there you have it.
	We have confirmation.
	Corroboration!
	Oh my god!
	Woo!
	Listen to that horn!
	I'm gonna show my school by donating to No Agenda.
	Imagine all the people who could do that.
	Oh yeah, that'd be fab.
	And we have a few people to thank and we also have a, uh, we wonder how you're going to always pull off the segue.
	Sir Baron Hugger of Kitties is right at the top of the list.
	Zandam.
	The Netherlands, one, two, four, four, three.
	Might be a buy count.
	Well, you know.
	Yes.
	B4V is changing in these expensive times.
	Eating and heating is costing an arm and a leg.
	This probably is what's counting for our low donations.
	Yeah, people are having to spend more on life support systems.
	I mean, although I might point out many people say, without you, I would have been dead.
	So you choose your life support system.
	That's telling them, right?
	Roberto Toronto in San Francisco.
	Uh, one, one, one, one, one.
	Nice.
	Thanks.
	Thanks us for all our work.
	Kerry Walker in Viola, Idaho.
	Uh, A hundred dollars.
	P.S.
	I hope my brother in Monterey is listening.
	You should have called him out.
	Luana Zalpes in Camas, Washington.
	A hundred dollars.
	David Keys in Riverside, California.
	One hundred dollars.
	Kevin McLaughlin, Locust, North Carolina.
	He says he's going to try Zelle.
	I'm going to try to get Zelle working this week.
	But he still came in with the 8008.
	His Zelle donation was one, two, three, four, five, but it's still in abeyance.
	We'll see.
	We'll find it.
	We'll find it.
	I'm sure.
	No, I have it.
	It's just a matter of getting the bank to pick up the Zelle.
	Zelle's averaging, you know, doing a lot of advertising now.
	I'm surprised that the bank hasn't finally booked up.
	Eric Adler in Punta Gorda, Florida, 8008.
	Bobby, a Brindle horse.
	That is indeed Bobby's real name.
	Mount Laurel, New Jersey.
	Hold on, hold on.
	Bobby Brindlehorse says, fourth donation never been deduced.
	I think he's calling for it.
	You've been deduced.
	And that was in 08, along with Kevin O'Brien, who's in Chicago, but he's in 6006.
	Small Boots.
	Small Boots.
	Fluff Comet.
	Good old Fluff Comet in Ladysmith, B.C.
	5678, along with Sir B. Boop in New Brighton, Minnesota.
	5678, along with Sir Michael Anthony, our mayor of New York.
	The mayor!
	In Rosedale, he came in with 5, 6, 7, 8.
	Thanks.
	And he says, I don't know what I'd do without you guys.
	We don't know what we'd do without your voice.
	That's true.
	And he's got another mix today.
	We got another one for him.
	I heard it.
	Excellent, as usual.
	Richard Futter in London, UK.
	$55.10.
	Daniel Mariano in Pflugerville, Texas, $55.10.
	Troy Funderburk in Spokane, Washington, $55.
	And then we go to the $50 donors, starting with the fabulous Sir Spud the Mighty in Marietta, Georgia.
	John Camp in Antlers, Oklahoma.
	James Edmondson in South Plainfield, New Jersey.
	Josh Adler in APO.
	Oh, he's in APO.
	He's APO box somewhere in the world.
	Janet van Ordet in Guelph, Ontario.
	And she says, my husband Peter is an avid listener, loves your show.
	For Christmas this year, I'd like to give him the gift of a de-douching.
	You've been de-douched.
	Thank you so much, says Janet in Guelph.
	Janet, that was really lovely.
	Nathan Cochran in Franklin, Tennessee.
	Stephen Schumach, Xenia, Ohio.
	Tatiana Prince in Hollywood, Florida.
	Peter Odo in Ridge, New York.
	Alexander Verdejo in Gig Harbor, Washington.
	Scott Lavender in Sir Scott, Montgomery, Texas.
	Baron Allen Bean in Beaverton, Oregon.
	Sir Jerry Wingenroth in Saugus, California.
	Anne Thompson in Corona Del Mar.
