John C Dvorak: and going nowhere.
Adam Curry: Adam curry Jhansi Devora January 7 2024 This is
your award winning given nation media assassination episode
1623. This is no agenda. deconstructing decompression and
broadcasting live from the heart of the country here and favorite
range and number six in the morning, everybody. I'm Adam
curry
John C Dvorak: in northern Silicon Valley where everybody
agrees that the NFL season is too long. I'm John C. Dvorak.
Adam Curry: Wins the Super Bowl.
John C Dvorak: Oh, a couple months.
Adam Curry: Oh, that's too long. I thought it was January oh wait
no January's the Oscar
John C Dvorak: it used to be as a matter of fact you like
Adam Curry: remember I remember used to be I knew that
John C Dvorak: in us in February March I think it's February You
Adam Curry: bet you have you read about that conspiracy about
the the Super Bowl logo that you
John C Dvorak: apparently Yeah, yeah, so the coolers determine
who's gonna colors that are in the new newly designed logo at
the beginning of the year the colors of the teams that the
game
Adam Curry: Hey, your volumes. I can jack you up here but you're
really outputting low. Did you change something? Nope. Oh? Why
do I even ask?
John C Dvorak: What do you ask? I never change anything because
I don't use this this whole rig except once a week twice a week
Adam Curry: I'm just I'm just gonna jack you up
John C Dvorak: that day it's regular. It's not
Adam Curry: but okay. It is. I'm going to jack you up here I can
jack you up here but that you normally I have you plus two dog
biscuits now I've got yet five so just saying
John C Dvorak: baby it's the connection. No, it's not the
connection. The connection it could be it could be clean feed
connection is protection.
Adam Curry: Yeah, sure. What do you got no protection here. This
thing is no good. Oh, anyway, so it's okay I just jacked you up a
bit. I just wanna make sure you educate the gate man. Well, well
well well well, it was very hard for the M five M to admit what
was really going on. What's going on now about this hole.
This hole in the plane there's a hole in the plane. The
John C Dvorak: hole hole in the plane there's a whole lot of way
they made it when they first when this story first appeared.
I don't have any clips. You probably do I do. Or maybe I do.
I don't think I do. But whatever the case, when they first showed
the shot of it from the inside of the plane, they made it sound
like the sight of the plane just flew like a hole. Yeah, like a
window and it is a door. It was a it was a door assembly. That's
the point. And they never mentioned this until later
reports Exactly. And what's going on, you must have some
sides on Sunday. I do first
Adam Curry: Let's Play. The most recent update
Unknown: flight 1282 carrying 177 passengers was 35 minutes
into its journey from Oregon to Ontario, California. When part
of the fuselage was torn off leaving a hole in the side of
the aircraft. The pilot was forced to alert aircraft control
to the severity of the situation. We are depressurized
but we do need to return back passengers spoke of hearing for
emergency oxygen masks dropped video footage shot on board
shows the dangling masks and a huge gap where the window should
have been and the passengers themselves being remote when
I look to my left and there's this huge chunk part of the
airplane just like missing and extremely loud there's wind
blowing everywhere so it was a
trip from the plane landed safely at Portland to the relief
of all on board among them even Smith
there's not anything I have any control over it's just wait and
see what happened and they said there was a kid in that row who
his shirt was sucked off him and this
Adam Curry: this everyone had this bit and the shirt was
sucked I'm I'm I'm going to question that part of the
report.
John C Dvorak: Like there was that and then the other one
which a lot of the way I have a report for PBS I have the PBS
version from yesterday if you want to play it the other thing
that kept throwing they kept throwing into the mix was the
cell phones
Adam Curry: Yes. Cell cell phones flew out
John C Dvorak: now watch I questioned that because who's
nobody's on their cell phone on these on these?
Adam Curry: Everybody's on their cell? When's the last time you
flew? Book COVID We everyone's on their cell phone everybody.
They're watching movies to play in games. If coma
John C Dvorak: if you're watching movie Yeah, then you
wouldn't have on their phones. John,
Adam Curry: please. Like these days there's no inflight
entertainment. You get what you connect to the Wi Fi you can
either pay for the Internet, or you can watch the movies on your
phone. You need three laptops. When do you need to get out
you're gonna grab a house and going nowhere.
Unknown: Late today the FAA ordered the temporary worldwide
grounding of about 171 Boeing 737 Max nines until the planes
can be inspected. It comes after a window blew out of a month's
old 739 Max nine last night at about 16,000 feet six minutes
after the Alaska Airlines Flight took off from Portland, Oregon.
The rapid depressurization sucked a t shirt off a child. No
one was seriously hurt in the plane. They that emergency
landing safely back in Portland.
Adam Curry: How come no one interviewed the mom of that they
got everybody, everybody they interviewed but they don't have
the mom with a kid whose t shirt got sucked. I would
John C Dvorak: think that would be one person to interview in
the second one. This report just came out yesterday. This is from
yesterday's PBS weekend news hour. And again, it sounded like
a window blew out when it was an entire door assembly. Well, yes,
this. So first, what is the reason for covering that up?
Well,
Adam Curry: because it's really the airlines who have made
determinations about your safety. And this comes from our
buddy Joe over there to NL Ria, which is airline backwards, I
have a hardest time remembering that URL, I have to look up his
email every single time en ILRIA. Airline reverse. Anyway.
And Neil RIA B says, okay, he says it was a door plug that
came off. Because Alaska Airlines with every other single
airline sip, I think there's one, there's one, one of the low
cost European carriers, when they receive these planes brand
new, they have determined by law. And I don't know when this
was or by FAA regulation don't know when this was determined
that you only need one emergency exit per 50 seats. So these
planes come equipped with an emergency door right there where
the hole blew out. But then they modified these planes after they
come off the assembly line. So they can put in a couple extra
seats. And the door plugs that that hold that horse hold that
assembly in place minus the slide minus all you know all the
stuff that you would normally have there. If the door plug
they should never blow out because this the door plug is
that basically a fake door that's been put in there. And it
should never blow out because of its design, which is concave.
But this plane had previous pressurization problems. Oh,
they didn't mention that in the report. Good work PBS. Good work
BBC. So either they over pressurized or they may have
been which could have been for passenger comfort 16 16,000
feet, you're pressurizing it that well you're pressurizing
pretty quickly actually. So over pressurization that may be they
they under pressurized, and the thing just blew right out. But
it's all in. So it's pilot error, probably. Or aircraft
air. That's possible. But the bottom line is, this should just
be an emergency door there. The way it comes off the assembly
line, just to squeeze in a few extra seats. They might they're
approved, of course. But if you have a hole in the plane, where
you have a door, it comes off the assembly line like that.
Maybe it would be modified them upfront. Instead of putting a
door plug in there. That's really That's it makes no
John C Dvorak: sense. Yeah. Boy, they don't care
Adam Curry: about you. They don't care. They don't care
about your safety at all, at all. So that's really what what
happened is, you know, this is a modified plane where they put a
plug in there instead of the door I will never sit next to
that spot ever in any plane if the if I know it's there, which
you'd have to know because you can't really tell. And so the
reason that the fact that they really didn't talk about a door
in most of the reports was to me a little suspicious
John C Dvorak: and no one that is very suspicious because when
you see the side of the plane when they find it door did show
that it's a door I
Adam Curry: know I know. I love that so this news model had some
melts on her mind. You know the news now Alaska Airlines
Unknown: is grounding its fleet of 736 Nine Max
Adam Curry: jets after are really 736 Nine. Is that what
you're thinking of? What are the gaff that is how do you get from
737 Max nine to 736 Nine.
John C Dvorak: I may have heard that a couple of times myself.
Maybe there's just a bunch of jokers.
Adam Curry: Maybe Maybe whatever the case all the board
Unknown: trains good planes At
Adam Curry: the end, just because it was a female pilot
doesn't mean anything. In fact, it's probably the first officer
who monitors pressurization. But there's lots of stuff going on
with these dei hires and we've talked about it. You know, we
know that a lot of ex navy and air force pilots can't get a job
because the after they after they leave service because you
have to either be gay black or female to get a job. If that's
what all the airlines are hiring em. And this is this was a
someone on on X was was exiting, slashing tweeting to United
Airlines, because this person knows what's going on with with
aviation. On July 29, the United States or at Hey, at United on
July 29, United plane was nearly totaled after a hard landing who
was flying that aircraft? Was it the co pilot, a former flight
attendant who was fired and then rehired through United's dei
program, despite being enlist and not returned to United? Am I
correct that this individual failed multiple trainings,
including simulator training? Am I also correct that United has
covered up this dei disaster and many others? was the number two
at the Denver hiring center also onboarded through Dei, did she
or did she not change fit? Failed grades for dei hires
because quite quote, it makes the numbers look bad. Didn't the
instructor who failed this co pilot asked corporate why they
passed him. This is this is a disaster that's going on. Of
course we know all the ATC guys are stoned and drunk. They told
us ourselves I have dad's Great. So now therefore some people on
the trains that's what that's always how it winds up get on
the train. So you've learned something here, you can sound
smart now at the watercooler tomorrow. When everyone's
talking about other stuff, you can say you know what, that was
an actual door and they take that door out because they want
to jam more seats in what that's that's a safety issue. That's
what they should be looking at. Not anything else. But of
course, you know, let's let's ground. Let's ground the whole
fleet. And I'm sure I'm sure it's a problem. modifying it
after the fact. So there you go. You're up to speed.
