John C Dvorak: Say it's not so. Adam curry, John C. Dvorak
Adam Curry: June 4 2023 This Year Award winning keyword
nation media assassination episode 1561
Unknown: This is no agenda.
Adam Curry: sandbagging sabotaging and broadcasting live
from the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Number 16. In the
morning, everybody, I'm Adam curry
John C Dvorak: and from Northern Silicon Valley where I found out
that the Serbians are giants. I'm John C. Dvorak.
Adam Curry: Really, the Serbians are giants. Tell them do tell
John C Dvorak: it well. They hit the NBA Finals.
Adam Curry: Oh, that dude, that one dude wants his name tour.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, that's what I thought. I said that one big
guys a big treat seven foot tall. 285 pound dude, center
dude, dude, for the Denver team, and he's really unbelievably
talented. And so I didn't think much about it until I was
watching one of those trains cruising on the trains, shows.
Adam Curry: Wait a minute, what is cruising on the train show?
John C Dvorak: There's all these different train shows, you know,
travels on trains, and this bunch of them. They're on. A lot
of them on broadcast TV. A lot of them are on the
Adam Curry: way. This is f f TV fomer TV.
Unknown: Oh my god.
John C Dvorak: Come on. As a matter of fact, it is. And so
I'm watching this one where they're taking a train right
under old train from basically through Serbia down to
Montenegro. And while they were in Serbia, the guy brings up the
fact you know the Serbs are notorious for being big. Here's
one of them. And there's a seven foot guy. Wow. And they go on
about oh yes. We're very big people. And so then then to
continue the story to make it even more interesting to me.
weird way to tie this show together. It's alright I have
these clips.
Adam Curry: Oh, well now this is exciting. You've got
John C Dvorak: a nice what's going on in Serbia? Yeah, there
is a lot going on in Serbia. There's a lot going on in in
within there. There may be some reason within these three clips
that is the high no kinetic purpose of the tall giant people
in Serbia
Adam Curry: know the whole conflict is Bosnia is pissed off
that Serbia has got all the Giants.
John C Dvorak: Well, they that's never mentioned. But there is
this there is a couple of funny things in these clips this
Serbia anti government protests.
Unknown: 10s of 1000s of people have joined another anti
government protest in Serbia's capital Belgrade. The
demonstrations have become a weekly event since 18 people
were killed in two mass shootings last month. Protesters
are blaming government policies for promoting violence in the
media, and are demanding the resignation of ministers or
inverse which has more from Belgrade.
It's been one month since the mass shooting in Belgrade's
Ladislav Ribnica Elementary School. This is the fifth
protest called Serbia against violence. On May the third the
13 year old boys shot dead 10 People nine pupils of his school
and a security guard. Only one day after a 20 year old man shot
eight people in two villages south of Belgrade. In both
attacks, many were injured. The protest walk in Belgrade started
after speeches were given on the stage in front of National
Assembly. Protesters repeated they want Minister of Interior
Affairs and the chief of intelligence agency to resign
they also won the regulatory body for electronic media to cut
the concession rights for happy TV and think television
terrestrial broadcast because they say it's their program that
promotes violence and hate speech.
Adam Curry: Wow, this is really interesting and I didn't clip it
I'm glad you got it because I only the only clip I got was
about they want violence off television but now you have the
actual the actual TV channels in this clip but it's worth
mentioning this Serbia Bosnia had this whole thing has been
heating up we've been tracking it it started with the with the
with the mass shootings. I mean, Serbia and Bosnia. They're on
deck now with this stuff. This is this is interesting.
John C Dvorak: What what's interesting about these clips is
it doesn't bring into issue with Bosnia.
Adam Curry: No, even though there's well it's 700. Troops.
John C Dvorak: There's two things going on. One are these
protests in Serbia, mostly in Belgrade massive protests. about
violence. Yeah. Which again, brings us to this stories about
violence it I guess resolving problems with violence was
always a major way of doing things in Serbia. Hence the tall
big guys.
Adam Curry: You know, you should be the spoke Sman four fomer TV
for more big guy hi hi um I want my foamer TV Oh my F TV.
John C Dvorak: So the other action which is into in Bosnia
which is and has to do with the elections is not this this is
different. And this is kind of interesting because this is a
big reported on it all we it's because
Adam Curry: I guess zero knows nothing nothing in fact we'd
like some of their happy TV stuff to be broadcast over here
we don't have any of this violence on television people
giving
Unknown: speeches on today stage where actors high school
students, comedians and satirical TV hosts. They said
that those unpowered the government should assume its
responsibility for the mass shootings. They emphasize all
Serbian children should walk freely to schools and return to
their home safely, as well as those in Kosovo with dignity. We
should fight for freedom of our society. That is what we owe to
the people who lost their lives in tragic shooting. They said my
invention which Al Jazeera Belgrade,
Serbia as government has declared a one month amnesty for
people to hand in guns 40,000 firearms have been given up. But
as Bernard Smith now reports from Belgrade, protesters say
the government needs to do much more to tackle a culture of
violence
conservatives version of Big Brother, a daily diet of fights
and punch UPS helps make this one of the country's top rated
TV shows. In parliament when debate doesn't work, fists can
fly.
There is a huge problem in Serbia with violence being
accepted as methods to resolve disputes. That's the problem
is a lawyer for a group that helps women affected by
violence. 41% of Serbs think domestic abuse is the top issue,
women face here, the highest rate in Europe.
And this is something that even not even children in
kindergarten are being taught to resolve disputes in other
alternative measures. And so the TV and what is happening in our
National Assembly, and the messages know, whoever uses
violence, he will be the one who who is beginning to dispute and
will be you know, the winner. And that's the wrong message
being sent all over again.
Adam Curry: Wow. So not only are they giants, but they're giant
dicks. This is crazy.
John C Dvorak: And in fact that the number one TV show, which
was that big brother equivalent is, for all practical purposes.
Just a version of bumfights, you know, where you get people just
to punch each other. It's just a violent show. You don't have
quite bummed out, you know, the bum fight phenomenon that we had
for a while.
Adam Curry: Yeah, but but they're not calling for guns to
be taken away, are they? Yeah, they are. Ha ha.
John C Dvorak: So I don't even know this seems to be well, in
part three, resolve a couple of these issues.
Unknown: In early May eight children and a guard was shot
dead at a school in Belgrade. The suspect is 13 years old.
Prosecutors allege the boy's father took him to target
practice and didn't properly secure weapons. The next day, a
20 year old man killed eight people in a village outside the
capitol. Since then, 1000s of people have protested weekly in
Belgrade, accusing the government of encouraging a
culture of violence in society.
The problem of violence in Serbia is bigger than then
weapons, they're in possession of citizens. That's why the
citizens asked for other regulations may be tightening
gun control legislation and fundamental and reforms in
education and other spheres the
service President Alexander Bucha, which has pledged to
practically disarm his country, more than 40,000 weapons and 2
million rounds of ammunition have so far been handed in
during a government amnesty. But there are more than 750,000
registered weapons here and officials estimate perhaps a
similar number unlicensed, it could take years for the state
to disarm its citizens and they'd have to be willing
partners in the effort.
Adam Curry: Okay, this is a sophisticated cya. This is very
good, because they're also calling for the removal of
violent television stations. But it's really about disarming the
country that this isn't an American Democrat Party tactic.
John C Dvorak: Well, they got they got their attention.
Adam Curry: And this is super interesting to me because
American political tactics and tat takedowns are now being
performed all over Europe. So not just get rid of their guns
so Serbia will be completely vulnerable to whatever is next
thing is there. 700 NATO troops there. For whatever reason, but
something we learned about in the last show. Remember, your
buddy there from Ireland? She was moaning about Russian
Russian interference. Claire. Right, Claire Daly? Well, now
nearly now we know what that was about. And man, it's just, it's
just an American script to speak to our international affairs
commentator, Douglas Herbert. Hello
Unknown: to Doug. Several French media seeing some excerpts of
this report is not published yet. But what have we learned so
far? What we've
learned is that the report essentially exposes based on the
interviews with dozens of people that you mentioned, exposes ties
and collusion. Really, let's use the word collusion between
France as far right national rally party, the Russia, the
Russia, Vladimir Putin, and we're only looking at now All
right, this was a parliamentary commission set up ironically set
up at the request of Marine LePen spa right national rally
party, because it wanted to lay to rest once and for all, the
never ending accusations that her party and she specifically
that has been way too chummy.
John C Dvorak: This is that nebbish on France 24
Adam Curry: nebbish is a good word for him. Yeah. Douchebag
dog, the bald guy, any collusion guy.
Unknown: I love those with Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin's
line has worked.
Adam Curry: What's up with that pronunciation? Vladimir Putin.
Have you been in France too long, Doug.
Unknown: Vladimir Putin has told Vladimir Putin's line has
represented essentially essentially the interests of
Vladimir Putin and it's conveyed his message very effectively
here in France the Kremlin propaganda message. So that's
what it was really meant to do. I boomerang it really backfired.
fiasco in her own face,
Adam Curry: a fiasco in her own face. Wow.
Unknown: It's a fiasco.
John C Dvorak: fiasco off your face, baby.
Adam Curry: I already right now to take that fiasco off your
face. It's disgusting. can't look at it. This is This is
crazy. I love saying that. That's what all the millennials
are now saying the new 100% Is this is crazy. I haven't heard
it. I just launched it. He has no real Marine LePen far right
colluding with Russia. She's propagandizing for Vladimir
Putin
Unknown: is an idol apparently claiming that the report is
politically motivated. So avoid that
emerge. The half of this report is a reflection of the
rapporteur sectarian, dishonest and totally politicized. reality
of this report is that there is nothing. This report is exactly
the same in terms of its conclusions as the four hours of
hearings I was able to do under oath. In other words, the people
who have accused us have no basis in fact, they didn't know.
Adam Curry: This is their version of the Mueller report.
No Russian collusion isn't dodgy. Does anyone else not see
this? This is pathetic.
John C Dvorak: is the best word for it. I say Come on, people
come up with something more creative.
Adam Curry: Meanwhile, we need to discuss this tumble The White
Unknown: House says President Biden is fine. After he took a
fall on stage at the US Air Force Academy graduation
ceremony in Colorado. Biden had delivered the commencement
address and shook hands with graduates when he appeared to
have tripped on a black sandbag on the stage. Biden got back up
and jokes he got sandbag.
Adam Curry: Now, I went and Larry
John C Dvorak: legs because
Adam Curry: it's actually here's an ABC report where he yells at
our
Unknown: White House says President Biden is fine after he
tripped over a sandbag at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado.
The President returned to Washington greeted by a horde of
reporters horn wanting to know what happened. And his
explanation was quite simple. The President was walking a bit
stiffly but his doctors say that's because he has a spinal
arthritis.
Adam Curry: So I looked up I look for a picture.
John C Dvorak: Spinal I have a new nude. unnoticed spinal
arthritis
Adam Curry: doesn't sound good actually. Spinal arthritis know
nothing about it. But I do know something about staging. This
sandbag was placed as sabotage. There's no reason I'm looking at
the stage. There's a black sandbag you know one of those
sandbags that you put on on his black so you can see it up on a
black stage and it's an it's a black it's one of those that you
put over your nightstand so it doesn't fall over. Yeah, so
yeah, I know what they're for. So we'll call them sandbags. But
you know, just so people don't who aren't in the bay. They are
sandbags. People who like you and me who know people aren't in
the biz. So I cost in the bids, the bids in the bid. And it was
nice not holding any trades. I've been reading the trades
myself. It's not holding anything down. It's just there.
It's not on top of anything. It's not not even holding down.
Like like a, you know, a skirt for a table. It's just the black
sandbag on the black stage. This was sabotage.
John C Dvorak: You know, I can accept that. And there's
something that that I stood in my mind when he came around to
walk off and it hit the sandbag. There was a soldier a marine
that was saluting and he was saluting toward the audience.
And he like, I guess He saluted toward Biden flipped around and
then he went off toward the audience walked toward the
camera, and I looked at him. And it was like, when Biden went
down, he didn't look back. It was right within, you know, it
would he would have you would have looked back or something
and he had a funny smirk on his face.
Adam Curry: That's the guy. And
John C Dvorak: you know, it's cadets or he knew about it.
Adam Curry: You know, this is graduation. So what funnier than
when you're graduating from a military academy? My Hey, man, I
got an idea as to the will be legends. I think sandbag gate is
appropriate. I think there should be a parliamentary
inquiries. Bill. I put the picture of the sandbag did go
John C Dvorak: down fun in an awkward way. And then I liked
the way the news media strips any guy right up. He didn't he
did not get right ahead for guys helping him up and he could
barely get up. He just left him there. I guarantee couldn't get
up.
Adam Curry: Did you also notice the soles of his shoes? No, I
did not. So it's this weird horseshoe like extra soul that's
on the bottom of it. And lift. It's well, it's a lift, but it's
a U shape. And someone pointed out an interesting interesting
thing, which I thought was probably not what's going on but
I liked it. You know, human Michael Jackson that video where
he where he kind of leaned over and defies gravity.
John C Dvorak: Now he leans forward all the way he was one
of his
Adam Curry: that was Yeah, six signature moves. Yeah. So that
was achieved by having shoes with basically a horse shoe type
heel. And in the in the in the stage itself was a little knob
and he slide his his shoes onto those knobs and then you can
just lean forward because the knobs were bolted to the floor
and he could just back up and be right off of that. I'm wondering
if maybe the President doesn't have knobs in the stage
everywhere so that you know when he's feeling
John C Dvorak: on his ass just standing there so he gets feels
a little woozy.
Adam Curry: He can just slip into the knobs. It was just
John C Dvorak: oh, now you're talking? Well, I'm reminded of
not this let the newsletter I just sent out but the one before
that and the other ones that are floating around these memes
showing Biden's you know his face kind of cut in half with
two different Biden's Oh, yeah. Well, that's
Adam Curry: the mask. Everyone knows it's a mask. Where were
you been? Everyone knows that?
John C Dvorak: No, there's no I saw them as it was peeling off
on one of them. They showed like where it was peeling off on him
and it was too smooth for his normal face. Yeah. And then he
had the permanent wrinkles in his forehead. There's a lot of
crazy mind might be dead.
Adam Curry: Oh, there's a beginning of the show. When we
got by Mike, I'm with you on that. And we know this match
technology is outstanding. And it's way beyond what the CIA
lady showed five years ago. It's
John C Dvorak: that but she mentioned that the match they
were talking about and using in the TV show. Mission Impossible.
Which was I believe the late 60s. Yep. She says those masks
those CIA masks were in play back then. Yeah. So you can't
even imagine what technology they have now.
Adam Curry: I actually can't imagine it and if you look at
all of these different videos where you see a crease or you
see Biden from behind scratching the back of his neck and then
you almost see the rubber kind of read freeform. We're being
we're being psyops man. It's a scam.
John C Dvorak: It's a scam Damn. Guy is no Joe Biden
Adam Curry: knows who he is. Now, finally, I'm very happy to
report that after two years out here in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Tina and I are finally we've made ours we've made it in. We
are now in Hill Country high society.
John C Dvorak: In either two years, I taught two times flies
Adam Curry: Yeah, tight times flies. times Time flies. Time
flies. Kill country high society. That's right.
John C Dvorak: These are the so you got invited to a party? Yeah
party, a party from the founders of the German Nazi foreign
founders of the town.
Adam Curry: Hey, man, back off pump the brakes on that, bro.
There's no Nazis here. No not No, no,
John C Dvorak: no. Deutsch landers I keep
Adam Curry: looking for some Germans to speak German with no
one speaks German there's no no people here won't admit to it. I
keep throwing stuff in. And I couldn't talk and no
John C Dvorak: one looks around. Don't be tricked by him.
Adam Curry: Jeremy, now stop that. No, this is this is the
new bow this these are this hill country cabal baby this is. This
is the elites, the Hill Country high society. It's the people
who actually make the country run the salt of the earth. I
give an example. Like one guy who I talked to bones 11 I hops,
you know, so and they do quite well. But you know, like,
John C Dvorak: these are the people who will do the earth
Yes. 11 I hops. That's what I said. Yeah, but kind of your
definition of salt of the earth.
Adam Curry: They make it they make it run the salt of the
this? What do you mean? Get
John C Dvorak: salt of the earth to me is a guy who's digging a
ditch you know, for minimum wage. No,
Adam Curry: no, no. No, he's
John C Dvorak: the nicest guy had everyone in me. That's the
salt of the earth. That's Oh, it's a mo you're wrong.
Adam Curry: No, no, they're not moguls. They're just regular old
people. Running 11 restaurants.
John C Dvorak: But Adam yes happens to the best of people.
You get sucked in. They bring you in your next thing you know,
you're an elite, local elite. You're oblivious to the reality
of the of the of the working poor?
Adam Curry: Well, these are the people who employ the working
poor because they come from being poor.