	Sean Smith in Belmont, North Carolina.
	And last on our list is Gadget Freak 10!
	In Western Springs, Illinois.
	I want to thank these people for helping us produce show 1513.
	Indeed.
	And we have a couple of notes to read that pertain to some nightings and damings today.
	Nick Leary.
	Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for me to be knighted.
	I wasn't planning on waiting so long, but I turned 28 on the 16th, so I can't put it off any longer.
	Please knight me, Sir Leary, Knight of Central Ohio Meetups.
	Shout out to Wild Bill for taking a chance and setting up that first meetup.
	We've been going strong with a meetup every month.
	People, if you're nervous going to a meetup, and we have the calendar coming up in a minute, that's fine.
	Take a step anyway.
	I promise you, you'll be welcomed.
	This sounds like a lie, but I'm an introvert, and I've showed up to four meetups where I didn't know a soul.
	No idea if people are going to be there every time.
	It's been a blast, and I've met phenomenal people.
	Listen to Adam, who says, if there's no meetup near you, start one yourself.
	And yes, all people are welcome, introverts especially.
	Emily Blessinger.
	In the morning, John and Adam, my husband and I have been donating $33.33 every month since June 2020, which finally brought us to $1,033 on December 13th.
	I want...
	It works.
	I want to claim damehood.
	Hopefully there's no exit strategy for another 31 months so that my smoking hot and bold husband can be knight.
	Oh, see?
	She goes first.
	I want to claim the title of Emily Dame of the Shufflecrats.
	I shuffle paper for the government.
	French fries and stouts for me at the round table.
	And okay, bye, she says.
	And it's a blessing to her with a soft G.
	Blessinger.
	So, Blessinger.
	Blessinger.
	Blessinger.
	Soft G. Soft G with the Blessinger.
	Blessinger.
	No.
	It's a soft G as in mmm.
	A soft G as in zhush.
	No.
	As opposed to good.
	Mmm.
	I didn't say good.
	Blessinger.
	Blessinger.
	All right.
	Let's see.
	Pete.
	Hey Adam, my buddy and I love the show.
	He introduced me pre-COVID back in 2019.
	I was looking for a unique Christmas gift for him.
	I decided to make him a knight for the Noah Jenny Roundtable.
	It was the best way of saying, I thought, to say thank you to him for all he does for me and to you guys for keeping up the good fight.
	I would like his name to be Sir Movie Matt of Long Island and an extra shout out to Sir Movie Matt and his dame for their newborn baby girl.
	Thank you both and happy holidays.
	Merry Christmas, that's so great.
	Finally, El Dutirachi says, Dear John Adam, this is a note to draw your attention to a make-good for show 1500 and to put Sir Rob on the birthday list for the 28th of December.
	No problem if it's too early, and so done.
	No probs that it went wrong during that show.
	It was obvious there were too many donations.
	My very good friend Sir Rob Knight of the Philanthropic Shareholders Federation made a whopping donation of $1,000 plus and became t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t Limburg.
	He also made me, El Duderaci, a black knight.
	Sir Detective Duderaci, I was not knighted during the 1500 show.
	Again, no problem, and we're going to take care of it.
	And if there is time for a ceremony, carbonara and cannabis at the round table.
	And we actually have that set up for you.
	Express my humble gratitude towards Rob for his generous gesture.
	Thank you for your courage.
	We've got the Carbonara and Cannabis ready to go.
	Thank you all very much.
	Thanks to these producers who supported us.
	You heard them all up until $50.
	Always anonymous under $50.
	It's also where people jump in with some of those 3333s who do become dames and knights eventually.
	So we don't mention anyone there, but we do appreciate it very much.
	If you'd like to become a producer of The No Agenda Show, or an executive or associate executive producer, get one of those forever credits, go here!
	It's a little code for anyone who might need it today.
	You've got karma.
	Here's our listeners.
	Nick Leary will be 28.
	Actually, turning 28 on the 16th.
	Well, congratulations, Nick.
	Joe, 37, on the 21st.
	Anthony Anselmo will be celebrating on the 21st.