John C Dvorak: Sounds like it.
Adam Curry: Let's just do something completely completely
off topic from news because I was so I was so excited to get
this clip this morning. Normally or passed away last year, and we
know that Norman Lear was part of the Hollywood he he started
the Hollywood Foundation, which created a lot of propaganda
John C Dvorak: that was actually called the Norman Lear
foundation. Was it called
Adam Curry: the I thought it was the Hollywood I thought it was
the Hollywood foundation. Are you sure Miller Yeah. Hmm.
Because we have a clip of
John C Dvorak: the Hollywood found anything there is a
Hollywood foundation
Adam Curry: let me see foundation. Foundation Hollywood
that's what it is. Hola, Leah foundation Hollywood. Oh, no,
I'm sorry. Right. Lear Foundation, Hollywood. That's
what it was. Health and Society. So we've talked about Norman
Lear how influential his his his programming was. And I would say
that we always thought the most influential was all in the
family, which really created this Archie Bunker archetype,
which would have been a traditional Democrat back in the
day but was positioned as a Republican and that really
changed certainly the United States his image of what a blue
collar Republican looks like, right?
John C Dvorak: was when there was no such thing there was no
Adam Curry: well he created that he created that Magga Archie
Bunker, oh gee Maga. So Desmond Wilson. Most people won't know
his name. He was Lamont on Sanford and Son, legendary
legendary show with red fox. That was what it was called
right Sanford and Son. They ran a junkyard together he got it.
And so Desmond Wilson is interviewed by some podcaster
because he was asked a question about Norman Lear by some M five
M guy and so yet he's he's got something his craw about Norman
Lear. And in this relatively short clip, he lays out just a
little bit more of the genius of Norman Lear. What was
Unknown: it? What was the main point you were trying to make
clear about Norman Lear that he wasn't involved with Sanford and
Son as much he was given credit for it was that the main
thing was what a lot of people missed. I said, when I saw the,
when my agent called me and said, watch the show. I said, I
don't want to do television, as I said, and I watched the show I
came away thinking So this is the beginning of the dissolution
of the patriarchal system. And on the heels of that, the
announcer tried to cut me off. So let me let me finish. Because
on the heels of that came married with children, and then
all of a sudden parents became idiots and kids became all
knowing women, young women started calling their mother bi
tch word and rebelling. And it all started normally. I said,
they asked me what I said, I will say this about him. He was
a visionary. Right. But then when I heard about his political
affiliations, it all fell into place. And I knew that I knew I
was right on the money. No, I said, it went on, on and on and
on ad infinitum. And what we're experiencing now is the
evolution of what Norman Lear started with all in the family
and nobody got it. They missed it. Totally. They said all the
bonds talking about Northern didn't hurt. I said, people have
been so dumbed down. Like Malcolm said, some of us were
going to have to leave behind the to YouTube, brainwashed to
understand
Adam Curry: Demin Wilson, not Desmond Desmond Wilson. I just
love that. I never considered that it started with Sanford and
Son makes so much sense.
John C Dvorak: Well, he himself said to start with all in the
family. Right,
Adam Curry: but it was yes. All in the Family. But really the
when, when the child parent relationship broke apart was
Sanford and Son married with children? We forget that one.
Yeah, that wasn't Norman Lear. No, but it was a follow on and
it was the it was the whole start of everything. It
John C Dvorak: was the extreme version of everyday lives to
this day. I think married with children is a cake is a curious
genius level of programming.
Adam Curry: Oh, yeah. Everyone loves it. Dads, we're proud of
beyond like Ted Bundy. I sit there with my hand in my pants,
watching the TV. People loved it was great. Yeah, the Little did
you know, Little did you know. I'll just stick with
transgenderism. First.
John C Dvorak: Well, you know, it was just it's just before you
change the subject completely. I'm not the new networks that
have evolved from the open air digital system. And if you get
OTA antennas, there's me TV, meaty b two, there's antenna.
There's a bunch of these networks. And they've got
they've got no programming. They're not going to do any. But
there is so much stuff in the can that they're recycling it.
So the public at large is getting to watch old black and
white material from the late 50s and mid 60s, including Ozzie and
Harriet. And Leave It to Beaver. And the shows which have a
completely different mentality than any of the programming that
came after Norman Lear. Right. And it's fascinating to watch
some of these old dog shows that are, you know, some many of them
are put together. Especially Leave It to Beaver. They're put
together so so beautifully by producers back then who really
knew what they were doing. As opposed to the kind of the slop
that comes out today. It's it's, it's, it's very contrast the I
don't know what effect that's going to have on the American
psyche, but it's going to have something
Adam Curry: I like to the two shows I like but there's one
that I can't find any more really, but the one that I like
on OTA is Gunsmoke guns guestbooks on
John C Dvorak: on a couple of channels. Yeah. Guk Well, of
course, heroes and icons, I think is that channel.
Adam Curry: How about Little House on the Prairie?
John C Dvorak: Lots of the praise on I
Adam Curry: have not seen it What's that on? Where can I find
I love little I can't remember which which
John C Dvorak: was one of the networks is one of these screwy
networks. I love Little House on the Prairie I read the show was
the worst. I hated Little House on the Prairie. And the fact
that is on now. makes you mad. Hate It makes me mad. It's so
stupid. No,
Adam Curry: but it was beautiful. If Have you ever read
the books? No course not this good books that Laura Ingalls
wrote this about the Pioneer. I mean, it was not the same as the
TV show. Paul, the man those that it was hard times back in
the day. Well, yeah, when they were settling, settling the
West. Yeah, that's good stuff. But a group, the who I don't
know if it started in the US, but there's a British group. Now
just I want to stick a stick in the trans Maoism which of course
Norman Lear had a hand in as to where we are today. But I find
this so peak woke And so disturbing that this has now
taken the UK by storm.
Unknown: Drag syndrome is celebrating their big premiere
in Berlin. They're Britain's first professional drag
collective for performers with Down syndrome.
The feeling I get from performing if the more my sales
Hey, I'm Nick, aka initiates a cold day with Nikita
Adam Wilde, aka
loyal lady, to those who work and show off Gaga.
Adam and the other members of drag syndrome take on different
persona has went on stage and for them, it's a rebellion
against society, and a statement for more diversity and inclusion
for people with disabilities. Plus, it's a whole lot of fun.
Since the group was formed in 2018, the members have toured on
several continents. They've also performed at the famous
Glastonbury Festival. And for the fashion magazine vote, it's
still rare to see people with Down syndrome performing on
stage. The dance collective wants to encourage other people
with disabilities to pursue their passion.
Adam Curry: This really disturbs me, I've worked with all kinds
of Downey end
John C Dvorak: of civilization you're playing a clip by the
way, instead of doing that the show begin knighted pilots.
Adam Curry: What what did you say?
John C Dvorak: I said he should be united pilots.
Adam Curry: A good one. So, you know, I've worked with Downey's
in a lot of different situations as the called Downey's by the
way and a lot of situations. And I'm sure that they love
performing but I'm pretty sure they're not necessarily drag
queens people who need to perform as women which is
usually gay men. Usually. It's you know, it's this is just
making a mockery. It's so woke and so yeah, exactly. They
should just put them up to up in the cockpit. If you want them on
stage and drag have them fly around. The I worked with a very
famous Dutch Downey band called The juste band never tell the
story. Nope, they use the band J O S T, I can look it up. They're
still around the just the band uresti And so they would perform
they they would perform it I think I was doing a drive in DJ
show or something and they were there and and the way that
certainly the the keyboardist they had a couple of keyboardist
they on their keys they had all colors you know, so they they
would hit the right colors orange, blue, yellow, you know,
no know what to play so they could remember what they're
playing. But this particular gig, they had a confetti cannon
this confetti cannon goes off this confetti everywhere. They
didn't know what keys to hit anymore. It was it was all over
everything had all these different little colored balls
on it. Good times with the Downey's okay. So anyway, I just
found this disturbing end of civilizations it Yeah, it's
right or being it's disturbing.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, like freak shows. Yeah, that's
Adam Curry: exactly this like to the bearded lady. Yeah. And
John C Dvorak: in a lot more of that. Anyway,
Adam Curry: the 18 for you, the 18 foot man with the mitten with
his midget wife. Oh, my goodness. So where do you want
to go? I mean, there's been obviously been a lot of
political news in the United States, mainly, Trump and Biden.
Biden. Did his big January 6. Commemoration speech on January
5, which Yeah, that sounds right was just completely lame. He was
definitely jacked. But he wasn't overjoyed not over jacked but I
did by chance have dinner with some friends of who are in the
medical field here I don't want to take it too far. And I said
what do you think he was jacked up on with without skipping a
beat? You know my my man says Adrenochrome No, yes. And I say
Drina comb really that easy? Yes. in powder form. You can get
Adrenochrome in the United States powder.