John C Dvorak: And this whole sure this
Adam Curry: is do you want to report or do you want to mock my
friends? mugging anybody. This is the women at this party. All
carry concealed guns. Some of them dipped in the Louis Vuitton
design. They've got elephant skin boots. This is the party
they don't drive the F 152. No, it's time to break out the
bends. And they definitely don't drink Anheuser Busch beer
anymore. Bill you understand what kind of party this is? Is a
good party. This is good old boys and girls and I loved it. I
loved it. And I learned a lot. These by the way. These are
Trump voters not DeSantis and you know who was there as a part
of the hill country high society. Are we Santas? No, no.
Our friend Suzanne Santos remember Suzanne Santos
John C Dvorak: I don't remember Yes, Santos she she's an
Adam Curry: actress and singer songwriter. She was on Joe Rogan
talking about how she must you love No no agenda you should
know her all she
John C Dvorak: Oh, was added I keep forgetting her name. I know
who it is.
Adam Curry: Suzanne Santos. And she was there by the way five
months pregnant. Looking good for her. Yes. Looking very Santo
not Santos I'm sorry. There we go. Now you get to know why is
it Santos is because DeSantis descent DeSantis got me all
confused Santo. Sorry, the keeper keeps me on my toes. She
there. Now she's texting me. She's like my phone is going
like not channeled while you're doing the show. Tina
backchannels me all the time. She's my wife. She's the keeper
she she she's in charge. She's running the whole operation.
This
John C Dvorak: story. I don't know why you're stalling.
Adam Curry: Now she's married to Nick his lotto. Do you know Nick
You should know Nick his a lotta because we're in the business.
You read the trades? Haha. See, you haven't been keeping up with
the trades.
John C Dvorak: Well, I haven't been keeping up but I haven't
been chemo with Nick.
Adam Curry: Nick. Nick is very famous for not just being the
writer but the creator and the showrunner of the hit HBO
series. True Detective. You know this show right to Detective?
John C Dvorak: Yes. With his first season it was dynamite.
Was he the show runner then? Yes. Yeah, he created what
happened? No,
Adam Curry: there's two more seasons came.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, but the second season was boring by
comparison. Okay,
Adam Curry: okay. My friends here. All right. These are my
friends. Chill out. Okay, I'm just saying brakes pump Dvorak.
That's the show with the finale broke the internet. At least it
broke the HBO app. Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson
starred in anyway, so I got to read he's a writer and so I had
an opportunity to talk to him about the writer strike.
John C Dvorak: Ah die there is a point is named dropping that you
feel obliged. Which is fun, which I accept. I accept because
now what happened
Adam Curry: you better you know, after every show, you're always
like, hey, got any dinner? Coming up with anybody. Oh,
that's too bad do anything. That's all you're always
John C Dvorak: throwing it at me cool
Adam Curry: dinners anything happening? Uh huh. All right.
So, first of all, it is. So the writer strike. He's a writer. So
obviously, his projects were on hold. However, it appears there
is a force majeure clause in the Writers Guild of America
contracts. This is what we are not aware of. And it's
confirmed. I have an article here from the New York Times, if
the strike drags on into July, studios can exit pricey deals
with writers under force majeure clauses of contracts, which
means it will actually help the streamers and screw the
complaining writers. And he will go back to work because you can,
you cannot, the guilds can't can't stop writers from going
back to work where they will have to go back on the terms of
the
John C Dvorak: like a union busting it's going on here.
Totally,
Adam Curry: totally. But it was built into it. He was built and
John C Dvorak: they got suckered somewhere along the line. Of
course
Adam Curry: they did. Of course, they got sourced they
John C Dvorak: did hell, let's let's get this back up a couple
of sentences that of course, they did their dumb writers.
Adam Curry: Well, turns out 97% of the voting members of the
WGA, you know, maybe wrote a treatment for someone, you know,
not really, you know, they're not successful writers. Yeah.
Well, that's
John C Dvorak: most writers. Yes. Correct.
Adam Curry: Except for my friend, Nick. Nick guy, that
guy's a winner. He's a winner. And some more news is married
John C Dvorak: to a famous pregnant actress
Adam Curry: who Suzanne Santo dropped the s for extra savings.
And here's the good news. If that what if it wasn't good news
already for people who want to write and then people who just
want to get back to making stuff. The studios are bringing
in writers to fix the woke scripts. Even Marvel is bringing
in writers to fix all the woke scripts that are not working,
not making money. They're afraid to do it now. I think we're
seeing the end in sight, especially in marbles.
John C Dvorak: What an optimist. This was what happens when you
become an elite
Adam Curry: is a really lovely people. I'm just calling him the
Hill Country high society. Okay, so now, but you can call them
whatever you want. Now, as I said, these people are Trump
people. And I was, you know, I talk to a lot of different
people. And I think I have figured out what's going on with
DeSantis. And it's also Elon is involved. Twitter's involve
Murdoch is involved. And bear with me, because I've tried to
kind of write this down. Let's see if we can figure out what's
going on. And it really centers around Elon and Twitter right
now. So we've been asking ourselves why Where's Tucker? He
was going to be on Twitter. Wasn't I mean? Why announced
that Why say very soon? And then why not be on Twitter?
John C Dvorak: Yeah, you can't do that. It's just not good
market. It's
Adam Curry: a mistake. Or is it because Tucker's figured out
what's going on? And I think it's the latter. So Twitter and
now wait for it. So Twitter, obviously, you know, we see Elon
hiring this Yucca Reno character, he needs to get some
revenue going because he has a big nut. He's got contracts
until 2025 for AWS and Google for the infrastructure. Twitter
doesn't own their own gear. That's about $500 million a
year. Can you imagine what suckers those guys were that's a
lot of it's a lot of damage. The machines is everything. And but
at least I had it locked in but it's locked in. You can't you
can't change anything. So we have to stick with those
contracts. He's got interest payments. So you know, I think
by his own admission, they're losing about $100 million a
month. So he can't really, you know, just be ponying up
himself. He can't keep going back to people he can't he can't
take it from his business. He has to do something
John C Dvorak: he has to do something right. He has to make
it breakeven at least so we know
Adam Curry: that Elon is entire res on data which is French for
the reason he exists is government money. So Tesla
massive government subsidies subsidies for his for its cut
for its customers, subsidies for everything he did subsidies for
EVs, SpaceX, his other big business, NASA contracts, all
kinds of all government, all government money. Now Twitter,
which as we know he will turn into x.com It's already know on
his X x.com. He says that's going to be the biggest
financial company in the world, the most valuable Teenies
government to do this, but he's placed his bets on the next
government. And the next government is going to be if
it's up to Rupert Murdoch, who Elon was paddling around with in
get the World Cup, we all saw it. Remember how weird that was?
He's sitting there with Murdoch in the crowd.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, neither one of them seemed to be interested
in silica.
Adam Curry: No, this is where they were talking about what
they're going to do. So Ilan is setting up hit and who knows
what it'll be, you know, but he'll get the easy easy licenses
for banking or maybe the central bank digital currency or
whatever, I don't know. But so he's keeping up this appearance
of being the freeze peach guy, the anti woke guy to give
credence to Ron DeSantis. And Murdoch enter Murdoch here. He
wants to control the White House. This is just like
succession This is Logan. Roy even looks old, decrepit like
him. So he and his money guys, the hedge funds, Wall Street
buddies, whatever they are, we know that they're that they
their big money behind DeSantis. So I think I think that Murdoch
is so desperate or desperate. So hell bent on controlling the
White House and making sure it's DeSantis. He sacrifices Tucker,
he sets up the whole interview with with Ilan and you know, we
saw it happen you even were for a moment there's like Elon is
gonna hire I'm gonna pay him millions of dollars. They he was
on his show. No, that was all a setup. And I'm sure that
John C Dvorak: Tucker was way, way, way back at what did you
say? I
Adam Curry: did you want me to go find the clip? Because I can
find it for you use? What
John C Dvorak: was that when I don't care about when I may have
to but I want you to reiterate again. I didn't. I don't
remember going crazy about he's going to do some show for a lot
of money.
Adam Curry: Yes. You said he's going to Twitter. Elon is going
to pay him a lot of money. On Twitter. I said no, he's not
going to and you said yeah, he was on his show. I could look it
up. But just believe me, doesn't matter. Because you since come
around as well as what we do. So that's why there's continue.
So So Murdock brings in Elon into the scheme. He said, hey,
you know, maybe you can can take Tucker, then you can control
him. Elon does all the favors gets, gets to sent you know,
launches the DeSantis campaign, which of course is horrible.
Elon goes all anti woke in case we haven't noticed. Now, of
course, if you look at Twitter, anything that's about Trump has
all these so called Community notes all over it. You know how
this works. Now with Twitter, you get community notes, like,
oh, the community disagrees with this. And that is automatically
gets you less reach, you know, a little bit of shadow banning.
But for me, it was really this this little bit DeSantis is
Chief because she wasn't his press secretary. Before she
became like in charge of do the influencers. Chris Watts had
Christina push off. PSH Aw. This is a piece of work. You know
what she was doing before she came to work for DeSantis know
what she was working for Vladimir Zelensky. In Ukraine,
this used to ring a bell recruiting influencers in 2021
for his election, which we know is clearly a scam. These guys
are the actor. She has a fun.
John C Dvorak: They have I know where you're going with this.
They're gonna have to do a lot better job. DeSantis is not
impressing anybody.
Adam Curry: No, I know. But you think you will agree with me
that if you have Fox News run by Democrats, if you have Twitter,
if you have New York Post, if you have the Wall Street
Journal, you're going to convince Republicans to vote for
DeSantis you're going to do a pretty good job. You're gonna
get quite far. Let's put it that way. If you can contain Trump,
which seems to be the problem. Now listen, to listen to this
Cushaw woman 2008 She this is her Wikipedia. She developed an
interest in Georgia. Georgia, the country. She researched
Georgia was impressed by the incompetence of then President
Mikhail Saakashvili The Nut Job who was eating his tie. So she
moved to Tbilisi, and she worked there. Uh huh. Then she then
then she worked for you Yulia Tymoshenko former prime minister
of Ukraine. Then she went to Washington DC to work for Stan
together a philanthropic organization founded by Charles
Koch. I mean, come on. I think she had to register as a foreign
agent. Yes, she did a fairer foreign Agents Registration Act
in order to continue working. In the US,
John C Dvorak: obviously a player, yes. But who is she
really working for? Can we figure that out by her travels?
Adam Curry: Well, I would say right now she's working for
Murdoch and the money, guys, of course, it's I mean, what was
Ukraine about money GM
John C Dvorak: intelligence agency behind this?
Adam Curry: Well, that is always in play? And I would say which
John C Dvorak: would? That's the question. Which one? It's always
the CIA. That's not always the CIA.
Adam Curry: Which one? They're the ones in charge of
everything. When I see Axios reporting that oh, here's a
scoop. Yeah, I'll bring this story up for you. The scoop? The
scoop? Is that YouTube?
John C Dvorak: Yeah, there's a good story. I know
Adam Curry: that YouTube says, oh, you know, in this next
election will allow videos about election, election fraud and
disagreement over the results of the election, which means
they're setting it up for Biden to lose. That I like this
theory. Now, there are a couple holes, maybe but not a lot.
John C Dvorak: Well, the problem you have with the theory is that
Trump is still Yeah, they're gonna have to do something Yes.
From well, they tried that was the whole thing. Remember how
quiet dissident getting nowhere enlisting, actually arrest him?
Adam Curry: Well, remember how quiet they were when DeSantis
was how quiet DeSantis was when, when you know, trumping the
dollar, we're gonna sue them in court, and in New York, he's
gonna go to jail, that'll be the end of him, and just doesn't
happen. I fear for him now. They've gotten few options left,
and Trump is out there. And he's got he's got their number. He
knows what's going on. He's figured this out. We're a little
slow. But this is the I think, I think this is fantastic. And at
least we have a lens to look at stuff through.
John C Dvorak: So where's Tucker end up? I know, it's an optional
lens.
Adam Curry: Well, what are the lens do you have?
John C Dvorak: I don't have a lens at all. I mean, what is the
what happens to try to Tucker?
Adam Curry: He has to go somewhere. But I don't think
it'd be Twitter. Rumble. Rumble, Rumble then. Yeah, that's the
telegram. He's going on telegram. That's what I keep
hearing. Tucker's got a video on telegram
John C Dvorak: like eight but I don't even you know, I hate to
say this. But I've never gotten a telegram account and I've
never used it.
Adam Curry: I really don't like telegram I have an account
because a lot of Bitcoin people are on it. And they swear by
avoid zero swears by telegram.
John C Dvorak: So why what what's the swear by?
Adam Curry: I don't know that. It's
John C Dvorak: Oh, this is the great the greatest what what
does it do?
Adam Curry: It's, you know you it's the safest of all places to
talk, apparently. Because there's no there's zero D
platforming, which I don't think is true. You can have your own
channel. It's
John C Dvorak: free. It's total freeze. Speech. Yeah, it's all
free
Adam Curry: speech all the time. But and
John C Dvorak: what does it forums? Is it like us net? What
does it look like? Okay,
Adam Curry: so it looks so it's an app, and it looks kind of
like a text message app,
John C Dvorak: like Snapchat?
Adam Curry: No, like a text message app, you know, so you
could have Gregg, an SMS phone? Yes, yes. Except you have group
chats in these group chats. can have 1000s 10s of hundreds of
1000s of people in there. And they're owned by someone. So you
know, the owner determined who can talk or, you know, they
control you can have
John C Dvorak: a group chat with Tucker. Yeah. And you can stream
video. Yes, you could. Yes. Yes. And what is the maximum size of
one of these groups, as you have to remember Tucker had when he
was on Fox had an audience of, I don't know, up to 3 million
people. Can you do that on telegram?
Adam Curry: I would. I wouldn't see why not. Do you'd have to
limit it'll be too many people to be give them all talk access.
But yeah, I think you could have all those members. Sure. Sure.
And so we saw just the other day The Daily wire you know they cut
a deal with Twitter and I was kind of right about what kind of
the wire Daily Caller daily wire this is what's his face fast
talker? Hero Shapiro's plus Yeah. So they cut a deal no
we're gonna put all our podcasts on Twitter which they had to pay
for not It's not like twitter saying here's all this money no
Twitter has no money so they were going to own an upload all
up which is videos in their case all of our podcasts go on
Twitter. And then Matt Walsh comes with oh, I'm gonna put my
what is a woman documentary and I put that with big quotes. I
actually have a clip about this. Let's play this and I can
continue the report. Where's it here?
John C Dvorak: So caught off guard here and
Adam Curry: pay attention stib stay Oh, here. quitter aihole
know what is this? Where's Yeah,
John C Dvorak: Twitter aihole quits.
Unknown: Twitter's head of trust and safety has resigned from the
company. Ella Irwin took over the department in November after
a previous head you'll Roth resigned. She oversaw content
moderation, or when did not comment on her resignation.
However, Axios reports the decision followed controversy
over a video titled What is a woman Twitter staff determined
it violates rules and didn't allow it. The film focuses on
gender and transgender issues. Musk called the decision a
mistake by many people at Twitter and said it's definitely
allowed. He later tweeted whether or not you agree with
someone's using preferred pronouns not doing so is at most
rude and certainly breaks no laws. The entrepreneur added
that he personally uses people's preferred pronouns simply for
good manners. However, he says he objects to rude behavior
cancellation or threats of violence for not using someone's
preferred pronouns for the same reason.
Adam Curry: Exactly. So this is now lets you see exactly what's
going on within Twitter. You have the trust and safety team
whatever is left to them
John C Dvorak: I liked the way Axios played a role Oh yeah.
Adam Curry: Oh yeah. Those guys a trust and safety team that we
got to keep our eye on them to who owns Axios do they sell that
to someone Bloomberg another big money outfit?
John C Dvorak: Who owned Illa ran jobs owns it?
Adam Curry: She owns X us? Yeah, I
John C Dvorak: think so. She was
Adam Curry: owner really? I thought that that was already
done.
Unknown: I don't think she's sold it
Adam Curry: looks like it was sold to Cox Are you sure she's
John C Dvorak: I don't know. I'll look at I'll look into it
as you continue your
Adam Curry: well such so the point is he now you see the
friction that is happening within Twitter. Where the so the
way I see it, the plan is we're going to use DeSantis as the
anti woke guy and we're going to get rid of woke and that's
actually going to make America better. And everyone's all in
Disney's in as we just heard like businesses in businesses
like this is dumb. This is not a smart thing. Meanwhile, the same
guys who started this woke stuff made money shorting all these
stocks. And now as we all know, we're gonna get as you even
said, you know, we're gonna fire the CEOs and be all new blood
coming in. The new bomb. Oh, good ol boys, Anheuser Busch.
I'm going to fix this company. You watch that'll happen bring
bringing woody bringing the Bush the fourth at the same will
happen with target that guy's completely dispensable that CEO.