	Sir Rob, as you heard, December 28th.
	And finally, the Baron of Belmont, Michael Elmore, is turning 50.
	Happy birthday from everybody here at the best podcast in the universe.
	No douchebaggery here.
	Title changes Viscount Christopher becomes Earl Christopher and Sir Rob Knight of the Philanthropic Shareholders Federation becomes Baron of Greater Limburg or Limburg.
	With a soft G, if you like it that way.
	Thank you both so much for supporting the No Agenda Show in an additional $1,000.
	We really appreciate it.
	We have one dame and a couple of knights to welcome to the roundtable, so I got the dame blade.
	I got it right here.
	Ooh, that'll do.
	Joe, Nick Leary, Matt L. Duterraci, and Emily Blessinger with a soft G. Step on up here on the podium, all of you who supported the NOVAGENDER show in the amount of $1,000 or more.
	I'm very proud to pronounce the KB as Sir Tooth Fairy Christmas Night of the Dirt Pit Blasters.
	Uh, Sir Leary, Knight of the Central Ohio Meetup, Sir Matt, Sir Mooby Matt of Long Island, Sir Detective Duterrachi, who's a Black Knight, and Emily, Emily Dame of the Shufflecrats.
	For you, we've got Hookers and Blow, Wrench Boys, and Chardonnay.
	We've got Dry Age Ribeye and St.
	Elmo's Shrimp Cocktail, French Fries and Stouts, Carbonara and Cannabis.
	Of course, we've got Ginger Ale and Gerbils, but you might be interested in the Mutton and Mead.
	It's always available.
	And while you're snacking out on that, go to noagendanation.com slash rings.
	We talked to Eric, the back office, made it work again.
	So don't be worried.
	Nothing's broken.
	It's all happening.
	That's where you give us your ring size, your information, where we can send it to.
	And, of course, please have a little bit of patience as we had such an enormous amount of knights and dames coming to the roundtable.
	And these are all custom ordered.
	That's why we need to get your sizes as soon as possible so we can order them in some form of bulk.
	It's a really complicated process, believe me.
	So, thank you for your patience.
	Your ring, your signet ring, along with the wax, which you can use to seal your important correspondence, are on the way with, of course, your certificate of authenticity.
	No agenda meetups.
	Stand up on it.
	Ah, no meetup reports today, but we do have a couple meetups to talk about.
	If you're in Charleston, South Carolina, you're probably enjoying the Lowcountry Christmas Cookie Meetup.
	That's at the Lowcountry Manor.
	Maybe you are in Carmel, Indiana and you're at Cindy and Drew's Carmel Christmas No Agenda Indy Tribal Meetup.
	Those guys get down and party.
	I bet that's a big one.
	I can't wait to hear a report from that.
	Also, we have tomorrow the Deck the Halls with Pizza Meetup, a suburban Chicago meetup.
	Five o'clock at Salamo's Pizzeria and R Bar.
	And on Wednesday, the Red Pillars Club 33 meet-up, 6.33 Eastern Time at What's Up Pub & Grub in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
	Indiana on fire!
	Coming up just before Christmas, we have a meet-up on the 23rd in New Haven, Connecticut.
	Before the end of the year, Anchorage, Alaska and Canton, Michigan.
	And in the new year on the 7th, Kernersville, North Carolina, New Jersey.
	We got Knoxville, Tennessee.
	We got New York.
	We have Wisconsin, Washington, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Minnesota, California, India, Iowa, and Toronto, Candanavia.
	It is the No Agenda Meetups.
	You just heard an endorsement for it.
	Even if you're a complete introvert, it's probably even better for you to visit.
	You will meet people you never expected to talk with.
	You will have great interactions.
	And as always, noagendameetups.com.
	If you can't find one near you, start one!
	It's like a party.
	It is like a party.
	Like a party.
	Nights and days.
	You want to be where you want me.
	Triggered on hell's lame.
	You want to be where everybody feels the same.
	It's like a party.
	It is like a party.
	Like a party.
	Did you bring ISOs today?
	I got one, but it needs to be boosted, and it's not going to be as good as yours.