John C Dvorak: You can people should look up Audrina Chrome in
the wicked people.
Adam Curry: Yeah, he says that and probably some Parkinson
drugs, which can it's like epinephrine like on steroids,
epinephrine and steroids is but he said Adrenochrome Parkinson's
drugs. He says you got to be careful because you can take it
too far but he's deaf. Only jacked up on that. And it but
the first thing you said was, yeah, is that this is not the
old Biden, this is a different Biden, which I also thought
looking at his hair. This hadn't been did we lose the original
Biden? This guy doesn't look like him anymore?
John C Dvorak: Well, that's a good question. He really
possible I mean, I mean, obviously we've seen enough
movies that know that this is always in the script.
Adam Curry: Doesn't really look like the like, well, he's
John C Dvorak: still got to st might be when did we lose him?
No. Do we lose him after the original election? Because he
still has the same cadence and he still has the same? No, no,
I'm not kidding. No joke, not a joke. When when they applause
and it's like he's triggered when there is an applause line.
Yeah, that was the real say, No, I'm not kidding. No joke. He
Adam Curry: didn't say that at all this
John C Dvorak: time. Did he? Yes, he did. I don't have a I
didn't bring a copy with me. But he did. He did the firt. The
first round of applause he got he says, No, I'm not kidding.
Okay. And I was thinking about why does he say that? If you're
a politician, and you get a round of applause. Have you been
getting rounds of applause over the years? For people telling
you to just move along? Like their words? You said something?
They get? Yeah, yeah. Clap, clap, clap. Go on to the next
topic. Yeah. So they're not taking you seriously. Because
he'll say, seriously, right. When it gets a round of
applause.
Adam Curry: I think we lost the OG Biden in the basement. Don't
you think that's where it? Where'd he the switch happened?
John C Dvorak: Well, it's definitely the same Biden that
got elected. And whether this is the original Biden, the real the
real Dubberly, Joe Biden, who is a real kind of a wise acid, a
snarky, yes. As opposed to the Joe Biden, who has hairy legs. I
got hairy legs, that Joe Biden, I think the Joe Biden was
swapped out before the election. If you're new to the new,
remember this show in our show, we played the drunk not drunk.
Yes, yes. Yeah, we play Biden clips. And those Biden clips are
reminiscent of what we're hearing today.
Adam Curry: If you're new to the no agenda show, don't worry. It
gets better. It does. I'm new to the show and they're already
talking about to Biden's I don't know, man. Have a couple of
packages here. Of of his speech. This is a roll these out ABC.
Unknown: Tonight in his first major speech of the election
year, President Biden made the case Donald Trump is an
existential threat to our democracy.
This is the first national election since January 6,
insurrection placed a dagger at the throat of American democracy
since
Adam Curry: not the worst, some there's some good writing I
liked dagger at the throat of American democracy. as writing
goes if I were writing for him, I kind of liked that one. That
moment.
Unknown: We all know Donald Trump is question we have two
answers who are way?
Adam Curry: Another interesting line? Who are we? I think that's
I think that's well thought out. Of course, when he says I'm
like, I don't know you're one of the two Biden's That's what's at
stake.
Unknown: Through our way. Biden
traveling to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and woking, George
Washington's words to his troops at the dawn of the American
Revolution, a sacred
cause that was a phrase used a sacred cause. freedom, liberty,
democracy. Today, we're here to answer the most important
questions. Is democracy still America's sacred cause? Now,
John C Dvorak: this was never they know, it wasn't democracy.
The sacred code of liberty? Isn't that he says that to
buddy. He has this thing about, you know, they're trying to push
this idea, this democracy idea. And they're pushing it by trying
to keep Trump off the ballot, or try to arrest him. I think
that's fascinating that everyone goes along with this. But the
hours listen about democracy, and besides that they were they
hated democracy they wanted that's why they became a
republic. Yes.
Adam Curry: But that but that's the SIOP. And I wonder if that's
still lands, it's so it's almost like saying, Hitler. It's so
overused democracy, democracy, democracy is like how do we even
lose democracy? Something we never had start with, but how do
you lose it? And then and that was our sacred what do you what
do you say exactly that was our sacred sacred cause? Maybe.
Unknown: freedom, liberty democracy. Today we're here to
answer the most important questions. Is democracy still
America's sacred cause? I
Adam Curry: think we need to ask ChaCha btw Can I be assisting?
Yes. Let's see. So, chat GPT. The question is, what is
America's sacred? Sacred? Cause? Is that what he said? Yeah, is
America's sacred cause? Let's see chat. GPT says the concept
of sacred cows can be subjective and interpreted blah, blah,
blah. Some of the core values Declaration of Independence,
constitutional values, freedom and freedom and democracy.
Number three. Down at the bottom number five American dream
that's almost off the list. It's no it's not even in the top
three.
John C Dvorak: Just getting by by overtaking Biden
Unknown: accusing Trump of using violence to clean to power,
Trump exhausted every legal avenue available to him to
overturn the election. Everyone but the legal path just to Trump
back to the truth. Okay, that I had won the election and he was
a loser.
Adam Curry: The president you know, the the the script writers
like, yeah, this will really get his goat. We'll call him a
loser. He hates it when we do that. Yeah, yeah, put it in.
That's good, that
Unknown: I'd won the election and he was a loser.
The President reminded Americans what Trump told that crowd on
January 6,
he told the crowd to fight like hell, and all hell was
unleashed. The whole world watched in disbelief. And Trump
did nothing was among the worst dereliction of duty by a
president in American history. The
President warning if Trump wins re election, the worst could be
yet to come. Trump's
not concerned about your future, I promise you. Trump is now
promising a full scale campaign of revenge and retribution. His
words?
Adam Curry: Yeah, that was kind of weak. Hey, you know, I was
looking at those Rangers or whatever. They were at the
monument. Did you see any of that footage?
John C Dvorak: No, I did not.
Adam Curry: So I guess there. It seemed like park rangers. They
had like Park Ranger hats on. It could have been but they gotta
like long hair dudes was really long hair that didn't sit right
with me. Sure. It
John C Dvorak: wasn't women. No, no. No.
Adam Curry: It was just like, huh. No tattoos everywhere,
which is okay, I guess that's permissible. But when you think
of park ranger, you're thinking of a guy that's, you know,
that's, that's got a buzz cut.
John C Dvorak: Oh, you're not?
Adam Curry: I don't Yeah, well, you don't think of a guy with a
mullet?
John C Dvorak: I think a guy that's what I would think. Yeah,
the guy is a park guy to do nice about nature a man there's this
chipmunk.
Adam Curry: But that's not the guy you put up front and center
is? No, no, no.
John C Dvorak: We have to get anyone else you get your dei
issue here we
Adam Curry: have. We have BIA. That's true. We have park
rangers in and get my nation so they'll let us know. Shorter
report from NBC
Unknown: tonight the Supreme Court announced that it'll hear
whether former President Trump can be banned from the ballot in
Colorado because of his role on January 6, taking up the
Republican front runners appeal of a Colorado courts ruling to
kick him off the ballot. Mr. Trump arguing it's partisan
election interference. The announcement coming just hours
after President Biden visited the Revolutionary War site at
Valley Forge. Arguing democracy is at stake in November. This
is not rhetorical academic or hypothetical. We
Adam Curry: know the significance of the
Revolutionary War Memorial. It what is that trying to tell us
that we're about to have a revolutionary war against
something and then some China what are we what is the point?
John C Dvorak: That's when America at that point is by it
might have it might be a point to with somebody like Biden,
who's at? Yes, it is pointless. It's totally pointless to the
general public has been dumbed down don't even know it. I would
say if you went on the street and ask people what was Valley
Forge? Who was valley where it was Valley Forge or anything,
you'd get a zero?
Unknown: Yeah. For the democracy is still America sacred cause
Adam Curry: it's there it is. Democracy is still our sacred
cause. It's not even on that not even number one on the list.
Unknown: Joe is the most urgent question of our time.
Adam Curry: It's the press question is not just a question,
the most urgent question.
John C Dvorak: How does he go from? It's a sacred cause? And
it's a question.
Adam Curry: Yes. Well,
John C Dvorak: how is it a question,
Unknown: most urgent question of our time.
It's the president's latest efforts to draw a contrast with
Mr. Trump, who he's warning is an existential threat. You know
Trump
in his Maga supporters not only embrace political violence, but
they laugh about it. He
Adam Curry: trumpet his Maga supporters that that's like
deplorable level. statement calling is Magga support
Unknown: Mr. Trump in Iowa firing back.
That's why crooked Joe is staging is pathetic fear
mongering. campaign event in Pennsylvania today. Did you say
you say I'm a threat to democracy? He's a threat to
democracy.
Adam Curry: I think it's good NBC put that in. And then
finally, yes, CBS.
Unknown: Kicking off the election year in battleground
state, Pennsylvania, President Biden directly attacked his once
and potentially future foe,
America. As we began this election year, we must be clear,
democracy is on the ballot. Your freedom is on the ballot.