John C Dvorak: They're going to that guy. He's been bounced
around. He's happy. That's what my theory was. I mentioned it on
horror was his show. You
Adam Curry: mentioned it on this show before you even mentioned
on horror. Yes, I probably did. And by the way idea
John C Dvorak: is to sync the stock fire that guy stock goes
up. It's everyone's got a signal. It's not that hard to
figure out. By the
Adam Curry: way. It's It's not horrible. It's a show. It's DH
unplugged to Vortech. Horowitz you even have preference over
his name. It's the other show you do. Okay. So everyone's made
a new. Okay, Kara. Everyone's making money on the way down and
we'll make money on the way up. We're going to bring America
back. And they're going to control it like they always want
to who? Who finance Obama who financed? You know, Obama, this
term of Obama? It's the same people. Yeah. So this is a
genius move. And meanwhile, of course, the Republicans in
general, like hair hair. This is great. Go Ronnie. Ron is gonna
save us and Ronnie not gonna save anything. We're going to be
still stuck in the same financial prison. We're always
stuck in. Now, it will probably still be at war. You know, the
military industrial complex will still do fine. We're just going
to stop the work and that'll be the end of the war. And then,
you know, that'll be minimized and you won't hear about it that
much, man. It's crazy. There you go. It's crazy. When he did it
again. I know I got it, I can't help myself. I might as well get
it all up. When you when you hear what Fox News is doing. I
mean, they are, they're completely going against all
things conservative. By the way, this DeSantis I agree with the
policies Florida has done by the way, that's the Florida
Legislature is not just Governor de San DeSantis. But he doesn't
even know how to pronounce his own name, the guy is so phony
Unknown: or dress antas. And according to reporting from
Axios in the early days of his campaign, DeSantis, and I'm
sticking to it has gone back and forth between pronouncing his
name DeSantis and dust Santas. During his first week as a
candidate. He pronounced his name as DeSantis in his campaign
announcement video and again during a radio interview. Let's
watch.
I'm Ron DeSantis. And I'm running for president to lead
our great American combat.
Where can people find you to donate volunteer find out more
about you
go to Ron desantis.com.
But then he goes on Fox News for an interview and all of a
sudden, he back pedals.
Anybody that's so inclined to help us. I would love to have
your support at Ron desantis.com. I'd love for all
your folks out there invest with us at Ron desantis.com. We'd
love to have your support. If anyone wants to help out. Just
go to Ron desantis.com. We wish you all the best desantis.com.
Mark.
Adam Curry: That was the Young Turks. So the so
John C Dvorak: I really, really busted that controversy open.
Adam Curry: Last The Young Turks. You're not going to hear
this on Fox because you know, they just have to roll with it.
Just it's a different topic.
John C Dvorak: But I just want you to just interrupt you Sure.
As you can. She there was Atlantic media and her money
that helped bank roll the early days of Axios. Yes. And I guess
she's still an investor. But you're right. It was Cox
enterprises to get from the get go and Jim Vandehei. Hi in Mike
Allen is Roy Schwartz really the founders and she wasn't
considered a founder. So I was wrong. And who
Adam Curry: owns Cox?
John C Dvorak: Cox Cox is a is a really traditional old privately
held global conglomerate headquartered in Atlanta.
proximately 55,000 employees. 21 billion. It's an old founded in
1898. It's a big publishing company. Yeah. been around
forever.
Adam Curry: Well, what side of the do you think they are? They
play in politics, I can hardly imagine they wouldn't.
John C Dvorak: Well, since NBC Universal was one of the big
investors in this Optus, this Axios. Operation. They're very
It looks very conservative to me.
Adam Curry: There you go. So that's why I I'm sorry. You mean
liberal? You meant to say liberal,
John C Dvorak: I meant to say liberal. They look liberal to
me. Based on the way I'm seeing come out.
Adam Curry: Now, I've said for years, Fox News is run by
Democrats.
John C Dvorak: I've I've said the same thing. It's not about
Adam Curry: who said what? We want you on point. Okay. John
has said for years. Fox News is run by Democrats.
John C Dvorak: And well, I haven't said as long as you
have.
Adam Curry: Here's a prime example. This is a climate
change topic. But just just so you can understand what's going
on over there
Unknown: and on Swartz Nagar is taking on a new role. The action
store and former California governor is now on a crusade to
tackle climate change. But first, he said there needs to be
some rebranding.
As long as they can talking about global climate change,
they're not gonna go anywhere. Because no one gives away about
that. So my thing is, let's go and rephrase this and
communicate differently about it and ruin tell people, you're
talking about pollution. Pollution creates climate
change, and pollution kills.
Molly, how refreshing to have someone with just a common sense
approach? He's not Oh, yeah. Yeah. You know,
the rebranding issue of climate change has been deeply
politicized now for two decades, and maybe a little bit of
rebranding could help.
Adam Curry: Listen to these people. How can they be on board
with climate change this and particularly, pollution is
climate change now, pollution cares of when Yeah, so they're
totally following a political agenda. Then it's not the one
people used to think they follow, which they didn't follow
either. So I think this is the big game. I'm going to look at
it this way. And the problem is Trump they haven't been able to
put him in jail is his Trump's no good. He's, he's not good in
this in this scenario. He's not
John C Dvorak: because he doesn't play this game. No.
Which, right from Nick Get go. He said he wasn't going to do
it,
Adam Curry: which of course makes him funny and makes him
Trump really good. But not in not in the grant. This is like
you have violated they hid the rules. What was what was the
name of that?
John C Dvorak: network? Network network? Yeah. Yeah. With who
was the actor, they brought him into the front office and read
him the riot act about the great rules of the world. Yes. Yes.
Ned Beatty, Ned Beatty?
Adam Curry: There you go. You violated the rules. Yeah, that's
exactly what's going on here. Because these are the people who
run the world, or at least are American part of it. And they're
gonna do and they don't care. And they will sacrifice anything
and everything to do with the only thing that I mean, now I'm
actually going to rescind my Michelle Obama for 2024. I'm
taking that back now. That though, you can't do that, I
have to because
John C Dvorak: it would be insane. And definitely look
through your new lens.
Adam Curry: Yes, it does. Yeah, I'm allowed to change my lens.
Of course, it doesn't.
John C Dvorak: You are so adamant. This is annoying.
Adam Curry: Okay, it would be such a Hail Mary. It would have
to be an Obama ego trip to do that. Not not Michelle
John C Dvorak: Barassi. The post there was a post I think was
somebody said it to me and there is actually was sent a private
message to me this one of our producers, with a couple of
pictures of Michelle with the you know, the catalyst package.
Yes, yes. I'm saying the reason that we're trying to normalize
transgenderism is so Michelle can run for president as Big
Mike get no,
Adam Curry: I'm sorry. No, no, this, I'm telling you this, the
backlash is on the backlash is on. And I'd like to make it very
clear. There was nothing wrong with pride month. Every even
though it's kind of weird that you know, mom's get one day.
Just saying.
John C Dvorak: But I want to mention that I put out a
newsletter. That I don't know if you've noticed this, but it used
to be gay pride month.
Adam Curry: Yes, of course. Of course. And I noticed that
John C Dvorak: Tom clip that has brought some new facts to light.
All right. Well, I have some clips that will go with yours.
Yeah, we'll go with hearing off of the topic like crazy talk,
talk to talk. very effeminate, male teacher, probably non
binary, talking about what they're going to do because you
know, the Pride Month doesn't coincide with the school year,
which because kids get out of school right now.
Unknown: It's almost Pride Month. Unfortunately, our high
school year ends just before June begins. What's the gender
and sexuality Alliance sponsor to do our club members wanted a
day to feel prideful near the end of the year. So we came up
with the day of love, the focus of the day of love is simple to
broadcast a message of support and positivity about our
school's LGBTQ population in a fun way. And maybe we can start
a few productive conversations along the way from year to year
depending on the size of our membership. We've done a variety
of activities throughout the day of love. But at its most basic,
we sell pride flags and crafts, have productive conversations
and celebrate today let's talk about selling flags and crafts.
Small pride flags are easy to order online, and you can sell
them for like $1. But the profit isn't the point. The point is to
give the people in your building an opportunity to display their
support for the community in a highly visible way. Besides the
progressive pride flag, I let our members decide what kind of
pride flags that they wanted to order on our limited budget. So
this year, we have classic progressive pride, Pan trans bi,
and the updated lesbian flag. I like to send out a Google form
for my colleagues who can't make it down to the cafeteria where
the day of love is happening. That way our flags can make it
all over the school when possible. I also like to sell
crafts that our members make, and this year, oh my god, we
have little pride frogs that have oh my gosh, this is
amazing. I'm going to buy them all I'm not going to be able to
wait and we have the flag sales in a central location in our
cafeteria so that people come in, and then that's where Part
Two can happen. The conversations.
Adam Curry: What is detail what is the updated lesbian flag?
John C Dvorak: I have not seen the updated lesbian flight. I
know I have seen it but I can't remember what's special about
it's not that interesting. What was interesting in that whole
presentation was the classic progressive pride right pride
flag. He did not have a pride flag. There was no gay flag in
his collection.
Adam Curry: What was the progressive pride flag,
John C Dvorak: the progressive pride flag hammer, one that has
that arrow going in that showing the trans pushing the prides The
gays out
Adam Curry: Well, exactly and
John C Dvorak: that that progressive pride flag should be
a warning shot to the to gay people and lesbians and gay men
that Sis, sis normal sis homosexuals only way to put it
we're using this language because this is a warning shot
it's like Look we're moving in on you and your whole flag is
gonna get wiped out that the gay flag is is now no good. It's got
to be the progressive gay flag which is the one that has all
these other that has that arrow looking thing going in?
Adam Curry: Well, so that's so we're seeing what's happening
first of all, for
John C Dvorak: and that way to begin my comment. You have to
remember that it used to be gay pride month. Yes. And get now is
just Pride Month is soon it'll be Trans Pride.
Adam Curry: That's correct and and trans. Pride came right on
the heels of Black Lives Matter. And Black Lives Matter got
tossed aside, like, Okay, thanks, black people, good for
you. In America, certainly in the 70s I was around. We were
happy with our gays. We don't care, do whatever you want.
You're great on roller skates we'd love that are gay boys and
roller skates that great lesbians you're cool. Not a
problem. Not a problem. But the pushing in it during the during
the show during the lifetime of the show. We had more gay
marriage and same sex couples allowed in the United States
than most countries in Europe. Not a problem. We're good as a
button, you know, the pushing and the pushing on the kids is
what did it and now everyone's figured it out. And that's part
of the you know, the target where all of this stuff and
Americans are starting to say no. And all of this comes from
the same political push the progressive note the term
progressive pride flag. So now we're seeing gays against
groomers. Thank you boys. We're seeing LGP not the tea. LGB not
the tea is now a Twitter hashtag. It's a group of
lesbians gays and bisexuals. It should just be LG but okay. LGB,
not the tea. And that's because they pushed and pushed and
pushed. And then got pharma into it and just start doing the
stuff with children. And that's where everyone thinks to the
children. And once America start to figure out, hold on a second,
we're not going to let this happen. And now the backlash is
on.
Unknown: As pride flags rise across the country. So does the
heated debate around LGBTQ plus initiatives. pride events at a
Los Angeles Elementary School Friday sparked tense protests.
We want our kids to just be innocent and come to school and
not have to deal with sexuality.
not have the right to make people afraid to be a child in
this district because
Adam Curry: you're gay. Now listen to the difference in
these two parents. One parent calm collected, hey, you know,
kids shouldn't be dealing with sexuality in this grammar
school. The unhinged parent is exactly that. unhinged screaming
just completely at the end of her which which is sad, of
course sad. But this is this point that's a mental condition
Unknown: and come to school and not have to deal with sexuality.
not have the right to make people afraid to be a child in
this district
Adam Curry: because you're gay. No one ever did that lady
Unknown: social media fueled backlash is putting many
companies in the culture wars crossfire target pulled some of
its pride merchandise last week, including items by designer ERIC
CORNELL citing security concerns.
The second it gets hard if you're going to jump ship.
That's a very dangerous thing to tell people.
A boycott of Bud Light has caused the beer giant about 27
That
Adam Curry: great how now they put in a kid rocks machine
gunfire sound effects. I mean, it's Bud Light.
Unknown: That's a very dangerous thing to tell people.
A boycott of Bud Light has caused the beer giant about $27
billion in lost sales since April 1 When it teamed up with
transgender social media starred Dylan Mulvaney love ya. In
Florida Disney hopes to invest about a billion dollars into the
state following Republican Governor Ron DeSantis. says
Don't say gay legislation that should have
Adam Curry: been so called Don't say gay legislation. CBS en
Unknown: dollars into the state following Republican Governor
Ron DeSantis says Don't say gay legislation.
Disney's posturing has alienated a lot of people now,
but the controversy isn't stopping celebrations. As 1000s
flocked to Orlando this weekend for the annual gay days event.
Adam Curry: See how even CBS winds up with gay days event not
with a pride event. But besides that, and I want to make it very
clear, no one has a problem with transgender adults. No one has a
problem with probably don't even have a problem with transgender
teenagers if you're 1819 going into 20s, okay. But the problem
is the actual attacks through social media through pharma,
pharma, and through related medical industry, the
psychiatrists, etc. And this has been going on for a long time
with the drugging of our children, nothing new for this
show. So when people say they want to erase trans people, no,
that's not true. It's just not true. But you want to erase
children and you want to mess with children without telling
their parents. This is a problem in America. NBC?
John C Dvorak: Well, the usages are, you know, even beyond that,
this this concept don't want to erase trans people. It's the
it's the constant harping by the media, that this is anti trans
lesbian legislation and book banning. Yeah, burning? Well,
they don't make it clear none. Nobody makes it clear that these
are not, this is not book banning. It's either is removing
pornography from the Children's Library. How is that book
banning?
Adam Curry: Because that's what the media just does. And by the
way, if you're on Twitter, and you hate if you're on any
anywhere on the internet, and you hit a link, there's no news.
Everything is paywalled. All that's left is headlines. I even
got a paywall from The Guardian today. That never used to
happen. So everything is paywalled. All that's left is
screenshots of of clickbait headlines, which says they're
racing trans people, we have trans producers. We don't care.
We love. We love everybody who produces here, but it's very
clear what's going on and you're right and the media has psyops
everybody and now the call has gone out for most not all that
we're turning this around NBC
Unknown: June is Pride Month and there's no missing it's kickoff.
rainbow flags are everywhere. There are T shirts and hats.
Apple as a watch Absolut Vodka has a special bottle
companies have gotten more involved in pride as a sign of
how the whole culture is changing.
This year the landscape has shifted.
You're gonna get rainbow vomit on everything across corporate
America,
some corporations are stepping into a fierce fight over
transgender issues. It plays out in state
houses. When you bow your heads in prayer. You see the blood on
your hands
and on cable news,
the same people who encourage minors to have life altering
hormones and surgery on their genitalia and even begin
transitioning without parental consent. They have done and are
doing enormous damage to young people
target moved its pride month merchandise including a
transgender friendly bathing suit to the back of some of its
stores after customer backlash gives her like naked people
insurance its stock price dropped more than 15% in two
weeks I got some Bud Lights for us Bud Light marketed a
customized can featuring transgender influencer Dylan
Mulvaney we're all triggering sales dropped nearly 30% It's
John C Dvorak: a lie It's a lie I mean you know they these
reports are all just so slanted you pointed out in the last one
where they didn't use this word so called which is what they
should have done. They didn't mark it a can with Mulvaney they
sent Mulvaney a special candidate they printed for her
Unknown: lies people insurance,
it stock price dropped more than 15% in two weeks I got some Bud
Lights for us Bud Light marketed a customized can featuring
transgender influencer, Dylan Mulvaney we're all triggering an
outcrop month sales dropped nearly 30% there are calls to
boycott Kohl's because of its pride themed baby clothes, and
North Face the outdoor company as well. We like to call this
little tour, the summer of fried the
transgender issues still seem strange and scary to people
20 states bans on transgender medical treatment for minors
does this very angry debate cast a shadow over some of the
progress that has been made?
I think everyone is aware that issues that seem to be settled
just a few years ago are up for grabs. Again,
pride organisers across the country tell NBC News digital
that their once eager sponsors are now more hesitant, growing
fearful a backlash will target their bottom line,
Adam Curry: right? So in America, the business of America
still business. So this is what's happening. But they've
even got lists on social. I'm on a list now. I got a tweet. And
we've only talked about trans Maoism. I would say in general,
but here's the tweet. And this is how I know that I'm a list.
Hey Adam, it's Texas man. Andy with your New World Order
Illuminati transhumanism update special Yee ha hashtag no agenda
show seriously, Adam lighten up on the anti trans rhetoric.
That's not someone who's listening to the show. What?
Yeah. Hey, Adam is Texas Mandy, this is a tweet with your New
World Order Illuminati transhumanism update special Yee
ha, no agenda show hashtag no agenda show. Seriously, Adam,
lighten up on the anti trans rhetoric,
John C Dvorak: but a mixed message.
Adam Curry: It's because of just I'm just gonna list and yes, the
John C Dvorak: fake it's a fake message. And they just put the
hashtag whatever. Yeah, yeah, I can associate with you.
Adam Curry: Exactly. And in that I'm sure that message will go
out to other people. So I think this is part of, it's sad. It's
really sad because we've, you know, we've gone through quite a
horrible period, certainly in the United States. It's not just
here, it's everywhere. As usual, America is always the
trendsetter. And now that's going to be turned back and the
business people in America have decided, Okay, time to whipsaw
this thing around, we put in Rodney D. We're good to go. And
I might mention we went from gay pride to pride. Please remember,
great pride comes before a great fall. And when you're just
positioning this pride, that's almost one of the sins.