	Oh, okay.
	Well, let me boost it.
	Hold on a second.
	Let me bring the booster up.
	I got a booster here.
	Let's see.
	Okay.
	All right, I got it.
	And that's the biggest deal of all.
	Wow, all that boosting for that, huh?
	I see what you mean.
	Well, mine aren't great, but I think at least they're better than that.
	Let's see.
	We have... I never said that.
	I think it's kind of interesting.
	It's cute.
	Yeah.
	I do believe.
	You keep trying to do that one over and over.
	I've heard this before.
	In the morning... This has got to be my favorite.
	In the morning... That is Klaus Schwab.
	I can't understand what he said.
	In the morning... In the morning...
	No, it's terrible.
	It's unintelligible.
	I never said that!
	You like that one?
	I think that's what we're gonna have to go with.
	That's pretty funny, actually.
	I do have a report that is incredibly important, before we leave, for people in Australia.
	But also, I would like to ask the Costco management.
	I didn't know that Costco was in Australia.
	Did you know that Costco was in Australia?
	They're everywhere.
	I didn't know that.
	I didn't know they were in Australia specifically.
	When you're done with this, I have one last clip because I have a New Zealand report.
	Okay.
	Costco.
	Staff and management of Costco.
	When can we get this lettuce?
	I mean, spinach.
	At Costco today in Auburn, pallets of spinach shut away with warning signs after customers were poisoned.
	They're unable to see properly.
	They're confused.
	They're having hallucinations and we're talking about scary hallucinations.
	It's nothing that's fun.
	At least two dozen cases confirmed so far.
	Hospitals seeing multiple members of different families, some needing intensive care.
	It has caused quite severe illness in some of those young children.
	The link, eating Riviera Farms brand baby spinach bought from Costco, likely contaminated by a toxic weed in the growing paddock at Riviera Farms in Victoria.
	The spinach then distributed to nine Costco stores in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT.
	Costco says it knows around a couple of thousand of its customer members have bought the spinach that could be affected in New South Wales, the ACT and Victoria, saying it's emailed most of them and today was calling the rest.
	Please, please, please do not use it.
	Throw it away, destroy it.
	Come to Costco and we'll refund your money.
	Riviera Farms tonight ordering a recall of its baby spinach with expiry dates up to December 28th, waiting for laboratory tests to confirm the weed involved.
	It's not the sort of poison that people would normally die from.
	But as well as hallucinations, blurred vision, other symptoms to watch for include rapid heartbeat, flushed face and fever.
	What is this weed?
	And where can I get my hands on some?
	And they're doing testing to confirm the weed?
	At least tell us what is this?
	What's the genus or something about this weed?
	I mean, it's hallucinogenic.
	Sounds like something that'd be commercially available at the pot shop.
	Yeah, well, or, I mean, I don't know, maybe it was some MDMA that they, I mean, they're saying a weed, but I don't think... They said weed.
	Oh, they said weed, but please, you got rapid heartbeat and your hallucinations.
	Some of them really wild.
	This is good.
	Well, we want to know more.
	Costco.
	It's one of those Easter eggs.
	They've got one just like the wine.
	They got an Easter egg spinach box.
	This is the one you want, people.
	See if you can get that one.
	Dynamite.
	Well just the opposite is this New Zealand report where they're banning... well play this and you'll see.
	New Zealand has just banned the next generation from purchasing tobacco products ever.
	The country passed a package of new anti-smoking laws yesterday.
	The suite of new laws is among the strictest in the world.
	It includes prohibiting sales of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009.
	That's punishable by fines of nearly 100,000 U.S.
	dollars.
	The legislation also reduces the amount of nicotine allowed in smoked tobacco products, and it cuts the number of retailers able to sell tobacco by 90%.
	It will drop from 6,000 to 600 by the end of 2023.
	New Zealand already boasts low adult smoking rates, but the government hopes to make the country smoke-free by 2025.
	Now, I think we heard about this, and I wonder if this is, you know, to still usher in the ICOS or anything like that.
	No, no.
	But, you know, really, they should just give people the option of smoking.