The President rarely invokes Trump's so directly. Trump's
assault on democracy isn't just part of his past. It's what he's
promising for the future. Trump's not concerned about your
future, I promise you. Trump has now promised a full scale
campaign of revenge and retribution. There's no
confusion about who Trump is, what he intends to do.
The speech was meant to remind Americans in Trump's involvement
of the January 6 insurrection three years ago Saturday, Trump
did nothing was among the worst dereliction of duty by a
president in American history.
And it comes as the President's team believes it can try
refocusing on Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election
results as the economy turns the corner. Inflation is easing.
There was another positive monthly jobs report today. And
gas prices are hitting recent lows. Yeah,
Adam Curry: that's actually in Biden's favor. That he should be
talking more about that.
John C Dvorak: Yeah. Well, he doesn't even know. Yeah, but
let's go to that when I played Capehart and Brooks, because
they analyze this
Adam Curry: K part and Brooks.
John C Dvorak: Here's, we're gonna go with I'm trying to
decide what these two there's your decision and democracy are
but let's go to K part on Trump. This is about the this is the
level of discourse you have in the liberal elite media and what
they actually think this clip is key part on decision, the
Unknown: Supreme Court deciding today they will consider a
former President Trump's appeal of the Colorado State Supreme
Court decision to remove him from the ballot there that was
on the basis of the insurrection clause of the 14th. Amendment.
This, Jonathan puts the highest court in the land squarely in
the center of one of the hottest political battles this year.
What's your reaction to them taking this case up and how it's
going to unfold?
They have to take it up? Because this is one of those questions.
This this ballot access question. primary ballot access
question in the immunity question is never been tested in
in our lifetimes or in recent memory. And the fact that
Colorado and Maine have booted him from the ballot, Illinois is
trying to join the effort Minnesota and one other state
that skips Michigan have have said no, you have a patchwork of
States and California visions. And I think the prosecutor you
who you had on earlier, makes a good point. What we have to look
for now is whether the Supreme Court does a big broad universal
decision or goes very, very narrow. For a court that puts a
lot of emphasis and a lot of emphasis emphasis on the
Constitution and what the framers meant and strict
originalist interpretation. I'm looking forward to seeing them
maybe upholding the Colorado decision.
Adam Curry: That's not what they're going to be arguing
about. But okay.
John C Dvorak: Then he thinks they should uphold the Colorado
decision. Nobody in their right mind thinks this. Including
Brooks who says this is he thinks a world go nuts if that
happened, but this guy thinks that they should. And he's he's
a complete lunatic. And he's like one of the main analysts
for PBS along with Brooks and listen to this second clip from
him where he talks about Trump and Biden speech.
Adam Curry: On second drive, the right clip here,
John C Dvorak: the BK part on Trump, democracy, democracy. I'm
Unknown: sure you all saw President Biden deliver that
really powerful speech today at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. He
is making the threat to American democracy a central part of his
reelection campaign. What did you make of this speech and also
him centering that message for voters? Right? Well,
this is going back to the beginning. First, this was his
fifth speech since since his election, on this theme of the
threats to democracy. This is going back to the beginning
because when he announced he was running for president in 2020.
He zeroed in on Charlottesville and talked about this was a
fight for the soul of America. The his speech today did not
have that as the title, but that's what he's talking about.
That's what he talked about today. That's what he's been
talking about in the previous four speeches. And I think it is
right for him to do this to focus to focus on that. Because
without democracy, none of the other things that Americans
want, will get done. And to make a focus on the potential
Republican nominee, someone who has said even today, saying
that, you know, I'm only going to be a dictator for one day,
and all of the other plans that we know he wants to put in place
if he wins, if he wins election again, democracy as we know, it
will end Oh, Donald Trump is reelected. Okay.
Adam Curry: I have 1k part clip, because k part not only is on
PBS, but he's also on MSNBC. This guy is a piece of work. I
mean, this is by far one of the best acting jobs I've ever seen
from a news model, which of course he is. He brings on one
of the Capitol policemen who has written a book. This is
interesting dude, by the way, barely burly dude with a beard
and a huge neck tat. And NK part introduces him and then just
falls apart.
Unknown: Joining me now in studio is Michael foreknown,
former DC Metropolitan Police Officer coverage for America
council member and author of hold the line the insurrection
and one cops battle for America's soul. Obviously for
known I'm going to try to get through this. Thank you for what
you did three years ago today.
Adam Curry: He has a hanky and everything Capehart is
fantastic.
John C Dvorak: He's an editor at the Washington Post. This is a
this is a shameful element in our news media. This joker.
Adam Curry: This is I gotta hear that again. I love how the voice
cracks he's got the hanky he's so emotional about this man who
who he's a hero he kept American democracy held held the line for
Unknown: America so obviously for known I'm gonna try to get
through this. Thank you for what you did three years ago today
John C Dvorak: on believable
Adam Curry: house great, these great more que part. I want you
he's kind of the new Van Jones in Van Jones cry and
John C Dvorak: evangelists. Band maybe is the new Van Jones.
That's an interesting point you just made Yeah. The second half
of the K part group is Brooks. Yes. You have K part and Brooks.
They do this analysis. Every Friday on the PBS NewsHour.
There's two guys agreeing with each other 90% of the time. It's
laughable. It's not you get nothing out of it. But but you
do get to hear a few interesting things. Brooks is supposed to be
the more center right? It'd be even though he's just as left as
the other guy. But listen to this is because we played a
bunch of clips of Biden in his speech. And here we go. I want
to play this. This is Brooks commenting on the Biden energy
Unknown: data. We've talked about this before. I mean, the
economy has been such a big part of their message. And even
though the data show it is doing really well, like when you look
at the big picture numbers, you've got 216,000 jobs added in
December, the inflation rates down to 3.1%. unemployment below
4% 4% rather for nearly two years and yet that isn't
catching on with voters. Is this message going to resonate? It's
important but not enough. I think it was a powerful speech.
I
think when he continues to give powerful speeches like this, he
will further rebut the idea that he's out of it. There's a
doddering old grandpa. He's clearly an energetic guy, with
passion, with fervor and with force. He's the guy running this
administration.
Adam Curry: Where's the sound effects? She didn't have a
boiling or anything in there. Come on, that you needed that. I
mean, please. Well, there was a lot about we have an opinion, by
the way from our constitutional lawyer on this 14th amendment,
section three, which I will get to first we need to have a
little mini cut. Now I must spend a moment on something that
will go on to too much attention over the next few weeks.
baseless claims by the President and his supporters. That there
has been widespread voter fraud baseless
Unknown: claims of voter fraud baseless claims of voter fraud
baseless claims of fraud baseless claims of fraud
baseless claims of voter fraud baseless claims of voter fraud
baseless
claims of voter fraud baseless
claims of voter fraud.
baseless claims about voter fraud baseless claims about
voter fraud. Okay.
Adam Curry: I think we got the message. Basically that's it's
weak, baseless.
John C Dvorak: It has a base it's a claim or it's not a
claim.
Adam Curry: It's baseless. Whatever it is. It's baseless,
but every claim has a base. Does. Yes.
John C Dvorak: There's a claim there's a base to every claim
you make a claim. Unless you're claiming I don't know what you
could what is a baseless claim. I mean, the fact that they put
the talking point out there the Democrats did did a good job of
getting the media to parrot it. Yep. baseless, baseless,
baseless. It was successful. Job to Word of the Day is baseless.
Adam Curry: Alright, got
John C Dvorak: it. Got it.
Adam Curry: So let's, of course, Trump is back on the Colorado
ballot. Because the Supreme Court has said they will take
the matter up, President
Unknown: Trump is said to be certified as a candidate on
Colorado's primary ballot despite the state Supreme Court
ruling him ineligible under the 14th amendment. I want to bring
in senior Washington reporter Devin Dwyer along with senior
reporter Catherine folders for more Catherine wise Colorado
Secretary of State Certifying Trump on the GOP ballot, despite
that ruling. Alright, so this is tied up in the courts of bid
here. But the bottom line is, if an appeal of that was like how
Adam Curry: to just gloss over that, you know, it's like, well,
that's tied up in the courts a bit here. But that's the whole
point. Right.
Unknown: So this is tied up in the courts a bit here. But the
bottom line is, if an appeal of that was filed before today,
he's essentially back on the ballot. We know, the Colorado
GOP appealed to the US Supreme Court. That was on December 27.
Even Trump's attorneys effectively appealed this on
Wednesday, January 3, so that put him back on the list. That's
why he of course is scheduled to be certified on this ballot
today. So until the Supreme Court and I know Devin could
talk more about this, but until the Supreme Court essentially
picks up the case and acts by either refusing to review the
case or by somehow siding with the Colorado Supreme Court. He
is essentially effectively on the list. I
Adam Curry: love the essentially effectively. Okay, so we got
that part. So hilarious, essentially effective. Let's
bring in Devin, he'll explain what's going on here. Devin,
when
Unknown: could the US Supreme Court take the case and what's
at stake here?
Adam Curry: This is ABC. Well,
Unknown: Dan, the justices are meeting right now for their
first regularly scheduled private conference of the year.