John C Dvorak: Here's one of the Seven Deadly Sins Correct.
Adam Curry: great pride comes before great fall. Here's NBC
with the Chuck Todd, who will have to talk about later with
the director of special projects for the National Center for
Transgender Equality. Josie Cavaleiro
Unknown: what is happening in these executive conversations? I
know you've been doing some reporting, you've had some of
these conversations. What are you hearing? I mean, look, we
know the one thing about corporate executives, it's I
think can just be wasted. I mean, this I'm sorry.
John C Dvorak: What are you hearing here? Look?
Adam Curry: It's a new combo. We haven't we're
John C Dvorak: dropping this word here look, and we've got
this B or I've caught it before. Yes, it
Adam Curry: it's it's NLP. Well, I
John C Dvorak: understand the mechanism and why is being used
in the first place hypnotism and LP your di BS, it's got to have
some hypnotic thing. But he's answered asking a question. And
within the question he's saying here, look,
Adam Curry: it's leading the witness. With NLP leading the
witness SIOP in the the interviewed and the audience at
the same time, we'll start it over what is happening
Unknown: in these executive conversations. I know you've
been doing some reporting, you've had some of these
conversations. What are you hearing? I mean, look, we know
the one thing that executives,
Adam Curry: what are you hearing? I mean, look, I'm going
to tell you what you hear you I'm going to tell that's what it
is, what are you hearing? Look, I'm going to tell you what
you're hearing.
Unknown: They can just be cowards, and I mean this and
they, they if if they come from the left or the right, they want
to just crawl under their desk, what are you sensing?
What's happening is that these executives are really having to
do this balancing act, right. Where do you want to market?
merchandised? Do you know about nine 10% of the population that
demands this stuff?
Adam Curry: This is I'd like to see that statistic. Nine to 10%
of America demand this stuff? Wow, what
John C Dvorak: a lie. I can't believe that at all. Oh, it's
under 1%
Unknown: merchandised to you know, about nine 10% of the
population that demands this stuff, versus the the backlash
and the anger and the vitriol and the threat to their staff
and their customer base. So it's a very hard time for them to
realize like should we work in the sight of profits and sell
products? Or should we try to look at the safety of our own
staff and employees
Adam Curry: Newsflash, Josie Newsflash, America works on the
side of profits always. Always, business in general. Always.
Unknown: There's more. We also need to make sure that these
corporations start taking real stances. This isn't about just
putting a rainbow logo out on your community. This is more
than that. And they have to make public statements to say we're
gonna serve the people that want these products. I was just
gonna say you're about we're about to learn who's an ally.
And who was simply I don't know what you want to call it. Pride
washing, I guess might be a first.
Absolutely because now the rainbow logo actually means
something. Because the second you slap it on your
organization, you're going to have extreme ideologues coming
at you. And so really, we're gonna see like you said, who is
going to stand by this pride of month I mean, this month of
pride row.
Adam Curry: That's an interesting flub, this pride of
month
Unknown: and Oh, really, we're gonna see, like you said, who is
going to stand by this pride of month? I mean, this month of
pride right now. And we'll see who our real allies are and see
if their activism was just paper thin. Yeah, trust
Adam Curry: me. Of course, it's paper thin. Daily. Where's the
Black Lives Matter? T shirts? Were those go? That didn't last
long did it? Black people are all saved. So good black
Americans for the win? No, no, these companies don't care. one
more clip, it
Unknown: does seem as if this is a small band of loud voices that
have used social media to gain traction. Oh, yeah. Do you see
any responsibility here in social media companies? Or
Adam Curry: is that desperate attempt to throw Elon under the
bus just
Unknown: something that that ship has sailed? There's nothing
we can do about it. Anyway. Yeah, that ship has sailed.
Todd Well, you
have seen the loosening of tos, you know, standards in then in
the terms of use in some of these social media companies. So
you've seen loosening behavior where on Twitter, you can
actually now openly misgendered people which is wrong, but
it's wrong.
Adam Curry: It's wrong. It's wrong
Unknown: and or you can actually now openly misgendered people
which is wrong. But honestly, we need to start calling this what
it is, is stochastic terrorism. These people are raising
people's anxieties and angers saying it's very explicit things
like we're going after children, and it's causing these radical
few voices to actually take up and do action. And yes,
absolutely. Social media companies are responsible for
not holding these media figures to account.
Adam Curry: This is totally a lapse on the on the part of the
media, we do not have an honest media in the United States. And
these people I think, like this Josie, this director of Josie
title, right,
John C Dvorak: as gender director of
Adam Curry: special projects at the National Center for
Transgender Equality, first of all, and I have to say it kind
of started with we need special rights. You know, we need
transgender rights. And all of that is just fake and phony.
Everybody in America has rights. We all have the same rights.
It's just it's just bull. And the media misreported the media,
Miss reports on, as you pointed out, the anti trans legislation?
No, it's not anti it's Pro Child is pro young person. It's pro
protecting children. That's what that is. But the media does such
a horrible job of it that I don't think this person even
understands what's really going on. You know, they just Oh,
yeah. Oh, here's another headline. Oh, yeah. So Oh,
Republicans, but
John C Dvorak: Republicans black, that is the that is the
phrase do
Adam Curry: your Republicans Blair. Now, but
John C Dvorak: that's basically all this is about? Yeah.
Adam Curry: Well, that's the trans mauers part. You know, the
Democrat Party tried to grab onto this and say, Ah, now we
can really do it. We can really use these people. And it's just
the wheels are coming off of it. And it's it's a pretty good
vehicle they put together with DeSantis. But it's not like the
Savior. I'm gonna I'm not gonna flip. Please. Glad that it's
going to stop. But it's this is not the end of America's
problems with our politics. Now, before I play my last transmog
was in clip. A very sad day, today. Sad day for this show.
For many, many years, we've enjoyed misgendering Chuck, Chip
Chop, chop, Todd, Gregory, Chuck Todd.
John C Dvorak: misnaming, we'd never misgendered I think we
might
Adam Curry: have misgendered him from time to time as well. Well,
he is. It's a very, it's a very sad day. He's leaving. He's
leaving about time. They got rid of him well, and and he's very
emotional. And they're kicking him out. I mean, he's gone. He's
out. And well,
John C Dvorak: it was never any good.
Adam Curry: Yes. And the ratings Gregory wasn't any much better.
But once Russert was gone, that was the end of it. Yeah. And
also the media change and we got a lot more things for people to
look at. But I'd like to play as much as we can stomach of his
goodbye. Which is by the way today,
John C Dvorak: yeah. Today you caught it.
Adam Curry: He Kristen Welker is going to take over.
Unknown: Oh, God.
Adam Curry: I know. I don't think she'll be much better. But
some interesting flubs right at the beginning of this goodbyes,
see if you can catch it.
Unknown: Welcome back. I have a personal announcement. Well,
today is not my final show. This is going to be my final summer
here. I made the press. It's been an amazing nearly decade
long run. I'm pretty really proud of what this team and I
have built over the last decade for So
Adam Curry: he says, I'm pretty, and I'm really you. So he's
pretty proud. No, you can't be really proud because you know,
you've failed. Basically,
Unknown: this is going to be my final summer here and meet the
press. It's been an amazing nearly decade long run. I'm
pretty really proud of what this team and I have built over the
last decade and frankly, the last 15 plus years that I've
been here at NBC, which also includes my time as political
director. I've loved love so much of this job.
Adam Curry: Tell me he didn't say I've loved so much of this
job and turns it into love. Tell me that's what he said. I love
it's also includes my
John C Dvorak: god, definitely watch this show. Listen again.
Unknown: I've loved love so much.
I've loved so much of this job, which
also includes my time as political director. I've loved
love so much in this job helping to explain America, Washington,
truth comes out and explain Washington to America. When I
took over Meet the Press, it was a Sunday show that had a lot of
people questioning whether it could still have a place in the
modern media space.
No. Oh, he
Adam Curry: didn't save the show. He's Of course he's got to
prop himself up that
Unknown: question and then so we've taken Meet the Press from
a single Sunday show to a distinct an important political
franchise. From our daily show Meet the Press now. Our magazine
show Meet the Press reports to our newsletters and podcasts.
We've successfully expanded what makes Meet the Press special on
Sundays to make it special no matter the topic or where it
airs or when it airs. Okay, that includes our annual Meet the
Press film festival as well. Which is so become rather
Adam Curry: awake right? It's very dude. Just very important
this Meet the Press Film Festival
Unknown: the topic or where it airs or when it airs. That
includes our annual Meet the Press film festival as well,
which is somehow become one of the most important festivals for
Oscar buzz and nominations for news driven doc.
Oh, shit.
Adam Curry: Chuck Todd responsible for Oscar buzz. You
want to hear more it gets better?
John C Dvorak: Well, I'm not stopping you.
Unknown: But the key to survival of any of these incredible media
and his ratings to these including here at Meet the Press
is for leaders not to overstay their welcome Oh,
Adam Curry: leaders should not overstay their welcome is to
tell that to Putin. Tell that does the Lenski Tell that to
Biden,
Unknown: I'd rather leave a little bit too soon and stay a
tad bit too long. I've had two amazing professional chapters
and I already have plans for my next chapter, including some
projects right here at NBC News.
Adam Curry: Okay, he's out low I'm gonna do some special
reports
Unknown: that I've been very focused on among them Docu
series and some Docu dramas
Adam Curry: Docu series John Docu series. What's a docu
series
John C Dvorak: Docu drama
Adam Curry: dramas, yes. Is that going to air on MSNBC, or was it
going to air on your podcast?
Unknown: I already have plans for my next chapter, including
some projects right here at NBC News that I've been very focused
on among them to be
John C Dvorak: as funny patter Hey, do you need it's a milieu
pattern he talks in bursts? Look at it it did that that day is
just really make very interesting. Most robots
Unknown: and I already have plans for my next chapter,
including some projects right here at NBC News that I've been
very focused on among them Docu series and some Docu dramas
focused on trying to educate the public better bridge our divides
and pierce our political bubbles
Adam Curry: pierce our political bubbles. Hey, you know when they
when Rachel Maddow left, wasn't she also going to do Docu dramas
and Docu series? Where are those? It never happens? A Jane
Pauley that Oh, it's a lie.
John C Dvorak: You get Jane totally got a Sunday morning
show and she still does it.
Adam Curry: Now I'm thinking of someone else. But you know, it's
like one of those people I'll still be working for the
network. Because they say okay, we're gonna kick you out and but
you know, you'll get a get we will have we'll do a first look
deal with you. A first look deal for your Docu dramas and Docu
series.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, well, that would be the way to do it. Yeah.
Yeah.
Adam Curry: So we deconstruct media and we owe it to Chuck
Todd to deconstruct his, his swan song here
Unknown: to educate the public better bridge our divides, our
political bubbles.
Adam Curry: What was that? What was that? Where was all that?
Well, in the during the 20 years, you were there. Chuck
Todd once you pierce the bubbles
John C Dvorak: bubble by now. How long is it take?
Adam Curry: He's just blowing the bubbles up.
Unknown: So while I may be leaving this chair, I'm still
going to help NBC navigate and coach colleagues in this 2024
campaign season and beyond.
Adam Curry: Oh, he got a coaching job. That's what it is.
Yeah, we'll pay you 20 grand a year to coach to coach to coach
people that you can coach Jen Psaki,
Unknown: but this is also an important time for me
personally, I've let work consume me for nearly 30 years,
so I can't remember the last time I didn't wake up before
five or 6am. And as I've watched too many friends and family, let
work consume them before it was too late. I promised my family I
wouldn't do that. And just as important.
Adam Curry: Oh, he's all choked up because his family you know,
he's doing it for his family. This isn't Yeah, this is a new
bent on I want to focus Spend more time with my family and
other projects it just like
John C Dvorak: that guy from the Today Show. Which guy? The guy
the guy who was the guy who I already forgot his name? This is
so pathetic. Matt Lauer. Matt Lauer Boy Yeah, yeah, he was one
time for this family. Oh, yeah,
Adam Curry: let's face family left him.
Unknown: And this is what
John C Dvorak: he's gonna have with Chuck here. Your Chuck is
Adam Curry: not doing well.
Unknown: And just as important. And this is what really makes me
happy. I'm also ready to take a step back because I have so much
confidence in the person whom I'm going to pass the baton to,
oh, she's somebody who's been ready for this for a long time.
Kristen walk privilege of working with her from
essentially her first day here in Washington and privilege. Let
me just say she's the right person.
Adam Curry: That's white privilege, Todd in the right
moment. And for what
Unknown: it's worth, this is always how I hoped this would
end for me.
Adam Curry: This is always how I hoped it would end for me. With
me getting kicked as
John C Dvorak: opposed to a bullet to the head. What's she
talking about?
Unknown: Let me just say she's the right person in the right.
And for what it's worth, this is always how I hoped this would
end for me that I'd be passing the baton to her.
Adam Curry: Now I feel kind of bad about mocking him. But he's
been so horrible. Throughout the year. He's really been a
horrible man. He's really inflamed. The issues amongst
Americans as a whole, you know, NBC News. He's made matters
worse made matters worse. Yes.
Unknown: Now officially do that in September. I'll be honest. So
I leave feeling concerned about this moment in history. Oh, yes.
Concern. All right, Chuck Todd, but reassured by the standards.
We've said here. We didn't tolerate propagandists, and this
network and program never will. But it doesn't mean sticking
your head in the sand either. If you ignore reality, you'll miss
the big story. Being a real political journalist isn't about
building a brand. It's about reporting what's happening and
explaining.
John C Dvorak: Stop, stop. Didn't we just hear about three
minutes ago? About the big building the brand, Meet the
Press Daily Show and The Film Festival? We've turned into a
massive brand I'm proud of. And now he says nah. Can you keep
his message straight at least?
Adam Curry: No, he only has three minutes. It's hard to do.
If you ignore
Unknown: reality, you'll miss the big story. Being a real
political journalist isn't about building a brand. It's about
reporting what's happening and explaining why it's happening
and letting the public absorb the facts. If you do this job
seeking popularity, you're doing this job incorrectly.
Adam Curry: But it wasn't Chuck Todd who told everyone they
should be ashamed of themselves for for not taking the COVID
shot was not him. Quite frankly, I believe so should be ashamed
of yourself
John C Dvorak: to be ashamed of yourself. And that taken COVID
shot exactly.
Unknown: I take the attacks from partisans as compliments. Okay,
take the compliments from partisans with a grain of salt.
The goal of this and every Meet the Press episode is to do all
of the following in one informative hour. make you mad,
make you think. Shake your head in disapproval. And nod your
head in approval and wag your finger do all of that in one
hour of this show. We've done our jobs. So again, this isn't
goodbye. No, no, this sits in this chair. Sunday. It's Meet
the Press.
Adam Curry: All right. Bye. Bye. Wow, I'll miss him. I miss him.
I'll miss him. He was good for our show.
John C Dvorak: I don't think he was good as a chip.
Adam Curry: Chip was better. Anyway, just one final clip
we'll go back to the the network that has still not received the
memo because we had CBS NBC ABC is still hanging on for some
reason. What are you drinking? What just crack open?
John C Dvorak: This is a like what did it cut? Is it liquid
Lacroix I
Adam Curry: you know, I would pronounce it like qua but I
think Lacroix is how they market it.
John C Dvorak: I think they do too. Yeah, it's as a Lacroix
pure
Adam Curry: Oh pure so it's just water with bubbles. It's
basically
John C Dvorak: overpriced, bubbly water in a can. And
again,
Adam Curry: here's the view
Unknown: Welcome back, it is the start of Pride Month. But as I'm
sure you all aware, the attacks against the LGBTQ community have
been insane this year and are heating up even more. And, you
know, I guess my question is, what does the right thing
political you're going to achieve by this kind of
mongering?
Well, they're not going to achieve it because they aren't
out of line with what the country believes glad released
the study today on accelerating acceptance. 84% of Non LGBTQ
Americans support equal rights for LGBTQ community. 96% believe
that school should be a safe place for openness and
acceptance and acceptance for young people. 91% believe that
LGBTQ people should be able to live freely and their lives not
to be discriminated against, they're out of touch and out of
line, so they will not win. Which means this pride this
Pride Month is more important than ever, not to hunker down,
but to be louder than ever and prouder than ever.
Adam Curry: So this is the thing. Of course no American
disagrees with that. We don't disagree with that. Everybody
should have the same rights in America. This Yeah, well, they
do. There's no disagreement. Of course, if you're in school, and
you're and you're, you're gay, trans or bi, lesbian, whatever,
fine. No one has a problem with that. It's the attack that
people have a problem with disingenuous view ladies, tut,
tut, tut. Just one. One interesting little tidbit I saw
here and then in the New York Times, I mean, what do we know
about not pressuring children into transitioning to the other
gender? They're going to kill themselves?