	Somebody never gave them part two of the scam, so the ICOS is out of the picture.
	There's no smoking whatsoever in New Zealand after a certain year.
	Man, hey, people over there in Australia, you know what you should do?
	You should get some of them spinach from... Yeah, just get the spinach.
	The spinach sounds like a much better deal than smoking, I'm telling you.
	I have not put fire in my mouth for almost four weeks.
	Pretty proud of myself there.
	Good.
	Yes, thank you.
	And that will do it for another episode of the No Agenda Show.
	Media deconstruction.
	We do it twice a week, Thursdays and Sundays.
	Live, noagendastream.com, trollroom.io, where up next, another live show, our big dumb mouth featuring JFK news, UFO news, and jingle bingles to everyone.
	Okay.
	Can't wait for that.
	Also, end of show mix is Jesse Coyne Nelson.
	We got That Larry Show.
	Doing a nice little end of show ditty for us.
	And Sir Michael Anthony, DeMayave, New York, coming to you 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 remain, I'm John C. Dvorak.
	We will return on Thursday with another episode.
	For you, please remember us at thevorac.org slash NA.
	Go check that website out before it changes Q1.
	Until then, adios mofos!
	You got a nice hooey-hooey!
	and such.
	I really can't stay.
	I like it when it gets a little soft.
	I gotta go away.
	I don't like the young stuff.
	That's a little too much for me.
	This evening has been so very nice.
	Smoked or not.
	My mother will start to worry.
	I think you got a briquette in your mouth.
	No, I don't like that at all.
	My father will be pacing the floor.
	So really I better scurry.
	But if you can find someone who smokes it correctly.
	That's what she said.
	But if you dig a little bit deeper, it becomes clear that the male character was always intended to be a predator.
	Gouda, Gouda, one of the world's most famous and most popular cheeses.
	Yes, screw it.
	And all I want for Christmas is cheese.
	You know Putin and Trudeau, Macron and Zelensky.
	Orban, Maduro, Meloni, and Xi.
	But can you understand the most famous leader in this land?
	I'm talking... Joey, the supreme leader.
	I got hairy legs!
	Always has a ten-yard stare.
	And if you look a bit closer, You might say he's not all there.
	But I learned about roaches.
	All of the other leaders laugh at him behind his back.
	They watch his every movement, wondering when his face will crack.
	Botox, hair plugs, and porcelain teeth cannot disguise his age.
	And if he misses his noontime nap, well, nothing can stop his rage.
	What I said.
	By seven o'clock, it's day's end.
	Dr. Jill will tuck him in.
	She'll button up his PJs as he steps into some fresh deep ends.
	Watch me.
	Joey, the Supreme Leader, likes to think he's in control.
	Yeah, no, no, no, I don't know.
	Mostly he's just napping till they dose him up with Adderall.
	Happy Holidays, New New York City!
	Around this time, we all like to eat, you know?
	But too many of y'all are still eating steak!
	That's why your mayor is hooking up with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine!
	We are going to train NYC doctors and nurses to promote a plant-based centered lifestyle.
	Just like your mayor.
	We going from meatless Mondays and vegan Fridays in schools to meatless medicine for everybody.
	All the public hospitals is already going plant-based.
	Good luck getting chicken soup.
	Like I told y'all, I'ma snatch your Christmas goose.
	Just like I'ma send the police to snatch up homeless people.
	Under my new plan, if someone on the street cannot meet their basic needs, we are going to lock them up in Bellevue and feed them broccoli.
	So you better not pout, you better not cry, you better not shout, and I'm telling you why.
	The mayor's gonna clean up this town.
	No more steaks, no more EDPs, and no more rats.
	And I don't want to You hear nothing about the rats at my old crib in Brooklyn.
	How my old city gonna try to give me, the mayor, a $300 ticket?
	Saying my property's infested just cause they found fresh rat doo-doo.
	Nah, I'm Eric Adams, the anti-rat mayor!
	I ain't paying no $300 for no rat doo-doo, cause I don't give a sh**!
	Adios, mofo.

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