This is when they consider petitions like President Trump's
petition, and vote on whether they'll decide to even take up
this case. Now ordinarily, something like these Trump
appeals, which just came in, in the past few days, are sort of
too soon to be considered in a conference like this. But we
know that the parties, as Catherine mentioned, have asked
the justices to expedite this, they want a decision quickly.
And that decision could come as soon as later this afternoon,
whether they will expedite consideration, not necessarily
that they'll take the case. But the justices are not on any
fixed timeline so they can rule whenever they want to. And
they're going to want to be careful. This is a historic
case, a highly divisive a political case, one of the
biggest cases politically that they will have heard or had a
chance to consider since Bush versus Gore 20 years ago. So
they're going to want to take their time and potentially take
some off ramps here. Well,
Adam Curry: I've been talking to our constitutional lawyer, Rob
Forbin. Jag he's been around, then. And he he's I put it on
the show notes his entire opinion. It's it's quite
lengthy. And he he's he really broke it all down the section
three. And he you know, he's analyzing the text the way you
read it. And of course, you have the traditionalists who might
say we have to read it in the context of when it was written.
But he goes through all that. But he says, I believe that
section three likely does indeed apply to the president, even
though it's a close call. But that probably won't be the
issue. The issue will come down to okay, then if Trump wasn't
insurrectionists, which has yet to be proven somewhere. Section
five comes into play, which reads, The Congress shall have
the power to enforce by appropriate legislation, the
provisions of this article. And you're already kind of hearing
that narrative spin up, where Okay, the Supreme Court can say
yes, they'd apply to the president, but and they probably
would put it but Congress has to determine what what sanctions
you put on this and to my knowledge that has never been
done. And when it says the Congress, I'm presuming that I
don't know what rules that would go under if it's a straight up
and down majority vote if you need a supermajority, obviously,
would be the House of Representatives and the Senate.
So that could be you know, the House would probably say yes or
no. And the Senate would probably say yes, based upon
straight party line votes. But I think this this could actually
be a gambit. In Me, possibly, because Trump wants this. He's I
want to know, let's get this out there. Does this apply to me? It
could be a boomerang effect. If, you know there's a lot of this
was that guy from Louisiana? The gruff guy. He's on the he's on
the he's on some important committee. Yummy. Kennedy. No,
no, no, no, no different guy. I forget his name. Bald guy. He's
a he's kind of a tough guy, tough guy. Okay, he was on
toggle. He was on Tucker. So he claims that there were
approximately 200 federal agents inside and in the crowd on
January 6, if that somehow comes out, and they have some kind of
we have a year to do it, basically. And we have some
hearings and then determined well hold on a second. This was
a scam. Well, then Biden would be directly involved in an
insurrection. And then it could apply to him. Wishful thinking,
maybe, but there's something up with Trump wanting this so
quickly. Yeah, we want this. We want this. There's something
going on here that I think it'll come down to Will Congress do
this? Does Congress have the power? And so now, of course, we
have to start determining if well, two things really what
really what Trump did Trump started an insurrection. What
was his role? And George Steph was flapless. That had a run
down and I guess they got to Jonathan Karl to report on Dan
Scavino, and others who were under oath. Good
Unknown: morning, and welcome to this week. As we mark three
years since the January 6 insurrection, the 2024 election
is shaping up to be a referendum on what happened that day and
what it means for the future of our democracy. That was the
theme of President Biden's first campaign speech Friday, as he
blasted Donald Trump for January 6.
blasted. Trump did nothing was among the worst dereliction of
duty by a president in American history
John C Dvorak: that's opening
Unknown: overturn a free and fair election by force and
violence.
And in Iowa this weekend, Trump responded with repeated lies
about the 2020 election and calls to free the convicted
January 6 writers whom He called hostages. This morning, we have
exclusive new reporting and what Trump was doing at the White
House on January 6 is the writer searched through the Capitol.
Chief Washington correspondent John Karl starts us off. Good
morning, John.
Good morning, George. Exclusive
Adam Curry: exclusive inside detailed reporting now Scavino
was adobe after
John C Dvorak: marriage. John Karl, a member of the Council on
Foreign Relations better the correspondence? Yes, exactly.
For lefty
Adam Curry: dance Covino was the White House Deputy Chief of
Staff before that he managed Trump's Westchester golf club.
They should have thrown that in I don't know why they missed
that. That interesting detail.
John C Dvorak: You know that you're right is don't get why
they keep missing stuff like this. They're sloppy.
Adam Curry: Yeah. Well, Jonathan Karl, I guess he had his
marching orders. So he just did what you're supposed to do. Dan
Unknown: Scavino is known Donald Trump since he was 15 years old.
worked for him for more than three decades starting as his
golf caddy. Nobody inside the White House outside of family.
That's good at the golf caddy is great. Had a closer relationship
with
Him. The great days give me the most powerful man in politics
Scavino great
Adam Curry: editing. I mean, this is good. Yeah, that's the
that's the soundbite you want helped manage
Unknown: Trump's Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts
is also one of just a handful of people who were with Trump on
January 6, as the attack on the Capitol was unfolding. The
January 6 committee wanted to talk to him but he defied their
subpoena. After a court battle, he did finally talk to Special
Counsel Jack Smith's team of investigators Scavino his office
was just outside the Oval Office. And sources familiar
with the investigation. Tell ABC News Scavino told investigators
he went in to see Trump as soon as he saw the violence had
broken out at the Capitol. Now
Adam Curry: remember, he's already said sources familiar
with the matter. So this is all conjecture that comes now. The
next 50 seconds is all just whatever sources familiar with
the matter said no one's on
Unknown: record. And he described Trump's sitting in his
small dining room next to the Oval Office. His arms folded
staring at the television watching live coverage of the
attack on Fox News
Adam Curry: This is beautiful. There is no there is literally
this is baseless there's no evidence is just sources
baseless sources familiar with the matter now describing you
can see Trump seeing their arms folded, scowling Looking at the
television were
John C Dvorak: crazy, crazy man.
Unknown: Trump was angry Scavino told investigators According to
the sources, saying the election had been stolen from him, and
that his supporters were quote, angry on his behalf, as has been
described by the January 6 committee report. Second,
John C Dvorak: you have to give me your calves and he says, this
election was stolen from me, and they're acting on my behalf.
What do you what kind of dialogue is this?
Adam Curry: Oh, it's it's propaganda is what it is, of
course, that that's how you set the narrative. That's how you
get people to sit there and look at a half dead guy who's
president and go, you have four more years
Unknown: stolen from him, and that his supporters were quote,
angry on his behalf. As has been described by the January 6
committee report. Other advisors came in to see Trump as well,
including White House lawyers, Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows,
and eventually his daughter, Ivanka Trump, all urging him to
make some kind of statement telling his supporters to leave
the Capitol. The sources say Scavino described Trump as non
responsive and his demeanor as quote very unsettling. As he
continued staring at the TV. Soon he told investigators all
of the advisors left the room, leaving Trump alone. i
John C Dvorak: Oh, please, horses, you know, this is this
is reminding me of this of the narrative that was created. And
people older, you might even remember this. During Nixon's,
just before Nixon quit. He resigned from the presidency
because he was going to be impeached. And in the end of
media created and this goes back by the way that our media
deconstruction we could have been doing this show 30 years
ago, and it wouldn't have been much different. They created
this notion and it's again, an unsubstantiated, but it became a
practice kind of like to say it reminds me of the J. Edgar
Hoover in a dress, which turns out to be bogus. Yep. But Nixon
was crawling around on his hands and knees in the right house.
Yes, I
Adam Curry: remember that. Yes, I was young, but he I sure do.
John C Dvorak: And we get that stuck in our mind because the
media created the image of Nixon crawling around in his hands.
And he's there is no evidence of this. By
Adam Curry: the same token, I always have the image of
President Obama smoking cigarettes in the in the in the
residence watching basketball games. I mean, I'm sure that's
bull crap, too. But
John C Dvorak: that probably quit smoking. No, he never quit.
But I'm sure he watched a lot of basketball. You loved it.
Adam Curry: Okay, so now we continue with Jonathan. Carl's
reports is great reporting. Jonathan's just fabulous.
Unknown: And John, this all comes of course, is Donald Trump
is still making the 2020 election central to his 2024.
Campaign.
Yeah, in Georgia. This is a very important point. According to
our sources. If Did you?
John C Dvorak: Yeah, it's very Yeah, I heard that. Usually
catch him better than I do. But that was odd. To his Why is he
laughing? Well, I
Adam Curry: don't know if he's laughing. But it's more like.
Unknown: Campaign. Yeah, in Georgia. This is a very
important point. He is laughing.
John C Dvorak: That is laughing. This is very, he knows is not
important. He's making this up. He's a liar.
Unknown: Yeah. And George, this is a very important point.
According to our sources. Scavino was asked directly our
sources.
Adam Curry: I mean, this is not journalism. It's just not it's
who is yourself. I mean, you could even say a source in the
White House assorted to give me the the our
John C Dvorak: sources is gossip, whether the TMZ saw
Unknown: any evidence that there was vote fraud, and enough to
overturn the results in any state.