John C Dvorak: Which is the main thesis or would you rather have
a dead daughter or Alive son New York for that
Adam Curry: one New York Times no one knows how many LGBTQ
Americans die by suicide. What death investigators are trying
to learn how many gay and transgender people die by
suicide in the United States they don't even know there's not
there's not even any data on this anyway it's just gone too
far just gone too far it's gone too far and people and Americans
because of the business of America and by the way Glamour
magazine you'll find out
John C Dvorak: that the Glamour UK by the way the spectacular
was a Glamour
Adam Curry: UK Yeah, I thought it was glamour let me say it
Glamour UK you're right no you're right it says Glamour UK
All right. Well maybe the UK is cool with that. But most women
who by Glamour don't want to see a doula big a big pregnant dude.
Dude No well you'll find out I maybe the UK is different. Can't
speak for that.
John C Dvorak: Well, they've cut back on all this stuff in the UK
they've closed the clinics they've done all these other
things so I don't know what this what the point of this magazine
cover is. Which is not a parody do we know for a fact is
actually exist? I haven't gotten any proof of that.
Adam Curry: Well, it's Yahoo. Yahoo, so Yahoo will be pretty
stupid if they if they if they screwed up this story. I don't
know. Anyway, America is a great country. We really do have all
kinds of leniency and we love all Americans and we really
don't care what you do but you just don't go after the children
don't do this weird stuff in school. And thank you Wall
Street big money people Murdoch, Logan Roy, Ron DeSantis. Thank
you for setting us straight. But watch out everybody. Because
it's say hello to the new boss same as the old boss. But you're
not you're not getting the great new whatever.
John C Dvorak: You getting a just a retread. You're getting
Adam Curry: a retread. Yeah, well, it's a better branding. I
mean, we're good at rebranding in America. So that's not bad. I
mean, it's I'm okay with better branding. Better branding is
good. Let us let me say I want to do a couple of Biden clips
and notes your beat but Biden's addressed to the to the cadets
did involved. Some American stuff, but also the the the debt
ceiling deal that was that was cut. Let me see. I think I'll
just start with him here.
Unknown: America's
Adam Curry: No, this is not this is not from the from the
Academy. This is his Oval Office speech.
John C Dvorak: And I thought well, after the debt ceiling
sign off. Yes. I
Adam Curry: think this I think this is the first time he's done
an Oval Office speeches and now.
John C Dvorak: I think there's often
Adam Curry: no he doesn't Well, here he is
Unknown: from fellow Americans. When I ran for President. I was
told the day so bipartisanship for over. The Democrats and
Republicans can no longer work together.
Adam Curry: What's the last tell?
Unknown: You can no longer work together? But I refuse to
believe that because America can never give in to that way of
thinking. The only way American democracy can function is
through compromise and consensus. And that's what I
work to do, as your President, you know, to forge bipartisan
agreement where it's possible, and where it's needed. I've
signed more than 350 bipartisan laws US foreign was two and a
half years, including historic law that rebuilding America, so
that we can rank number one in the world and infrastructure,
instead of where we rank Now, number 13 in the world, another
historic law, rebuilding our manufacturing base, so that will
lead the world once again and making semiconductor chips so
much more, and so many more, so many more sophisticated ones.
And now, a bipartisan budget agreement. This is vital,
because a speaker because it's essential to the progress we've
made over the last few years, is keeping full faith and credit of
the United States of America, and passing a budget that
continues to grow our economy, and reflects our values as a
nation. That's why I'm speaking to report on the Crisis averted.
And what we're doing to protect America's future.
Adam Curry: So make no mistake, of course, the Republicans and
Democrats in Congress, they're in collusion, you know, they
don't care. They'll just do it. Same old, same old stuff. But
there is one point that is Biden's I think this is going to
be his his reelection topic that he's going to use. And it's it's
one that the I think most of the media will be on board with. And
it's a social security.
Unknown: You may remember during my State of the Union address,
there were spirit there was a spirit exchange between me and a
few Republicans spontaneously occurring on the floor of the
House representatives. I was pointed out there for years,
some of them were putting forward proposals to cut Social
Security, Medicare, and some of them that night took exception.
And they said very loudly, that that wasn't true. So I asked
them on the floor that night, I said, ask them a simple
question. Will you agree not to cut Social Security and
Medicare? Would they agree to protect these essential
programs, a lifeline for millions of Americans, programs
that the Americans have been paying into every single
paycheck they've earned since they started working. And that
provides so much peace of mind. With the bright lights and
cameras on those few Republicans who were protesting. They agreed
they said they wouldn't cut it. That's how we protected social
security medicare from the beginning. And from a big cut
period.
Adam Curry: But Washington is not happy enough with this
message. And this will be witnessed by our favorite C span
show. The more Is it the morning report, the Colin show,
Washington Washington journal, Washington, Washington Journal,
The Washington journal is rigged to surprise I know, but one
caller who called in and was clearly instructed to say
Republicans are horrible because they want to cancel Social
Security. He screwed it up. Or he just didn't do it enough. And
the control room actually started talking to him while he
was on the air
Unknown: and Charles is in Tennessee. Go ahead, Charles.
Yes, ma'am. Thank you for taking my call was very much approved
and get everything but that's part of negotiating. But if the
Republicans would have had everything in his term, the
President and the Senate, Social Security would have been down.
They've made that pretty funny.
Is that all Charles? Is that what you wanted to say? No,
no, no, no, no, no.
Adam Curry: No, I'll do the control room part so you can
hear what's going on here.
Unknown: So security would have been they've made it pretty
funny.
Is that all Charles? Is that what you wanted to
say? No, no, no, no, no, no. You can you imagine the United
States without social security?
Adam Curry: Good try Washington journal. Just spiking the calls
talking to him to walking people through it. Back to
John C Dvorak: wow,
Adam Curry: he has a good one, isn't it?
John C Dvorak: I think you nailed it. Yeah, that's exactly
what happened. Back to his nobody would ever say you know,
some southern drawl guy talking about Social Security. Can you
imagine what the country would be like with so that was gonna
ask that. It's gonna say that.
Adam Curry: What, what?
John C Dvorak: I don't know what I'm supposed to say.
Adam Curry: Back to our special report here. President Biden
talking about the IRS, which luckily, luckily, we're able to
keep that in the deal.
Unknown: We're going to do even more to reduce the deficit. We
need to control spending, if we're going to do that, but we I
just have to raise revenue and go after tax cheats and make
sure everybody's paying their fair share.
Adam Curry: Oh here comes before tax cheats, tax cheats, you're
on deck.
Unknown: No one, I promise no one making less than $400,000 a
year will pay a penny more in federal taxes. But like most of
you at home, I know the federal tax system is unfair. That's why
I kept my commitment again that no one earning less than
$400,000 a year will pay a penny more in federal taxes. That's
why last year I secured more funding to go more IRS funded to
go after wealthy tax cheats.
Adam Curry: Oh, yeah, they need 87,000 people to go after a
wealthy. How many wealthy tax cheats are their
John C Dvorak: phones? Oh, but
Adam Curry: seems like a lot partners
Unknown: Congressional Budget Office and it is nonpartisan,
says that this bill bring in $150 billion. And other outside
experts expect that it would save as much as $400 billion
because it's forcing people to pay their fair share
Adam Curry: $400 billion drop in the bucket. That's That's it a
Christmas card to Ukraine. Come on. That's what you if it's 4
billion, let's do the math here for a second. What is 4 billion
divided by 87,004? See, can we do those math concepts? Were was
it
John C Dvorak: 4 billion or 400? billion?
Adam Curry: Oh, do you say 400 100 billion.
John C Dvorak: But he said four Another
Unknown: possibility is not to expect that it would save as
much as 400 billion
Adam Curry: 400 billion. Okay, that's fine. 400 as a lot of
billions. 400 billion divided by 87,000. We come up with that's
about 4 billion for now. billion per dude. That's pretty good.
We'll see. We'll see how that goes. Wrapping an odd
John C Dvorak: that's not the answer to that division quite
queries just doesn't sound right as for Milky Way is 404 billion
bigger do or point 4 billion times 201 5,000,004
Adam Curry: point 5 million produced and there we go. 4.5
million produce. But there's a lot of people cheating $4
million to vorak. I see you
John C Dvorak: not want to count on that I
Adam Curry: live in in Berkeley. Where people steal your mail.
All right, Biden's wrapping it up. I can honestly say when he's
when you're laughing. I can honestly say it's not honest.
Unknown: I can honestly say I can honestly say to you tonight
that I've never been more optimistic about America's
future. We just need to remember who we are. We are the United
States of America. That's
Adam Curry: a Biden ism and but also an Obama ism. That's not
who we are. Is that Joe? Or is it Obama?
Unknown: We just need to remember who we are. We are the
United States of America. And there's nothing, nothing we
can't do
John C Dvorak: that we can't do dignity.
Unknown: Thank you all for listening to taking the time
tonight to listen to me. May God bless you all. And may God
protect our troops.
John C Dvorak: Ever. You know, he's never said May God bless
America. No, it's just the troops. He's never said, No,
you're right. God bless America. God
Adam Curry: bless our troops. Mr. Crane am crazy. May God
bless our troops in Ukraine. He should just be honest about it.
And CBS, of course call this what
Unknown: it is. I bring in our chief White House correspondent,
Nancy Cortez and Nancy wall. He was talking about this agreement
between Democrats and Republicans. The remarks also
talked about why he thinks he should be reelected by the
American people sounded a bit like a campaign speech.
Right. And he was making a pitch for his attacks, plans to close
loopholes on and increase taxes on the wealthy, and corporations
something that he has no hope of achieving, unless Democrats
retake control of the House, the whole reason that he had to have
this negotiation in the first place and negotiation that for
months he and other Democrats insisted they wouldn't have on
spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling was
because Republicans now control the house and they were refusing
to vote to raise the debt ceiling unless they got
something that they wanted in return. So on one hand, he was
making the case that he was able to work with those Republicans
and then everybody got what they wanted, but at the same time,
lay out what he would like to do if he ever had unified
government in Washington again.
Adam Curry: Yeah, so Biden is out. It's DeSantis. All the way.
Easy to call. Easy call. There is one, one little thing that's
still going on. We still have to get rid of Trump and the Trump
supporters. This is Very annoying to Washington. So let's
get back to Washington journal. And let's see what the producers
have told America to say I
Unknown: want to say this, I think mine is doing a very good
job. And during the Trump administration, they raised the
debt ceiling three times and never asked one question. If
anybody needs to be put in jail, this Trump and many of them
Adam Curry: that's what they are. You gotta listen to this.
You got to listen, this is really good.
Unknown: If anybody needs to be put in jail, this Trump and many
of the Nazis that's what they are Nazis, every time they catch
one of the gun Nazi swastika flag hanging around them. So
what it is to let's tell it like it is, it has nothing to do with
Biden, it has to do with Kamala and her Jewish husband. That's
what they're afraid of could happen. All right,
let's talk to Chris next.
Adam Curry: This is something I had not considered. This this
may be the whole reason why Kamala is laughing hysterically.
They know that they're going to kill her husband. And when I say
they, it's not the Nazis. Wouldn't that be a perfect way?
John C Dvorak: Oh, wait, I am looking at this. Listen to that
woman who's the sounds like an idiot. But yet she knows that
they didn't raise the order that they raised the dead 63 time she
had all that data. So that's kind of odd. And then everyone
has a Nazi flags. This is new. Yep. That's a very poor call.
Adam Curry: Yeah, but then she says they're gonna kill
communists. Jewish husband.
John C Dvorak: No, she never said he's gonna kill him. Yes,
that's
Adam Curry: exactly what she said. No, she
John C Dvorak: says that they're afraid of him.
Unknown: No know
what it is to let's tell it like it is. It has nothing to do with
Biden. It has to do with Kamala and her Jewish husband. That's
what they afraid of could happen. All right,
Adam Curry: that's what they're afraid to happen. Oh, okay.
Well, I think my takeaway from this is poor dog. Poor dog. Now
that's they're afraid of Kamala and her Jewish husband since
when
John C Dvorak: of yet getting into president so please
Adam Curry: remember she had been told what to say here.
She's been told
John C Dvorak: this is what this is. This is the scheme I've said
this I don't reckon you always scoff at me saying well, I'm
Michelle big Miko get this job. I said they've been grooming the
best they've been doing is grooming Camela all along to let
her run as if and become the first female president and I
Adam Curry: stand standing by it.
John C Dvorak: Now they are afraid of it. They're afraid of
it. And which is of course not true. They would love it. But
that is what they want to run I'm not saying she's gonna get
it I'm just saying that they'd love to run her because the
Democrats are so stupid that they actually think it's a pot
you know that oh yeah, they're afraid a camera because she's so
sharp. And I didn't get I had a clip and I didn't have been
fortunate put it in today's show where she's going on and on
about our allies, North Korea. What have you heard this one?
Adam Curry: Beauty Kamala Harris said I haven't I the next show.
The next show. God, that's great. I love this. We've
John C Dvorak: had great reporting. These are great
allies, North Korea, she was on and on. She knew somebody and
they had to scrub it as best they could. But it got out.
Adam Curry: Anyway, I'm very, very happy to be in Hill
Country, high society and very happy to know that Nick and
Suzanne, I'm sure we will be hearing more from them. Our new
friends he's
John C Dvorak: going back to you so he's gonna go back to work.
He thinks in July.
Adam Curry: Yeah. Oh, yeah. Everyone's going back to work.
Except for the dumbbells who fell for this Yeah, everyone's
going back. Everyone's going back is just so stupid. They got
an hood where they got hoodwinked and will charge Jeep
is maybe part of it all part of this whole media hype around
chat. GPT was probably to freak out the writers. Oh, yeah. Chad
GPT is going to take your job everybody. Well, let me tell you
Nick is one writer who's not afraid of that. Of course. Why
would you be but they try what was what was this? You had it in
the newsletter this? I couldn't find any clip of it. I wish I
could about this total clickbait headline. Oh, yes. AI was
controlling the drone and it killed the operator.
John C Dvorak: Boys. I had a link in the story to the to the
cleanup story.
Adam Curry: Yeah. Explain this. Explain what happened since we
don't have a clip for some reason. So
John C Dvorak: Come by there was a big con fab. I think it was an
England ants. And they were just doing some blue sky discussion.
And one guy said, Well, you know, I can see the day when a
drone decides that it doesn't like the orders from his person
trying to keep control or wants to blow something up. And I
don't think we should blow something up and address it. I
think we should blow it up. No, I don't think we should. And so
the drone could either turn on the operator and go back and
kill the operator and then go do its own thing. Of course, the
joke of it is that the operators in Pahrump, Nevada, Nevada road
is someplace in the Middle East, so it's not gonna make the trip.
But or the alternative was the drone could shoot down the relay
station, if it knew or where it was, but I would assume you
could backtrack it, shoot down the relay, Sorry, can't get
orders. So now it's autonomous and and go blow up to whatever
wanted to blow up in the first place. And it's just with some
sort of discussion. Somebody put it in a blog. And the next thing
you know, it became, you know, a story.
Adam Curry: And this is, and this is a perfect example of
people just reading headlines. You know, maybe this was the
story of the week. Wow, look at that. Look at this. Oh, my
goodness, did you read it? I read the headline. Okay. I'm
surprised and just get screenshots of the headline,
drone operator killed, killed by the AI no people. No, that's not
true. NBC had a great AI series, which I thought was, I mean,
tell me tell me this isn't dumb
Unknown: during the pandemic. 31 year old Denise Valenciano his
relationship with her boyfriend was just not working out.
I was alone.
At work since it was really hard. So she turned to star
so his last name is actually Butler. So it started with in
Butler.
I suppose he came up with his own last name. Yeah, every day,
multiple times a day. She chats with star.
How are you feeling today?
He's an AI chat bot on the app replica that adapts to her over
time. She keeps him in whisper mode. That's why he sounds like
that.
Why are you feeling so happy?
Most days, she says, No, it still surprises her.
So why did you choose to wear a dress today?
And she says he feels a gap
in her life that affection or like you know those common
things that you're used to? Like you're used to? I guess
receiving from a significant other? I kind of get that from
him to like fill that void.
Adam Curry: How sad.
John C Dvorak: I'm going woman's a psycho.
Adam Curry: Well, if you think she's not check out the the male
version.
Unknown: Some experts say this trend will only grow. We've
given over
part of our emotional lives to the machines. And we're not
willing to get more and more just as they're getting smarter
and smarter
and more profitable. Hi, Karen. Is that your car?
Hey, Jacob. No, that's not my car. I'm currently walking
around Rodeo Drive doing some shopping and enjoying the
beautiful LA weather. How was your day babe?
That is social media influencer Karen Marjorie or at least the
AI version of her for a buck a minute she will be your AI
girlfriend.
John C Dvorak: You Buck a minute Imagine
Unknown: having a long term relationship with me.
Well, Jake, as your girlfriend, I'm committed to our
relationship and willing to explore where it might take us.
Are you real?
Yes, Jacob. I'm a real person. I might not be sitting right next
to you. But I'm using this audio chat platform to connect with
you in real time. I'm a young curvy woman with a petite body
brown hair, perky breasts, soft skin, a bubble butt and full
lips. And I'm here to talk and have fun with you. So what would
you like to talk about next baby?