Adam Curry: He Wait a moment, let me go back here, according
let me see what he's actually saying. In
Unknown: Georgia, this is a very important point. According to
our sources, Scavino was asked directly, whether or not he saw
any evidence that there was voter fraud and enough to
overturn the results in any state. He said, No, variations
of that exact question have been asked by virtually everybody who
served Donald Trump at the White House. And under oath, they have
said over over a grid again, that none of them saw any
evidence that the election was stolen. They may have said
different things publicly, but under oath, they deny any
knowledge that the election had significant fraud.
Adam Curry: This is fantastic. Um, so you take some knowledge,
unrelated people who are under oath and said no, no, no. And
then they tie that to Scavino, which is something sources say,
I mean, it may very well be true, but let me come on. This
is not journalism, Jonathan Karl.
John C Dvorak: So the other thing is, why are they still
fussing about this? Even Hillary after the 2016 election and
everybody was denying Trump made the you know, one It was the
same thing. And he they were in the Trump denialism and he was
not the legitimate president. And he's not my president, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah. After two years of that FTA in within
two years that that ended, this is never ending. What why? What
is the reason for them? Is this. Too much of Jackie knows what is
the old phrase where your object too much?
Adam Curry: complaining too much off protest too much. The lady
doth protest too much. I think that's what it is. Well, I think
it's coming down to a showdown. Then I have the clips that will
possibly show us that this is true. We have the current
speaker of the house versus the former Speaker of the House,
it's going to come down to who do you trust the most?
Unknown: Of course, you have the trials that could take place
with Jack Smith's investigation. You also the Supreme Court
taking up this challenge to President Trump on the 14th
amendment. Do you believe that Donald Trump engaged in
insurrection?
Yes, I think that he engaged in insurrection, I think that he
incited an insurrection. And again, that he would not stop.
What was going on as his own people said this is your legacy
smoke coming from the Capitol? Is your legacy? Yes, I do
believe
Adam Curry: that who said that you believe who said that? This
is your legacy was that sources who said that?
John C Dvorak: Never heard it. I never heard all I remember which
they don't want to bring up especially with Nancy Pelosi
there. They don't want to bring up the fact that Trump requested
National Guard troops at the Capitol just to prevent such a
thing from happening. And she refused to bring them in, like
him that's never brought up as some sort of thing that maybe
defends him and
Adam Curry: that her daughter was there with her documentary
camera crew to document this. Another element that Pelosi is
the smoking gun here because she was she was she's part of the
plot. And
Unknown: again, that he would not stop. What was going on as
his own people said this is your legacy. smoke coming from the
Capitol is your legacy. Yes, I do believe that. It is a most
unfortunate situation. Our founders knew that we could have
a rogue president. They didn't realize that at the same time,
we could have a rogue Senate and Congress I do this think that
whatever all this happened, poop on the floor of the Congress
defecation blood. poop on the floor
John C Dvorak: was like San Francisco.
Adam Curry: She should be used to it poop
Unknown: on the floor of the Congress defecation blood.
disrespect for the people who maintain the capital coming
after pence coming after me and the rest. That
Adam Curry: pence coming after me in the rest. Wow, this is
getting good. Nance. great
Unknown: majority of the Republicans in the House voted
not to accept. So Madam Speaker.
Adam Curry: Okay, so this is good, because she's floundering
a little bit here at the end. We have a second clip. And I have a
feeling that she she's not sure that the case is, is is as tight
as people would would like to believe it is that he clearly
participated and incited an insurrection as a Madam
Unknown: Speaker. If you believe if you believe he engaged in
insurrection under the plain meaning of the 14th Amendment,
you believe he's ineligible to be president. Those
laws are up to the states. They have different laws from state
to state. I don't think he should ever have the
Constitution.
Adam Curry: Do you say something?
John C Dvorak: I yeah, I said no, that is shouldn't be up to
the states. And if it's up to the states. I hope that K parser
right in the Supreme Court says well, it's up to the states and
let the states do it. That means that Biden will be taken off the
Florida ballot. That was yeah, I'm just saying DeSantis already
said if that if this is the case, we can take Biden off the
Florida ballot because he's been is he's derelict of duty for
stopping the hordes coming in from Mexico.
Adam Curry: I think she's she's waffling here she's waffling
she's stuttering she's not certain of the case here. She
has this is not not airtight
Unknown: those law they're up to the states they have different
laws from state to state. I don't think he should ever as
the Constitution but nonetheless that
Adam Curry: those who sniffed there was that net I
Unknown: don't think he should ever as the Constitution but
nonetheless that
Adam Curry: I needed to I needed to George step back. Hold on a
second. I'll be good and the second bra.
Unknown: I don't think he should ever have been constitution but
nonetheless. But
Adam Curry: wow. See without that talk like that, for that
seek to
Unknown: state. I don't think he should ever as the Constitution,
but nonetheless
Adam Curry: I just got a hit of some remnants.
Unknown: There is a view of the Constitution in Article 14,
section three, that he should not be able to run for
president. But that's not the point the point now
Adam Curry: that's not the point. Ah, okay. What's the
point is
Unknown: that again, different states have different laws we
don't think in California that it, it applied in our state.
That's what the decision was made here. But anyway, not to go
into that, because that's very intricate.
Adam Curry: Not to go into that interesting. Yeah, you're right.
She does not want that to happen. But she sounds She
sounds worried about like, it's
Unknown: very clear.
John C Dvorak: So hold on a second stop. She said that's not
the point is she was gonna say the point. Does she say the
point you missed the point as you move to California talking
about California? But that's not the point. If that's not the
point, what's the point, let's
Adam Curry: figure it out, are able
Unknown: to run for president. But that's not the point. The
point now is, again, different states have different laws. We
don't think in California, that it, it applied. In our state,
that's what the decision was made here. But anyway, not to go
into that, because that's very intricate. What is very clear,
is that the American people want us to honor our oath to protect
and defend the Constitution of the United States. I, you know,
being from Baltimore, I'm proud of the national anthem. And in
it, it says both through the night that our flag was still
there, we have to prove through this campaign and the night that
our flag is still there, with liberty and justice for all, and
not have an acceptance of Confederate flags under Lincoln
stone, with a President sitting in the White House doing nothing
to stop the violence to stop the violence. He talks about the big
steel. As he again gauges in the big lie. This
Adam Curry: is my point. She has nothing she has no point. All
she says is well, mistakes is not the point the States is not
the point. Well, let's go to the current speaker of the house.
Mike Johnson. By the way, crazy guy believes in God he has a sky
daddy, gotta be careful with this guy. No separation of
church and state who he's very Wookiee scary. So we'll bring in
Margaret Brennan from CBS to grill him.
Unknown: 2021 You were the lawmaker who circulated the The
Legal Brief known as the Texas amicus brief, challenging the
2020 election outcome in a number of states, which by CBS
editorial standards makes you an election denier. Who is
Adam Curry: an election denied by CBS standards. Go away.
John C Dvorak: See me by CBS, she says by CBS editorial
standards, yes. Yes. Hold on. Election denier? Yes. So in
other words, doing what's legal and proper and going through the
process of of putting together this this brief? By going
through that process by their editorial standards? Yes, they
have standards. That's your election denier. Because you did
the work
Adam Curry: is great. Who runs this country, CBS News, we have
the standards,
Unknown: challenging the 2020 election outcome and the number
of states, which by CBS editorial standards makes you an
election denier? Well, can I get you on the record on that? I've
always been consistent on the record. Did you read the brief?
Did you get a chance to read what we found?
I have read extensively some criticisms of that, but read
commentary about the brief, but not what we submitted to the
court. Do you recognize that President Biden won the 2020
election? Can you just put that was
certified as the winner of the election, he took the oath of
office. He's been the president for three years. What the
argument that we presented to the court, which is our only
avenue to do so was that the Constitution was clearly
violated in the 2020 election. It's article two, section one,
and anyone can Google it and read it for themselves. The
system by which you choose electors to elect the president,
the United States must be done by the individual states and the
system must be ratified the state legislatures, that is
language plain language still have
issues which the validity of the 2020 election constitution
was violated in the run up to the 2020 election, not always in
bad faith, but in the aftermath of COVID. Many states change
their election laws in ways that violated that plain language.
That's just a fact. We presented that argument and that that
those facts to the court, and it was never directly addressed
because the Texas litigation but that was the only vehicle we had
to present that issue squarely to the court. So she has not
Adam Curry: read the brief. And of course he's right. We this
was discussed ad nauseam about the changes that were made.
Yeah, but that doesn't matter because you know, Liz Cheney,
Unknown: your colleague, Liz Cheney, your former colleague,
Mike Johnson, and our Republican leaders have played a
destructive role. You she says convinced 125 other Republican
members of Congress to sign on to an amicus brief that many
never read, that made new just
Adam Curry: like you didn't, just like you didn't read
John C Dvorak: it, like she didn't read it.