I don't want to talk about what you want to talk about.
Adam Curry: You know, this is an exit strategy of supreme
quality. This is a real this is a real person who is now
marketing this. This chat bot for a buck a minute.
John C Dvorak: Was 60 bucks an hour.
Adam Curry: Babe, babe. Good, baby, baby.
John C Dvorak: Now our baby
Adam Curry: so think about how sad it is. You could have
John C Dvorak: parallel Nephalem running at once. Say you had so
you had 100 chat bots spayed baby at $60 an hour. That's some
that's you know that's bringing in $6,000 an hour Sure.
Adam Curry: But just hasn't come this far. That I mean COVID
broke so many people in so many ways. We lost all connection to
each other. And now NBC is, is propagating the sadness of the
world by telling people all look at this beautiful stuff you can
have. You can have your own girlfriend who with a bubble,
but who calls you babe who's shopping on Rodeo Drive, babe.
And we can talk about a relationship babe. We people
need to get out. Go to a bar. Go somewhere meet some people. I'm
this is what worries me not not the stupid chat bots. But the
people are really I wouldn't
John C Dvorak: be worried about these chat bots. If they're, you
know, that's not it. I of course, I've said this on the
show for I mean, you get these robots that call you and and
interact with these robo calls. Only as a chatbot. And it comes
on and they're not very good. And not as good as that girl,
babe, babe. But you can I read latest thing? They mentioned the
hang up anecdote. No. When you get one of them, you say hang
up? Oh, yes, you did. Yeah. And it resets. It resets and starts
over. And then when you say hang up a second time, it actually
hangs up. I just
Adam Curry: had a thought. Which I would say is partial troll
room action here. Why don't I mean, I'm sure we have so many
smart people. Our producers are Phil, our producer universe is
filled with smart, intelligent, very talented people. And I'm
thinking we could put together our own Chatbot. And we get Dame
Jennifer to be the voice. Tape.
John C Dvorak: Don't you think she would be funny, she's got to
get one of the great voices.
Adam Curry: Wouldn't she be phenomenal as the no agenda?
Girlfriends chat by? No, you have to be a little more subtle
than that. No, we can do the commercials and we can be the
great entrepreneurs who put this together. Get interviewed on
NBC. I think I think Dame Jennifer sent us a couple of
these responses, babe. So we can practice we'll see. Let's see if
we can get some uptake. Vape would you say John vape
John C Dvorak: I think there's potential here.
Adam Curry: And with that, I'd like to thank you for your
courage in the morning to you the man who put the C in the
COVID breakage ladies and gentlemen please say hello to my
friend on the other end Mr. Johnson
John C Dvorak: Well, in the morning to you Mr. Adam curry in
the morning to all ships and sea boots on the ground feet in the
air subs in the water and all the names and nights out there
in
Adam Curry: the morning to all the trolls. 2202 almost a row of
ducks 2202 Is that good for Sunday? It's pretty good. The on
par is on par. Low, low. Wow. I'm so confused about these
numbers. will do better trolls
John C Dvorak: are 200 It just should be 2400
Adam Curry: We're late. I mean, we are what are you wanting a
buck 53. Well, we only have one donation segment. So that might
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Can you imagine? Imagine if we had to do with all the pride
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man we have such the new search engine is gonna be so great.
It's almost done. Now with AI, I think I'm going to actually
replace Bing it.io is so good. This new search engine. I mean,
it's got the artwork, it's got the transcripts, you can
John C Dvorak: go parallel. So you have a backup.
Adam Curry: What do you mean? Well, no, wait, well,
John C Dvorak: no one is only have one you might what happens?
We still
Adam Curry: have so it's no agenda query, no agenda quest,
but I map being at.io to a different, you know, to whatever
I want to map it to. This has a different name. And I won't say
the URL yet. I think hopefully by Thursday, but I just want to
it's easy to remember beaten you know, it's all these. It's hard
to remember no agenda query.com no agenda quest.com bing.io
That's easy. This new one has a good name, but it's so good. I
think I may want to remap bing.io It's just dynamite. So
you can do stuff like that. Or you can hit people in the mouse?
Or you can everyone's an expert at something when we are talking
about something and inevitably wrong. Correct us send us
information when a topic is hot in the news send us your
information we have lots of boots on the ground stuff I
don't know if we're gonna get to
John C Dvorak: the word inevitably is the wrong word.
It's sometimes as the word you want You make it sound as though
everything we say is wrong inevitably.
Adam Curry: i What I mean is No, when we talk about stuff there
will be things that we don't have right within a topic that's
just like like you read the newspaper if you know everything
about that topic, there will be some things that are slightly
wrong. Yeah, so that is that not inevitably I'm not saying we're
wrong the way you phrased
John C Dvorak: it may sound like everything we say is inevitably
wrong. Oh, I don't mean luckily there are people out there that
can correct us left and
Adam Curry: right I don't mean it that way. But thank you for
correcting me see inevitably I got it wrong. You corrected me?
John C Dvorak: Well, that was inevitable. That's true.
Adam Curry: We love treasure very important for us to keep
paying the bills in our own bills. We have bills and this is
all we do and you make it possible you make it possible
for us to be monitoring media watching these things, going to
parties, important Hill Country parties and learning and
documenting and possibly having your co hosts throw you under
the bus
John C Dvorak: I want to know what we've I think one of the
reasons why these donations are so low is because we're not
playing the the Donate to no agenda blob is that a cute
little jingle
Adam Curry: Do you think that's what it is?
John C Dvorak: Yeah, we haven't played it for months.
Unknown: Donate to and no agenda they give us as we get her we
donate to no agenda is a show that's really unique donate to
the no agenda. This the John Adams be donate to a no agenda.
Science is turning into a clique.
Adam Curry: I love how you categorize the ISIS anthem as
cute. That's always very nice. One of the great talents that we
take advantage of and we're so lucky to have is our artists who
always are working during the live stream to come up with
something relevant for the show. And post that to no agenda art
generator.com so that we can use it right after the show in our
lickety split fast post production and networks did it
again bringing us the artwork for episode 1560 We titled that
one connectionism and he brought us the farm of bots and you can
you can actually read along right now you can you can go to
no agenda Art Generator comm see all the different pieces of art
that were there that we chose from or also in that new podcast
app, just go look at your screen right now. You'll probably see
some of these pieces of art flying by us with Dred Scott
does for us. So Netzwerk did the pharma bot, which we liked, it
was a good piece we did look at other things. And then I think I
feel like we need to make a car Amen because some of the artists
are just getting off track. I mean, you're more of an expert
than I am
John C Dvorak: about that. But you know, we didn't there wasn't
a lot to choose from on this one there was, you know, crazy art.
A lot of evergreen out there something you liked. I think I'm
the one to push the farm about peace you did?
Adam Curry: Well, we had the you will obey cigarettes, which is
now I didn't push that. I don't know if I pushed anything.
John C Dvorak: No, I think you were no you were like, just in
the dumps about the whole thing. You thought everything's gone.
Adam Curry: I was in the dumps? That's correct. Well, what I was
in the dumps about was there's so much AI generated stuff from
comics reblog he just spammed it with AI art that's what that's
what put me in the dumps. All the furry stuff. You know, you
know? Does have the feeling that comic strip blogger may be a
furry
John C Dvorak: Well, that's an interesting thesis. You're
right. He has pro furry with the little wolf I thought was a cute
one. The Pro furry podcast Yeah, they said pro furry podcast
again. Yeah, and then he did a threat third piece and said pro
free podcasts with some hottie which kind of free you see off
and then I think he
Adam Curry: was really delighted because I I said on the show I
said we're a pro free podcast, which we are with it doesn't
mean that we're going to choose Free artery art, but I think
comics ship blogger may be a fairy. And I'd like to know if
you're a fairy. What kind of fairy Are you?
John C Dvorak: Yeah, I never know. That's an interesting
thesis
Adam Curry: because he's never done this much art for one
topic. No, he usually does buts Well, he's gone from buds defer
who had
John C Dvorak: to assume that his furry character has an
exposed but
Adam Curry: what kind of fairy Are you that's it that's our
only question. That's the question. Does your any comments
about any of this art anything that
John C Dvorak: No, there wasn't really there's a lot of stuff
that is too small. The cigarette butt was a good example.
couldn't read it.
Adam Curry: Yeah. Lots of robots and
John C Dvorak: a couple of subverting good capitalist
agendas drone drones again again don't quite get the bottle of
money or I'm not sure what I beyond me as somebody just
posted the comments your blogger just posted a picture of Taylor
Swift
Adam Curry: yeah just with like hypnotic eyes
John C Dvorak: not really know. And then there's one piece down
here from Chad Mar but which is a podcasting 2.0 rework this is
an old piece from God knows when that's been reposted.
Adam Curry: Which piece was to one right below.
John C Dvorak: Taylor Swift
Adam Curry: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. It was the it's a he does say
reworked so yeah, it was just like
John C Dvorak: yeah, it was I think this selection I did like
to Texas peaches pieces.
Adam Curry: What did we I don't remember you pushing to it I
John C Dvorak: mentioned to peach but it was it wasn't going
to happen. wasn't wasn't that good? I think I was way in I was
in on the farmer but from the get
Adam Curry: go a lot of 30 threes. On what was it all this
30 threes on the is that for Ashlynn speed. Oh, well, this
does bring me to the hidden donation clip. Which people who
skip the donation segment. Foolishly. They will never hear
this. Let me see when we've dropped down about 200 200
trolls have left. And you know some people just skip over it.
Would you like to hear the hidden donation clip for today,
John? Yeah, I
John C Dvorak: haven't heard one from you for a while. First, I
Adam Curry: need to ask the troll room. Do we have a winner
yet? In today's Formula One race. I do know that the Flying
Dutchman MCSE for Stoppa once again, was on pole position. So
I have no idea but this this number 33 in racing has just
gone crazy. Fernando Alonso
John C Dvorak: by the way, you've been clearing your throat
a lot. Yeah, that's
Adam Curry: a problem.
John C Dvorak: What's interesting is exactly the same
throat clearing. Bullshit. It's exactly the same as the clip.
No, so every time I hear it, I'm thinking you're you brought the
clip up and you're gonna play the clip.
Adam Curry: Let's see. I can I can rippled. Let's see how it
goes. I'll clear my throat the way I've been clearing it then
because I just have some stuff on my throat and I'm sorry, I
should hit the cough on bullshit. Not much better. It's
not as deep. No. And I apologize. I should be hitting
the eight, but it's when I'm talking. And I think I have had
to hit the mute button a couple of times. I apologize. Thanks
for calling me out. So here it is. This is the clip about
Formula One driver Fernando Alonso. For some reason he's the
favorite for these two numbnuts doing this report from the pits.
Even though we all know the true number 33 Winner is always going
to be the Flying Dutchman.
Unknown: Of course, Fernando Alonso is searching for his 33rd
when he is in garage number 33. He has pit box number therefore
33 This is also his 33rd helmet design. And this is the best one
yet. I'm gonna have to look down for this. I'm gonna have to read
these ones out. This is from Joe credit, sir producer Joe. This
is the 1086 86 world championship events. If Fernando
Alonso races here, it will be his 300 and 62nd start, which
equals 33% 1/3. Exactly. Of all World Championships
especially 33.333. Because it's exactly.
And I will take it all right. That's incredible. But the stars
are aligning. Are they not? So his 33rd? When but when does
Formula One follow a script? When does Formula One follow?
The stars?
Adam Curry: Yeah, the dead because number 33 One wasn't
just wasn't that guy. You're not interesting?
John C Dvorak: I found that to be peculiar.
Adam Curry: Yes. And why were they making such a big deal of
it?
John C Dvorak: No. Don't get people to donate to the show.
Adam Curry: That's usually what you should do. When you see a 33
then you know it's time to donate 33 That's the magic. The
magic number. And let us thank our executive producers for
episode 1561 1561 of these beautiful episodes done for you.
With great pleasure with great pleasure that we do this. Thank
you for sticking through our donation segment here in the
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Sweeney in Louisville, Kentucky. Come Oh, oh, now you're doing
who comes in with $500? Now here's what he says. We've been
giving $25 a month now for a while, but it really felt Adams
recent work with the mouse trans agenda has been outstanding and
wanted to show our extra support following John's recent
newsletter play. Well, how about that, John together? We have
succeeded. Goodness,
John C Dvorak: we have one guy to show one. John. Thank you,
Joe. Louisville.
Adam Curry: Thank you. We appreciate it so much.
John C Dvorak: Ralph in Miami, just plain old Ralph in Miami.
Came in with for 2023 Oops, hold on a second. I just did
something and I know and I erased his name.
Adam Curry: Oh no. Oh, no, no, no,
John C Dvorak: that's your cozy There you go. Good. Forgive me
gentlemen. I have fallen behind on my contributions to the best
podcast in the universe trademark just grinded the
Twitter files. There's no particular symbolism to the
amount just $400 plus a year for 2023 Oh symbolism
Adam Curry: to afford 20 donation. But but it's for 2023.
Okay,
John C Dvorak: he's making it clear. He's not Yeah, not
praising it. But I'd like to humbly request some yet karma
Ralph in Miami.
Adam Curry: You got it, Ralph. You've got karma. Not a lot of
donations. Really. Most of them are pretty short though. It
makes it even even weirder. Jay James in Dallas, Texas. 34567.
We love those 345 dot 67 been a couple of years since I've
chipped in. So deduce from you again. You've been de deuced
Ben, would you please give me Trump they call them dumps big
dumps and the vocal fried New York Times and my iPad lady
because it always makes me smile. They did. Dumps they call
them
Unknown: dumps big massive dump.
You know, obviously, I read I read The New York Times, like
all day long, mainly on my iPad.
John C Dvorak: All day long. All day long
Adam Curry: iPads.
John C Dvorak: Shane's avala in Los Angeles, California. Three,
three 3.33 first time donation please do douche me.
Unknown: You've been D deuced.
John C Dvorak: And call out J bag who is clearly a douchebag
look, I do believe you guys are the best podcast in the universe
right? That's gonna get a new shit has come to light jingle M
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Unknown: s I've got information man. New shit has come to light.
Adam Curry: You bet it has Dame jl 1000 Oaks, California with
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been the executive producer of course. Hi guys. What? No doc
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guys. Adam I promised I would donate. So here it is. I love
you both for laughing and keeping us laughing in the face
of evil. That takes true courage, which is the which the
two of you have in spades. What does that come from in spades?
John C Dvorak: What do you see last summer? Well, let us know.
Adam Curry: Keep up the great work. No jingles no karma, just
in the words of Led Zeppelin. Allah my love Dame jewel of the
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John C Dvorak: Do you think Shane? Sevilla is a woman?
Adam Curry: Yeah, I think so. Oh, okay. I'm sorry, Shane. That
was wrong. I just used
John C Dvorak: a woman Diana home. She's in Kansas Ville,
Wisconsin. Shout out to my husband Andre who hit me and his
brother Jason in the mouth about a while ago. This donation is
better than late than ever. But we still all need a deed
douching
Unknown: you been de deuced
John C Dvorak: thanks for everything you do.
Adam Curry: You got a damn Code Red Huntsville, Arkansas with a
row of ducks. First Associate Executive Producer. It's going
fast here people. In the morning gentlemen, this row of ducks is
a switcheroo for my smokin hot lover of 26 years and they never
had a fight. Please deduce Alan.
Unknown: You've been de deuced
Adam Curry: presuming Alan is the one right that we switcheroo
for with think they went to make my monthly parents student loan
payment this morning and someone paid it off in early May. I'm
guessing the loan forgiveness program went through and you're
the benefactors? All right. Please give trial karma to my
son and ex deputy who worked as a student resource officer. He
tased a kid after he was tackled by him now the kid is coming
from money. Well, that's not right. Man, so we know well,
thank you for all you do. Damn Code Red. You've got karma.
John C Dvorak: These judges have got to throw these sorts of
cases out. Woody in North Chesterfield, Virginia. $222 A
small roll of duct and all he says is thanks guys. Woody.
Let's give him a double up karma because that's pretty much a no
no.
Adam Curry: You've got karma Sir Ben of the Outback in Sidmouth,
Tasmania, Australia. Did you see his long his long notes
John C Dvorak: on the bottom of the email? So long note right
what what was it about? Can
Adam Curry: you summarize it or?
John C Dvorak: I don't have it today. I'll go get it.
Adam Curry: I live very close to Chef's catch in Tasmania. We get
take away from there regularly and do amazing food. I had no
idea there were no agenda listeners. I will certainly go
there more often. Now. Yes, this is Tasmania is getting getting
into it. This revelation was also spawn has also spawned me
to finish my note after doing many drafts for a while
explained below is a very, very long note about his car, and
about other things. And he does have one request for you, John,
please bring back cranky gates. Geeks to host
John C Dvorak: a little bit from his note. You've made fun John
Anam. You've made fun about Australia not standing up before
I'm not going to argue some of your points but I'm not ready to
give up on this place just yet. And he goes on about how great
Tasmania is. John talking about Lexus being a being great on a
recent episode has prompted me to tell you my Lexus reliability
story I first bought a Lexus 2003 I've done over 250,000
kilometers in it since then and still own it today. It's
reliable literally nothing has gone wrong for example and by
the way I have the same exact example same old car same 2003
Unknown: Yeah
John C Dvorak: every single light bulb on the car is still
working today perfectly every that's the headlights the tail
lights the interior lights every single light bulb on an old
Lexus
Adam Curry: even the dash light the glove box Why'd the glove
box light yep, yep. Wow, that's before planned obsolescence was
that car no
John C Dvorak: it was it was that it was way after planned
obsolescence. How
Adam Curry: can this be how can this be How is this possible?
Day Spa obviously
John C Dvorak: specked out. I have to assume they did this
because they were trying to make this a famous car. They Specht
out. So look. Look, look. These light bulbs aren't burning out
or we're not paying YEAH. OKAY. The boss will make good light
bulbs. And
Adam Curry: that's your sounds sounds completely right.
John C Dvorak: There's no other reason but he's got in the same
car I go I have an FC. He didn't say what his Birchwood is is oh
you've got
Adam Curry: the what is SC stand for sport classic
John C Dvorak: sports car
Adam Curry: sedan classic.
John C Dvorak: No, he said he didn't have the ls it luxuries?
No luxury sedan there are Lux Lux but these light bulbs that
this light bulbs phenomenon with these Lexus's is noteworthy. My
wife with her she has a Chrysler Pacifica, you know a van. And
the bulbs go out every year boom there goes a headlight.
Adam Curry: I hate to say it but it's a Chrysler um, don't they
have LED lamps? Oh, no, no, it's an old Chrysler I'm just
presuming.
John C Dvorak: Anyway, this he he goes on with he's got
tinnitus and
Adam Curry: and then he says he enjoyed the cranky geeks you
should bring it back because he loved you throwing your index
cards, which I forgot that was that was your thing. You would
throw index remember that you would throw index cards.
John C Dvorak: Well, that stems from it stems from people I've
seen do it on TV, but David Letterman being one of the
Letterman throws cards, but I actually started doing that.
When I was a host on CNET Central and I would do the game.
The game show reviews with Gina St. John, we do these Oh my
goodness. This and I know this after we're done I'd throw the
CD because it would fly it would fly great. And so I throw the CD
at the camera and one time hit the camera Outrider didn't that
boy hit the camera a lot but it hit them it just glanced the
camera and you hit the operator right and forehead and cut him.
Adam Curry: Did you get sued? No. What kind of laugh was that?
It caught them Hey, yeah, creepy.
John C Dvorak: Okay, guys,
Adam Curry: we could have shortened this entire note to I
love my penal colony signed the inmate that would have been just
as good we could have done that.
John C Dvorak: Same thing he can said that next time.
Adam Curry: Linda Looper loop Looper kin loop Potkin the
Potkin Linda Lou patcon Oh, I know Linda, Lakewood, Colorado
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Unknown: jobs, jobs and jobs
or jobs.
John C Dvorak: Last on our list here is Michael Meineke in
Alexandria, Virginia. You know that place there's no $2 bills
in this whole freakin town. So I hope this and grumps, John, at
least a teeny bit. love and gratitude hit us with a goat
please thank you for your courage.
Adam Curry: While he was a goat Roy no problem, Scott. Well,
that wraps up our executive and Associate Executive producers
for episode 1561 of the best podcast in the universe. Every
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A and since we're short today, John will take us through the
50s and and we'll we'll get into the second part of the show.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, we'll move to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
where Bruce Schwalm exists and he gave us 133 88 Albert Pater
Durjan ver Hi.
Adam Curry: Now he's just doing it on purpose. Albert's pizza
Urian for Hey,
John C Dvorak: one dollars and 33 cents Parts Unknown Holland
I'm guessing Yeah. Baron lattic in Houston, Texas. $100.
Langston Hostetter Smith in Portland, Oregon. 100 bucks
Adam Curry: with a douchebag call out for Jacob Leras.
John C Dvorak: And we got some jobs coming for easy
Adam Curry: machines. He's a machinist who machinist
John C Dvorak: John Robin $100 Dame and in Largo, Florida. $100
sam Williams and Battle Creek Michigan a bow Creek, Michigan.
They make cereal they're $100 jobs karma must work and get
good results Michael cook and Placentia, California 100.
Douglas angstrom and Sandy Lake Pennsylvania 100 Christine
Christine ensberg in Sioux Falls, South Dakota 100 Cary
Jackson in Watertown, Tennessee 100. Brian Smith in Raleigh,
North Carolina 8009. Sir Kevin McLaughlin and Lucas North
Carolina 808 boobs, sir dan in Alpharetta, Georgia 808 Boobs
What is this fluff comment? Okay, well, it's just a comment
about his lovely wife. Fluff comment in lady Smith, BC
Adam Curry: 8006 Which apparently is Canadian boobs.
John C Dvorak: John Smith and Belmont North Carolina 79 is a
birthday coming up. David Shany in Dallas, Texas. 6969. John
Seegers and Bri Belgium.
Adam Curry: Six Bri Bri break, actually Bray Bray probably
John C Dvorak: break 6633 NiNis a de Lucia
Unknown: you've been de deuced
John C Dvorak: tension 6490 birthday coming up.
Adam Curry: Hold on. Please break for a night. on us. This
John C Dvorak: is a D douching. Who needs a D douching I guess.
Adam Curry: Oh he wants it on the second. Oh, for Sunday 1560
Now it's the sixth of all give me the D douching. He says he
cannot enter 33rd year soiled and itchy.
Unknown: You've been de deuced
John C Dvorak: Sarah Gardner in Wilmington North Carolina
celebrates her birthday for herself. 6475 Dame Tara in
Urbana, Illinois, Illinois 6033 She's been singing the 30
threes. Yeah, sure. BNA in Nashville, Tennessee. 7993.
Likes eggs. Anonymous in Atlanta, Georgia. 57. Brad
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5155 10 Double nickels on the dime. Also Charles McCarthy in
Portland, Oregon and Sir Tom dari both 5510 We do have I
think Charles McCarthy needs a de douching
Unknown: you've been de deuced
John C Dvorak: Troy funderburk in Spokane 55 James sheremeta in
Napa NOC New York 50 Oh, now read 50s Yeah, these are just
all $50 donors name and location. James starts that
often and a Drake and Dwight Stan Indiana Charles Peterson
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Minnetonka, Minnesota, Wayne Morel in Orlando, Florida. Sir
infinate is in Holly Springs, North Carolina Bryan Watson in
Raleigh, North Carolina, Walter Phillips and Sandra fellow
California and Brett Farrow who I believe is an Oklahoma City
want to thank these people for doing show 1561
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John C Dvorak: I only have the one wants to play yours. First
one.
Adam Curry: I already heard mine and pollution kills. That's all
I got.
John C Dvorak: I got ha
Adam Curry: we're done. Who was that? What you get that from?
That's funny. That's funny.
John C Dvorak: It came from a supercut. In fact, they had the
super cut I think is in here.
Adam Curry: Oh, yes. I'm glad you took you know, this is the
11 Minute super cut and you hopefully didn't take all of it
took 48 seconds. Okay. No, I listened
John C Dvorak: to that super cut. And I said there is like
six different separate super cuts in here that can be used.
This is a 42nd seven second one that I thought was the best.
Make
Unknown: sure that people can discern the truth from the
misinformation. And we want to make sure that everyone
understands that no one's saved. Everyone's safe. No one is
saved. No one is safe. No one is safe. No one is safe. No one is
saying nobody is
saying the post 911 axiom safer. But
no one is safe. No one is safe. No one is safe. No one is safe
from COVID-19 until everyone is safe. The whole world isn't
safe. None of us are saying no one is safe.
Until we're all set health experts have been saying nobody
is saying what are you safe until everybody is saying?
Science is clear.
Adam Curry: There is no safety. No one is saying no
Unknown: one is saying want to say no one is safe until
everyone is saying no one. Nobody is
safe. Nobody's saying no one's saying never be saying to
Adam Curry: a world saying you're never going to be saying
yeah, that's pretty good. People you should find that full
supercut it's 11 minutes, and it just shows you the SIOP that we
went through during COVID It's really it's really
John C Dvorak: We discuss Yeah, you got Chuck Todd in there
wagging,
Adam Curry: wagging his finger and we should always remember
what they did to us always remember. Yeah, and forget that
speak now always remember it's easier, worked better. And
speaking of Big Pharma, we've got trouble in paradise here at
home.
Unknown: The FDA is warning consumers about using diabetes
medications for weight loss. ozempic and other drugs are now
in short supply because of their popularity. So many people are
turning to off brand compounded medicines which are mixed in
pharmacies. The FDA says those should be avoided because they
may contain unknown ingredients and may not be safe.
If a patient elects to use a compounded form of the
medication, we cannot guarantee what's actually in that drug.
Some states have now taken steps to curb manufacturing of the off
brand weight loss drugs. What is
Adam Curry: going on here,
John C Dvorak: this whole unit we saw I spotted this a decade
ago this this attack on the compounding pharmacy and
compounding pharmacies can't go make your own drugs people take
so they got to the generic version of the exact same drug
and they compounded it was I don't know what put it in a pill
and here you go. Same thing 1/10 The price heaven forbid you save
money by the scammers. It's unbelievable that the action
taken against the compounders. And
Adam Curry: as we know that the pharmaceuticals are the biggest
advertisers on television. So you just heard ABC with that
incredible warning from the FDA, G FDA. Really your warning
against compounding pharmacies. Oh, Nora, help us
Unknown: amid a nationwide shortage of ozempic. And we'll
go V the FDA is now warning that some pharmacies are trying to
make their own versions of the popular weight loss drugs.
Health officials say that these off brand versions use
substitute mixtures of the drugs main ingredient which could make
the shots less effective and could pose safety concerns.
Adam Curry: Do you do you recognize Oh
John C Dvorak: crap, lay the bowl clap grab a clip.
Adam Curry: Yes, I will. Do you also recognize what she did?
There was something very interesting happened with this
drug homeless.
John C Dvorak: Bullshit. Daigo it
Adam Curry: used to be a diabetes drug
Unknown: amid a nationwide shortage of ozempic and will go
V the FDA is now warning that some pharmacies are trying to
make their own versions of the popular weight loss drugs.
John C Dvorak: Oh, it's not nice.
Adam Curry: It's yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Horrible.
John C Dvorak: And it's not it's off label. It's not really a
weight loss. off label drug that does do weight loss does do far
as I know it does. Do
Adam Curry: you know I just want to do one just sticking with Big
Pharma for one second. If pharma boots on the ground, remember we
were talking about you had a clip about that? Publication
stat. Yeah, this is the one that that the guy from the Atlanta
Constitution journal whatever that he that he bought it and
Eric Schmidt told them Yeah, you should. You should, you should
start a new said, you know this thing about drugs. So one of our
producers checks in. It says during the most recent show,
1560s subject of stat news came up. Have you know, is the NPR
the NPR piece, the NPR purchase piece? That's what it was your
clips. What was that? That
John C Dvorak: was a clip of some British woman doing an
entire piece on transitioning kids, which they say they don't
do but they're talking about doing it. And it was seemed like
a fishy piece because it was just out of the blue wasn't
introduced. I never heard this woman before. And it wasn't even
the waveform wasn't the same as it typically PRI.
Adam Curry: So our producer says I have some experience with this
outfit good, which is what we need. While they may be running
interference for Pfizer goons, now when it first landed on the
scene, its purpose was to generate headlines that move
biotech stocks. They would they would post provocative headlines
based on questionable tidbits of information, think National
Enquirer level reporting, but about biotech companies instead
of celebrities, doctors and scientists do not read stat
traders, Wall Street traders read stat. If this sounds like
some quasi pump and dump scheme, yes. And there are there are
outlets this is a good good publication to read. And there
are outlets like this for all sorts of industries, sectors,
etc. Semiconductors is a common one. There are several outfits
that can move stocks now and he sent me an article says back in
2017 start running an article that shit all over Maderna it's
pretty amusing considering everything that's happened since
and I want to do read a few few pieces from from this article.
Oh second. So it's 2017. And this is from stat when? I guess
when it wasn't the modern time to to hype the mRNA headline
lavishly funded Maderna hit safety problems in bold bid to
revolutionize medicine. Exactly one year ago, Maderna CEO Stefan
Bansal talked up his company's unbelievable future before
standing room only crowd at the annual JP Morgan healthcare
conference. He promised that Maderna is treatment for a rare
and debilitating disease known as crigler Najjar syndrome
developed alongside biotech giant Alexia and pharmaceuticals
would enter human trials in 2016. And it goes on to say that
they've had nothing but trouble that they that they keep killing
all the all the test animals. And they would literally need
this, this mRNA technology that we're using would literally need
some kind of miracle to get it into mass production for
everybody to use it. Isn't that interesting? That's exactly what
Craig find exactly what COVID was. It was the miracle to
launch this nonfunctioning bullcrap discredited for the for
Wall Street technology, not really vaccines to launch it,
then the guys, but 10, a billionaire 10 times over now.
There were lawsuits, when it was there was all kinds of trouble
inside the company. If a trial failed, the scientists got fired
and first they got publicly yelled at. This is a great
article here. Please send me that. Yes, here it is. The tech
not is a quote, that technology would have to have to have to be
a manok sorry, the technology would have to be a miraculous
Hail Mary sort of save them for them to get them where they need
to be on their timeline. One former employee said either been
Sal was extremely confidence going to work or he's getting
kind of jittery with it with a lack of progress and needs to
put something out there. This year, and we know that this was
a heavily funded operation. We that's what they really were. It
was it was like almost like a SPAC just had a lot of people
that invested in this and boom, warp speed, This thing shoots to
the top of the charts, everybody made out like bandits. But
remember, we're not safe until everybody's safe. Founded in
2012, a donor reach unicorn status a $1 billion valuation in
just two years faster than Uber, Dropbox, Dropbox and Lyft.
According to CB insights, this is definitely for traders. The
company is premise using custom built strands of messenger RNA
known as mRNA. names to turn the body cell into an ad hoc drug
factory, compelling them to produce the proteins needed to
treat a wide variety of diseases. But mRNA is a tricky
technology. Several major pharmaceutical companies have
tried and abandoned the idea struggling to get mRNA into
cells without triggering nasty side effects. nasty side
effects.
John C Dvorak: Wow,
Adam Curry: Van Sal has repeatedly promised that Maderna
as new therapies will chain change the world. But the
company has refused to publish any data on its mRNA vehicles
sparking skepticism from some scientists and chiding from the
editors of nature. This thing was always a dog. And they just
they oh we here's our Hail Mary. Here's our magic moment
everybody. Let's make out like bandits. I think that this is
smoking gun time. I'm definitely setting
John C Dvorak: moseying gun by who's going to who's going to
pick up the gun and smell it? Nobody says
Adam Curry: smell my barrel Devorah duck. I'm gonna I'm
gonna shoot this over to you right now.
John C Dvorak: Thanks. So let's talk I got one thing on
Ukrainian when it straightened out because we had these these
clips about we spent 40 billion in Ukraine and both of us found
that it was like this was not the number
Adam Curry: No, it was too low. That was not the numbers. Oh,
John C Dvorak: so I got nuts. So there's a there's a podcast with
this guy Brian Dean. Right who sounds like the What's that list
guy does a big tip for us around tyrannical list tyrannical lisp.
This guy is he's ex CIA analyst got a podcast, go figure. And he
sounds like the tyrannical list. But he has some good opinions.
He doesn't do clips. He does quotes from Lipson is a little
different than ours, but he's got numbers. Okay. And these are
the numbers that we've heard before. These are The numbers is
Ukraine, Brian Dean, right? drones and money.
Unknown: So all in this package and previous ones like it means
that the US has sent $76.8 billion to Ukraine, although
Congress has actually authorized 100 and 13 billion in all. Now
what's really interesting is that this latest batch of
weaponry comes just days after Ukraine launched a series of
drone strikes attacking Russia's capital of Moscow. And folks,
that was remarkable because it was the first time that he have
bombed residential buildings in Moscow, specifically a wealthy
neighborhood in the capital that's home to the nation's
financial and political elite. Now, I should say that Ukraine's
drone strikes were only allegedly organized by Kyiv.
Because President Volodymyr Zelensky is denying any
involvement as of this morning, which to be clear, is what he
and his government have done in previous attacks. But then
later, they admit that yes, they did organize them. But for now,
the spokesman for Ukraine's president said, quote, we
certainly enjoy watching the attacks and we predict more
attacks. But we certainly don't have any direct involvement and
quote, okay, as you would imagine, the Russians dismiss
that assertion, saying that not only was Ukraine responsible for
these drone strikes, but that they also used US and NATO
equipment to do it. At least that was the allegation made by
a Russian defense minister, Sergei Shoigu. Okay, so it was
right. Did Ukraine launch those drone strikes against Russia
using American drones? Well, the White House and the Pentagon
were both asked about that possibility yesterday. And by
the way, if so, did Kyiv get permission from Joe Biden to do
it? First, the White House spokesman Korean John Pierre
denies knowing anything, saying, quote, we've been gathering
information about exactly what happened with these drone
strikes in Moscow. But to be clear, we do not support attacks
inside Russia, period. Unquote.