Unknown: Many, many never read that made numerous false factual
and constitutional claims. How do you respond to that? And the
impression that he
Adam Curry: should respond, Margaret, you ignorant slut,
that would have been funny, but no man of God won't do that,
Unknown: that you might have contributed in some way. I
don't spend much time responding to Liz Cheney's criticism these
days, Liz Cheney worked with the Democrats on the Jan six January
6, select committee to make all of this even more politicized,
and it was she was a close friend and colleague before she
said those choices. Yes, I was surprised. She's well, I'm
surprised that she's given that criticism because during that
process, Liz and I were in constant dialogue about that.
And at one point, she even considered signing on to that
bill. I'll tell you that that is a fact. That to that amicus
brief, and we talked about that a great length and we had a
difference of opinion on the law, and people can agree to
disagree on that. But I'm telling you that the plain
language of the Constitution has never changed. No left
Adam Curry: toe, left toe. Why is Mike Johnson laughing here?
Because the Constitution hasn't changed. It's ridiculous
Unknown: about that at great length. And we had a difference
of opinion on the law and people can agree to disagree on that.
But I'm telling you that the plain language of the
Constitution has never changed. What do you think that's about?
Adam Curry: Why is he Oh, God. He'll, what's he all laughed
Telly about?
Unknown: And what?
John C Dvorak: That would i I'm baffled by?
Adam Curry: Well, I think he's because the Constitution hasn't
changed. Um, so how about this? I'm so certain of what I'm
doing, you morons. The Constitution hasn't changed,
Unknown: and people can agree to disagree on that. But I'm
telling you that the plain language of the Constitution has
never changed. And what happened in many states by changing the
election laws without ratification by the state
legislatures is a violation of the Constitution. That's a
that's a plain fact that no one can dispute. Okay,
Adam Curry: we'll wrap it up. With rapid How
Unknown: do you make sense of the idea that you still have
issues with the validity of the 2020 election, but you have to
negotiate and talk with the President of the United States,
Joe Biden,
this is water under the bridge. I mean, when when the Supreme
Court passed on the Texas litigation, it did not address
the issue. I believe in the rule of law. This is our system, we
move forward. And I work with President Biden as the president
united states, I think that he will be a one term president.
But you know, this discussion about what happened in 2020? Is
is yesterday's news.
Adam Curry: There's something there that we don't understand.
But But Mike Johnson does, the Supreme Court passing on that
somehow has something to do with this. Maybe maybe our
constitutional lawyer can explain. But Bill, regardless,
we need to sigh up the American people, at least people who
watch MSNBC and explain how an alternate slate of basically how
the electoral system works. Because Nancy Pelosi was
partially right. He said, You know, our constitution was set
up to deal with a rogue president, it was really set up
to make sure that no nut jobs become president. That's what
the electoral college is about the confusion in the United
States. Is that you vote for the president, you don't. In fact,
the states, most states, I think you'll have to correct me John
can send a whole bunch of other people to Washington DC, for a
whole different candidate. It's not even up to the voters. Am I
correct?
John C Dvorak: I think it's technically possible. I don't
know that mechanism anymore. Doesn't happen. So it's kind of
it hasn't happened for I think, maybe to happen in the I think
this is what 1800s
Adam Curry: This is what was happening states were sending
alternate slate of electors in the mainstream media known as
fake electors.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, they're right, they would use the
Adam Curry: term fake. So Roger Stone does understand this
process going speaking of Nixon, and Ari Melber, pulls it all
apart.
Unknown: One Trump ally, who's actually flown under the radar,
even in the coup case that I just mentioned, is being brought
by Smith. And yet he's a very famous figure Roger Stone. You
may recall he was flanked by Oathkeepers. On January 6, he's
sitting right there outside a DC hotel that we reported on stone,
discussing and coordinating I applaud to try to get states and
electors to overthrow the results that had Trump losing
and stone discussed this idea about Trump trying to just push
forward alternate electors that could type of government fraud
that then could sow chaos that could somehow help them steal
the race on the sixth. You may remember some of this has now
been further documented, some of it happened. Here's what we have
on tape.
Any legislative body may decide on the basis of overwhelming
evidence of fraud, to send electors to the Electoral
College, who accurately reflect and reflect the President's
legitimate victory in their state, which was illegally
denied him through fraud.
Now, that is what he was saying separately, and over time, we
know that electors who pushed actual fraud have now been
indicted, or civilly sued in several states. Stone denies
wrongdoing. He says that states could legally exercise the kind
of authority he discussed there. And amidst these reports, we
want to make sure you know that he previously posted online that
he never plotted the seeding of fake electors. I've interviewed
him before and we've asked him to come back on the beat if he
wants to discuss the story, but that is his public response to
some of this.
Adam Curry: Yeah, he never fake electors alternatives. Alternate
slate. Yeah, fake electors. No, right. Right. Right, right.
Right. Right, right. Yep, yep, yep.
John C Dvorak: But he but the Melber Alberto's?
Adam Curry: He's a lawyer, by the way, know, the rap Hip Hop
lyric quoting a lawyer. Yes. He's so cool. In the words, in
the words of
John C Dvorak: PGAS, you're just twisting there. It's called
alternate is twisted. Yeah,
Adam Curry: they're called alternates. It's, and so I think
this fits in with Mike Johnson saying, you know, the
Constitution was violated. Trump's and alternate slate, and
they have now been indicted or civilly sued have been okay. And
so no one's in jail. No one's been. No one's been been
convicted of anything of any wrongdoing. Certainly not to
being an alternate slate. I don't know that the world is
ultimately coming.
John C Dvorak: I think something's up. Yes. It is just
too much discussion.
Adam Curry: Yeah. Nancy Pelosi is is not sounding confident.
And Mike Johnson sounds overly confident.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, he's cocky. Yes,
Adam Curry: he is. Yes, he is.
John C Dvorak: Well, you know, we've seen this kind of TV show
reminds me of what's the guy that's doing that one committee
who keeps coming on things and he's so overconfidence.
ludicrous. He hasn't done anything really one. What's one
guy's name? He's kind of got the round kind of a cube head cube.
Mini cube head.
Adam Curry: What topic does he
John C Dvorak: do? He's running one of the investigative
committees of the house. House investigation of something of
Biden. the Biden family.
Adam Curry: Yeah, the comer comer.
John C Dvorak: Comer. Yeah, I got. Yeah. Good. Cube ahead,
Adam Curry: cube. Comer. Boy, we're not shallow.
John C Dvorak: No, we're not.
Adam Curry: We're not superficial. Well, speaking of
appearances. Let's go to Nimrod.
Unknown: Haley's campaign recently sidetracked with a
voter asked about the cause of the Civil War, and she did not
mention slavery and answer it. She later clarified. What do you
say to people who say that
you really had challenges when it
comes to talking about race. We
were the only Indian family in our small southern town. I was
teased every day for being brown. So anyone that wants to
question it can go back and look at what I've said on how hard it
was to grow up in the deep south as a brown girl. The civil wars
always been known about slavery. I misread it and thought he was
looking for a bigger answer going forward. You
Adam Curry: got duped Nimrod duped Brown Girl in the ring.
Viva la noche you got duped? She got duped over done. She was in
money by
John C Dvorak: silica some Silicon Valley boys I know
personally. Yeah, that are largely responsible for this.
Adam Curry: What do you mean?
John C Dvorak: They talk about her she is the element she is
the pushed forward by the billionaire class across the
country and Silicon Valley is part of it. Oh, I see what you
mean. They don't get invited to some events. Like as if
Adam Curry: I got invited to a to a event with with Nimrod as
well here in Texas.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, what's Texas is is ranch at the ranch.
Adam Curry: went over to the ranch and one of the billionaire
oil guys. Sure. I should have gone just to just decipher Well
if at all out and it'd be a little weird. I wouldn't feel
comfortable Yeah, sure. Send Tina. Go sniff out Haley. See
what's going on with her. is no good.
John C Dvorak: Just kept was this little topical change of
pace hear
Adam Curry: you about Lloyd Austin? Yes. No one No one did.
Well, they
John C Dvorak: still don't. Here's Lloyd Austin is down
clip. Okay, here we go.
Unknown: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been in Walter Reed
Medical Center since Monday but the Pentagon didn't disclose it
until last night. And there are reports that he spent four days
in the intensive care unit. Austin spokesman Major General
Pat writer said he was admitted for complications from an
unspecified minor medical procedure. Today writer said
Austin resumed his full duties last night while still in the
hospital, but couldn't say when Austin would be released. It
this doesn't
Adam Curry: seem like a big deal, but it is a big deal.
Deal. evacs fully boosted but this guy calls shots and speak
enough but he calls the shots on he doesn't have to talk to the
President about all the things that he's doing in the two wars
that were involved in. And even when he went in the deputy
Terry, the deputy head the deputy secretary, if you write
that down to
John C Dvorak: the nature of our show people,
Adam Curry: that's how we do it. The Deputy Secretary of Defense
she was on leave. So he should never have it's like, you know,
if the President is going to have anesthesia, then
temporarily the Vice President has has the has the helm.