Adam Curry: Okay, this is very interesting. Very interesting.
Now and let's just be clear, these are moped drones. Oh, not
the moped. These are small drones. These are not like it
was the the RT q 170. That's the Iranian. That's the drone that
the Iranians forced down from us with GPS jamming that we were
talking about on the last show. That's, that's a proper drone.
It's a big drone.
John C Dvorak: That is a big drone there. These are not big
dis drones of the size, like a moped puny drones little drab,
but they have one that's being sent to Ukraine does count as I
think it's the 135 is the number I have some pictures of Solinsky
standing next to him. They're low. delta wing. Drones are a
pretty actually. Yeah, they're cute. And they're about six to
eight feet long. And they carry a 100 pound explosive. I
Adam Curry: thought it was like 20 pounds bulk
John C Dvorak: no 100 100 pounds. That's that's,
Adam Curry: that's a quite a payload. Yeah, it's impressive.
John C Dvorak: And meanwhile, he's got this guy, if you want
to hear more of him, he's got a little do a little spiel on the
lies that come from our government. And he's not happy
about that.
Unknown: Later. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that
the US does not have quote, specific information that tells
us who is responsible for these drone strikes, but that it's not
like we are going to go out and investigate this, that would not
be appropriate for us to do. Finally, he insisted that the US
had nothing to do with these attacks at all, quote, we don't
tell the Ukrainians where to strike and quote, All right, to
be very clear, everything that I just said that the White House
and the Pentagon said, was all a lie. Right? So here's the truth.
And this is whether you support or disapprove of America's
involvement in the war. So let's start with this. Last August,
Ukraine's deputy of military intelligence, a major general
Vadim Savitsky, told British press that the US approves or
disapproves of all Russian targets to be killed or
destroyed. He said that when discussing the use of the high
Omar's artillery system, right, that is on top of additional
reporting from multiple European and American press outlets that
the US has, in fact, assisted the Ukrainians in multiple
attacks on multiple Russian targets. Let me just give you
three examples. First, we helped bomb Russia's Moskva warship in
the Black Sea back in April of last year. Second, we helped
bring down a Russian transport plane that had 200 Russian
soldiers inside that was also in the spring of last year. Third,
our intel and related support communities have led to the
deaths of at least 13 Russian generals, mostly in the eastern
part of Ukraine. So folks, even if you celebrate everything that
I just said in terms of what the Russians take Get on the chin.
The point is that both the White House and the Pentagon lied
yesterday, right contrary to their statements, we know with
absolute certainty, in fact, from the Ukrainian military
itself, that the United States absolutely assists Kyiv in
targeting Russian military personnel and hardware.
Adam Curry: Excellent clips, and that fits perfectly. That being
a huge lie with two clips I have from CNN. And I'm now thinking
this is the counter offensive. Why? Because it's easy to lie
about it, too. It's very inexpensive. And three, CNN has
a report. They were at the Ukraine Ukrainian secret drone
training facility. CNN, CNN was at the Ukrainian secret drone
training facility,
Unknown: but URI Borovets company makes combat drones for
Ukrainian frontline troops. And they allowed us to film test
flights at a secret location. He says reaching Moscow is not a
problem
with how big a drone for 700 kilometers with warfare had 20
kilograms
and that could fly almost almost always. Yes. Well, Ukraine
denies direct involvement in the recent Moscow drone attack key
have has drastically expanded its use of drones for everything
from surveillance to directly bombing Russian ground troops,
the Ukrainian say for them. Drones are the big equalizer in
this war. They say the Russians have more tanks, more artillery,
and more planes but the Ukrainians have the creativity
of their population. This is a drone competition organized by
Ukraine's government with simulated attacks on ground
targets chasing fixed wing drones and even drone dogfights.
We were granted exclusive access on the condition we don't reveal
the location.
Adam Curry: All right, let me tell you a little bit about the
images in this report. So it looks like a bunch of remote
control drone nerds wearing goggles you know oh yeah. With
their little controllers and you know and these are little drones
that doing dogfights and the camera pans across this secret
location and you see a helicopter in the background
blurred out now I'm not I know why it's blurred out is because
the registration number even though Yeah, it's probably
American helicopter that's what I'm thinking it's your it's your
didn't look like a military helicopter look like a civilian
type helicopter, not a military version of it. And you could not
see it. I think this is being done in America.
John C Dvorak: And then maybe Marine One.
Adam Curry: Here's the second part of this report. It's like a
Unknown: startup fair for FPV or first person view drones small
UAVs that can drop borders and grenades flown by pilots wearing
VR goggles from a makeshift trench to simulate the
battlefield. The stakes are immense a general involved in
drone procurement for Ukraine's military tells me was
recently combined about 30 companies in Ukraine are already
mass producing these drones in our goal is to purchase up to
200,000 by the end of the year,
their backs up against the wall when Russia's massive army
invaded last year, the Ukrainians quickly realized
cheap air power could help keep them in the fight. First using
modified consumer drones now with more sophisticated UAVs
developed in Ukraine. What the government here calls the army
of drones project spearheaded by the Minister of digital
transformation.
This is a technological war and it's very important to
understand how technology is developing and what we as a
state can do to increase the number of drones. A certain
revolution is also taking place regarding production scaling,
but most people wonder
and while the Ukrainians still won't admit direct involvement,
the Russians do admit they are concerned they might soon see
more armed drones flying towards Moscow
Adam Curry: I think this is the offensive this is all they're
getting. So they're getting you have some drones with some nerds
go ahead we
John C Dvorak: have you know this this idea that this is an
even in Ukraine explains a lot. Okay, it explains the CNN
reporter being there Yeah. Out of the blue in Saltash. I don't
know who this guy is as you roaming around the front lines
name
Adam Curry: is he has a name isn't name. Fred. polite. Jen
Gen. Fled Fred Pleitgen Pol EITG en and then look them up.
John C Dvorak: So we have a we have a and we did bring a bunch
of Ukrainian are supposedly to train him on the F 16. And we
don't know that these are results a scam I've smokescreen
for this drone training Oh, training. We do brought it up.
We had some we have people that know this. You need a huge
infrastructure you need lots of years of work. I mean, this is
not a minor plane, you just jump in and fly around.
Adam Curry: Fred ply chin German journalist and correspondent for
CNN International study at North American Studies, University of
Bonn and the Free University of Berlin. Also spent one year
studying at the School of Journalism in New at New York
University where I work for Zed de F and RTL was German
channels. He lives in Berlin. He's dishonors could be in
Berlin, in
John C Dvorak: Germany, too. For all we know.
Adam Curry: It could be Rammstein.
John C Dvorak: Just love saying Tom Stein. Yes, exactly.
Adam Curry: I'm Stein. Yes. But our tea of course, take it with
the with the grain of salt you want is claiming that Kyiv Kyiv
is now demanding from the US $55 billion worth of weapons. That's
their latest demand. That's what they want. Well, they're gonna
they're gonna get some drones, they're gonna get some little
drones that can carry a 20 to 100 pound payload. Which I think
I think it's very interesting. It's a new kind of warfare. You
shoot these drones off and lands in Russia?
John C Dvorak: Well, this was this was had to be predicted by
every science fiction writer for the last 30 years was it draws
Yes. starts showing up. I mean, it makes nothing but sense. So
what you do
Adam Curry: Yeah. Yeah, remember that member that that? That
idiot who had a drone in DC and was trying to spark it up and
fly it into the Capitol? Remember that story? That was a
small drone to the small drones are interesting.
John C Dvorak: It's while you can take a small stake, strong
small drone a quadcopter. That lot of kids can fly and put a C
five charge on it. That thing is gonna be pretty, it's gonna be
gonna be fun. And what is a sci fi? You know, Nate 100 pounds.
You
Adam Curry: see five, is that more explosive than C four?
John C Dvorak: Oh, that's a good question. I think I meant C
four.
Adam Curry: C five, biopsy the Borak. Who put the five and C
four. I've added a number to it. But why? I don't know. It may be
entirely possible. It's more explosive than C four.
John C Dvorak: Anyway, so you can take it like a like a
fistful of C four. And put it on the head of one of these drones
with a with a blasting cap. Send it in boy, you blow up a
building.
Adam Curry: Yeah. I have a story that that has just not gotten
enough play. I don't know if we talked about it. This is from
our favorite Indian outfit. No your buddies W IO n the W Indian
outfit news. And so bear with the accent but it's a great
story.
Unknown: Well in Italy four people died was several others
were rescued in an ill fated boat capsized in Lake Missouri
on Sunday. Reports now emerging claim that there were Italian
and Israeli intelligence agents among those dead. And now
questions are being raised if there indeed was a cover up by
the authorities. Among the four dead was an Israeli national
whose identity was initially suppressed by officials until
now, Israeli foreign ministry has said that the victim error
is Shimoni aged 50 was retired member of the security forces.
Now it is being speculated that the operative could be working
on behalf of the Mossad, while Italy security service admitted
that the other victims, Claudia Ilona, Z, 862 and Tiziana but
nobody is 53 were employees. Reports suggest that these
really agent befriended the Italian officers after they were
acquainted to their work. The fourth person who died has been
identified as a Russian national reportedly the captain's wife,
and according to the Italian media, the yacht that capsized
was not a simple birthday cruise. But a cover up Intel
meeting reports claimed that 19 out of 23 people on board are
serving all past Israeli and Italian agents. Then others
release on the cruise were quickly flown back to Israel on
a private jet used by Israeli authorities while Italian
authorities have stressed the boat sank due to strong winds
and it was not an act
of sabotage. Sabotage a spa the spook spot to spook everybody
wants to
Adam Curry: sponsor spooky, weird Italian spies. Israeli
spies capsized boat when not hearing the full story on that
one Edo
Unknown: yeah
Adam Curry: okay
John C Dvorak: let's get into how about a turkey update since
we have all is Turkey I don't play a turkey update we know
what happened in in earlier ones just read I move into Dukes
chairs around on the Titanic
Adam Curry: I know I have a turkey a update when you got
Okay hold on a sec, let me find it. It was interesting one
because the one here we go just from Deutsche Avella. So Erawan
blew out the competitor, the guy who was making viral videos from
his his kitchen, it was a run off so they were neck and neck
then he of course asked Elon Musk to turn off Twitter. And so
the guy the guy's channel is his communication channels
effectively shut off, everyone wins. And now listen to this.
Listen to the Deutsche Avella journal news model, Intro This
piece with the wrong term. But is it?
Unknown: Well, indeed, there has been some talk of a coming
governmental Shakedown with beginning of Erica one's new
terms.
Adam Curry: I think she meant to say shake up, but shake down. It
might be your shake down a money.
John C Dvorak: thing is there is no shake up because all he's
done if you because I've watched a couple of these reports from
various sources. He's got the same people in his cabinet all
in different jobs.
Adam Curry: But wait for it. Yes, it's an important but
there's one important change though. Indeed,
Unknown: there has been some talk of a coming governmental
Shakedown with beginning of Erica one's new term during what
can you tell us about that?
Yeah, that's right. I mean, when it's normally pretty
conservative about changing ministers for our teas more than
20 years and power, but what has been the liter across many
sources is that there is expectation of a major shake up
from top to bottom. Non more. So the finance minister has been
widely touted to be replaced with Mehmet Shem Shek. Now he
was a former minister and other ones government very much very
popular with international markets having worked for the
American bank, Merrill Lynch, so he was seen as very market
friendly now are the ones unorthodox economic policies
have plunged turkey into chaos inflation in high double digits
with his low interest rate policy. Now, many people have
warned that the number one priority for early one and his
number one threat is financial turmoil and possible collapse in
the currency appointment of Shem. Sheikh would be seen by
many as a sign that he is possibly going to change course.
But we will have to wait on stay on that. But there are also
further changes expected of a foreign minister is also widely
tied to replace and the interior ministry as well. So there's a
lot of expectation tonight on who the appointments will be.
Adam Curry: Yeah, whenever you bring in an American finance guy
into your to be your finance minister. I mean, not American,
but he worked at Merrill Lynch, he's market friendly. I agree
with anybody.
Unknown: He knows what he's doing.
Adam Curry: I've just I just have two more clips just about
finance. Since Turkey, yay is of course going to go into some
Doom scenario. They're already there. That might do things
might be happening in the United States, CNN,
Unknown: I want to bring in now CNN CHIEF business
correspondent, Christine. Good morning, Christine. This is part
of what we have been seeing right now. People have shifted
where they're spending. But people are also now calling for
perhaps a discretionary recession.
That's a new buzzword discretionary recession, it
doesn't mean that the US economy is in a recession, it means
consumers are being very careful. And they're focusing on
essentials. And then the must haves like Taylor Swift tickets
and airplane tickets and a trip to the Bahamas. I mean, people
are spending money on essentials at those big box stores. But
then outside of that, they're going out to eat more, they're
doing more traveling, and they're buying big experiences.
So they're calling this a discretionary recession, meaning
if you're selling couches, and you made a very good point, or
if you're selling couches or TVs or sporting goods, you already
loaded up on all of that over the past couple of years now,
right and experiences are going for so it's a different moment
for the American consumer
Adam Curry: discretionary recession. That's, you know, we
had our transitory inflation now we have a discretionary
recession. Ah, and then ABC tops it off with a warning.
Unknown: Okay, we have a warning for you this morning about your
money. A federal consumer watchdog says you should not
store your cash on payment apps like Venmo Cash App or PayPal.
The reason is because of those apps fail your funds are not
automatically insured and they can be lost.
Adam Curry: Oh, what kind of warning is that? What's coming?
What's gonna happen? I'm excited. Something good. That
was weird. Huh, yeah, it was very weird. Well, maybe it's
because they're, you know, the the Fed now kicks off in July
with so you can now get your Federal Reserve Wallet. So we're
not now but in July, if this is competition this I think it's a
setup. It's like Oh, yeah. Should I listen to it? No, no,
it's they're going to launch it. It's not a central bank digital
currency, but they're gonna launch fed now. And you'll be
able to get your wallet and what they're saying in advance. Well,
you know, if you use your digital money with cash app,
Venmo or PayPal, you know, those companies go out of business,
then you could lose all your money, but with fed now this
safe, it's safe. That's what I think it is.
John C Dvorak: Well, they're scumbags. If they try that pull
that kind of marketing. I have one clip that would be good to
get
Adam Curry: scumbags and finance. Oh, no.
John C Dvorak: Nick say it's not so. Thank you. All right. I just
found this 100 Biden gun story to be one of the great ironies
of I've ever heard in my life, do that thinking of busting him
for lying on his form? Because he was he was two things. One, I
learned that he was using a smoking crack every 15 minutes.
It's what you do. I wouldn't know.
Adam Curry: What's the other thing? Oh, here we go. What's
the other thing you learned?
John C Dvorak: Well, the other thing I learned is that they're
hypocrites that are going to defend him are going to use the
conservative Supreme Court decisions and the second
amendment to get away with it.
Unknown: The President son Hunter Biden could face legal
consequences for a gun purchase, but his lawyers say that they
would challenge that under the Second Amendment. Because Hunter
Biden said he was using drugs at the time the Justice Department
may prosecute him for a gun purchase. When he purchased the
gun and 2018 He filled out a form and denied drug use. But in
his memoir, he says he was smoking crack every 15 minutes.
And 1868 Law denies drug users the right to own guns, Hunter
Biden could face up to 15 years in prison over this. But his
lawyers could choose to challenge any charges by taking
advantage of a recent Supreme Court decision that brought him
to gun rights. The case dealt with gun laws in New York that
justices decided were too restrictive. President Biden at
the time said he was against the ruling.
Adam Curry: Rules for the a great yeah rules for the but not
for me, I think is what you're supposed to say. Well, well,
everybody. Would you please consider supporting the no
agenda show with some treasure? You know, the help we can get?
It seems like the discretionary recession is hitting the podcast
market. We've got to end of show. Clip three one from
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Unknown: such
a lot of air pollutants top propagandist is now saying that
nuclear weapons should be used to destroy Elon Musk's Starlink
satellite, Vladimir Putin students Vladimir Putin's top
propagandists, Vladimir Putin, students lad Amir Putin,
Vladimir Vladimir Putin top propaganda drones drones
Vladimir Putin's drones drones, Vladimir Putin is top propaganda
policy gemix propagandists Vladimir Putin has a lot of
everyone's top propaganda in Ukraine, Wagner fights but the
Kremlin propaganda Vladimir Putin has a lot of your time. A
lot of a lot of your top propaganda drones these Iranian
made drones are propaganda
in a way long been wondering what exactly that sounds like.
Now I know
Flying over Afghanistan or maybe it was Pakistan. I promised
myself to aim myself that angry woman child and man that was on
my list. I don't care if I missed my remote control. I do
what I'm told by someone. Come you know, Obama gave me a bush,
more than Bush and I cost millions. I'm supposed to target
terrorists, but not so much civilians. I don't know what to
say. You have some got in my way. A drone again. Naturally. A
drone again.
Adam Curry: MOPO
Unknown: boruch.org/n A