There's a whole process for that. And the same for the for
the for the defense secretary. This was a this was a gaffe the
something was very wrong with this. He may be dead already. Is
what some people think. Others think he's been incarcerated. I
love that. I love that one. That's Q anon he's been
incarcerated. I love I love the car.
John C Dvorak: I heard that the minor operation was he had his
balls removed.
Adam Curry: Thanks, Marty. I have have a couple more more
details on this.
Unknown: There are questions tonight on why top levels of the
federal government were not immediately told US Defense
Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized following
complications from an elective procedure. The 70 year old has
been at Walter Reed Medical Center since January 1, A source
tells the Wall Street Journal often needed to be admitted to
the intensive care unit. Among those who did not know until
three days later, the President and the national security
adviser Jake Sullivan, Well, tonight Austin released a
statement saying he could have done a better job informing
people and he takes full responsibility. President Biden
says he has full confidence in the defense secretary.
Adam Curry: So this is interesting. So in this report,
they say Floyd Austin said Ah, I didn't do that. Right. It means
so is he in the intensive care or not? Listen again.
Unknown: Well, tonight Austin released a statement saying he
could have done a better job informing people.
Adam Curry: So Is he awake? Is he okay? Can he come to the
balcony and wave if Austin released a statement or was it
the Pentagon tonight
Unknown: a US official confirms to NBC News that the Pentagon
did not inform senior officials in the White House's National
Security Council for three days that defense secretary Lloyd
Austin had been hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center on
New Year's Day. Walter
Adam Curry: Reed I mean, I'm telling you, the incarcerated
bit is good. The news not
Unknown: shared with the American public until Friday,
when the Pentagon announced that Austin was hospitalized for
complications following a recent elective medical procedure. And
NBC News has learned the 70 year old Austin not just
hospitalized, but also in the intensive care unit for at least
four days. According to two senior administration officials
asked why his day wasn't disclosed sooner. A Pentagon
spokesperson tells NBC News This has been an evolving situation
in which we had to consider a number of factors. Oh, adding
Secretary Austin is recovering well and he resumed his full
duties at the Pentagon declining to explain
Adam Curry: this is different now they're saying he's back on
the beat. But why isn't he out on the balcony waving hers.
Unknown: Adding Secretary Austin is recovering well, and he
resumed his full duties at the Pentagon declining to explain
what Austin's procedure was and what complications occurred. The
lack of information strongly criticized
presidents have issues that other cabinet members have
issues the public is notified and there's no real
justification is not acceptable.
America's commitment to Israel is unwavering. The secretary in
Israel as recently as mid December, as its war with Hamas
resist Tension in the middle east. On Thursday, the US
carried out a strike that killed an Iran backed militia member in
Iraq while Austin was hospitalized. And
Ally is in Delaware tonight traveling with the president, a
US official ally, just moments ago tells me the President Biden
was not informed about Austin's hospitalization for three days,
either. And you're hearing from the Secretary himself tonight in
his statement, what's he saying? That's right, Peter, the
Defense Secretary taking full responsibility for what he says
were his decisions about disclosure, saying in part
quote, I recognized I could have done a better job ensuring the
public was appropriately informed. I commit to doing
better.
Adam Curry: So this stinks. It does sounds very Oh, yeah. You
need we need him waving me who's running the war machine? Maybe
the war machine just like hey, man, well, I
John C Dvorak: think the war machine can you file How about
this? How
Adam Curry: about the military industrial complex, like, went
to the hospital of Meo put a little machete a little knife to
the throat and said, Hey, man, you're not doing it. Right. We
need more orders. We just needed to sell some gear.
John C Dvorak: Maybe that's why he didn't tell anyone because he
didn't want that debt situation to occur. That's when he was
afraid. Oh, oh,
Adam Curry: that's even better. Huh? Huh?
John C Dvorak: Don't have them show any weakness. So tell Biden
whenever you do not rush, that's the way I would go. Don't tell
Biden whatever you do. You might poop his pants. Oh, I'm out now.
I'm fine. Don't I'm sorry. She's We didn't tell Biden us ashamed.
All
Adam Curry: good. It's all good. Okay, since since that clip
brought up Israel. I think we have. Yes. This was an
interesting development. The Israeli Defense Minister went on
a PR Blitz, and what you're not seeing in this is all beauty
shots of him looking really this that guy? He does look kind of
badass. He's gotta look. Yeah, got that looked at the he's got
the shades on with a helmet. We're at least I know. He's got
he's got Prime Minister written. Exactly. That's what this.
That's what this clip is about? Because he outlines a new phase
of the Gaza war to the press before he presents it to the
cabinet.
Unknown: Yeah, well, yesterday evening, Israel's defense
minister, you have got on so unveils his plans for the
postwar running of Gaza first to the press. Then he submitted it
to Israel's war cabinet. Now under his plans, the war would
continue until all hostages have been released. And until Hamas
has been completely eradicated, the plan then sets out how,
after the end of the war Palestinian organization, so
that would take over the running of the Gaza Strip. It does not,
however, specify which organizations those would be It
does, however, say that under no circumstances would that be
Hamas. It also says that there will be no Israeli civilian
presence in the Gaza Strip after the war. It does, however, say
that the Israeli military would continue to be able to carry out
operations in the Gaza Strip if necessary, to maintain security.
And now I think also worth pointing out that at this stage,
this is not official Israeli government policy. It is just a
proposal that's been put forward by the defense minister that
would have to be approved by the war cabinet for it to become
policy. Yeah. And another big question mark that the planet
doesn't appear to tackle is whether or not Palestinian
civilians who fled northern parts of the Gaza Strip to flee
the fighting and whether or not they would be able to return to
their homes, bearing in mind that much of the Northern Gaza
strip has been completely flattened by months of intense
fighting and bombardment. I
Adam Curry: mean, just imagine Lloyd Austin starts laying out
policy to the press about what we're going to do in a war any
war before the President that Netanyahu is on loose and hear
something something's going on.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, I agree. $100, completely,
Adam Curry: including this, which we discussed one or two
shows ago, after
Unknown: more than 12 weeks of war in Gaza. A fundamental
question remains what is to become of the strip and its
people. Now Israeli media reports allege a government of
Benjamin Netanyahu has held secret talks with the Democratic
Republic of Congo for a quote, voluntary resettlement plan. The
Times of Israel, which published the report says a senior Israeli
official has denied that any such discussions have taken
place, but Israeli cabinet members have repeatedly raised
the idea
A quick, like call on the Prime Minister and the new foreign
minister. This is an opportunity for planning and immigration
project and to encourage the migration of residents from Gaza
to countries of the world.
Adam Curry: So they got all kinds of guys out there saying
stuff without the president. His whole cabinet is doing press
press briefings.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, yeah, this like kind of like Federal
Reserve. When they start. Every board member started yakking
away about US economy.
Adam Curry: Now, it's a little worse. This is his cabinet is
just doing a you know, we got to do this. We got to get something
going and we'll send him to the Congo. I love this Congo idea.
By the way. Yeah, Congo was great for batteries and all
kinds of stuff, and it's easy to spark some crap over there.
Meanwhile, Somalia, Somalia. You recall that Ethiopia, a new
BRICS country, said, Well, you know what, we're going to open
up a base right under Djibouti. That's our that's our turf
Djibouti, right there by the where the where the Houthis are
causing trouble by the opening of the Red Sea to the Gulf of
Aden. And they said we're just going to open this bass in
Somaliland, which is not an official country, but they've
organized and pretend it is and Somalia. Well, they got a call
from Victoria Nuland. On
Unknown: Saturday, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohammed
signed the law nullifying the Memorandum of Understanding
signed between the government of Ethiopia and Somaliland. The
symbolic move comes as Ethiopia, the breakaway Somali Region
signed a deal on January 1. As part of the hull economic and
political agreement, Somaliland plans to lease a 20 kilometer
stretch of land along its coastline to landlocked
Ethiopia. Somaliland President Morsi B. Abdi said the deal
included her statement that Ethiopia would soon recognize
the territory as an independent country. That is where the bone
of contention lies. Somaliland is a self declared Republic. It
has taken issue for years with the process and the legally
binding character of the State of Union law, which was to form
a unified country after Somalia and Somaliland respectively
gained independence from Italy and Britain, the EU chairperson,
if you're planning to engage without delay in negotiations to
settle their differences, I'm
Adam Curry: sorry, it's Africa today, but you can't get any
other reporting about this stuff. Even
John C Dvorak: Africa could they could find it spokes, they
modeled a better
Adam Curry: job. They have better ones. This like the
weekend team or something? Hey, you get in here. I know it's
horrible. But
John C Dvorak: I let's just summarize it for us. Okay.
Adam Curry: So, Somaliland claims independence and they are
the Republic of Somaliland. They are in the the eastern tip, just
the tip of Somalia. And they've done a deal apparently, with
with the BRICs. And they said, Well, you know what, we're just
going to work with Ethiopia, recent BRICS member and we're
going to just create a base because you know, Ethiopia is
landlocked, Ethiopia doesn't need a doesn't need a port not
talking about ports of base, a military base. So I'm going to
presume China or somebody else would have a president said this
cannot this will not stand under Djibouti. Which is right above
it is
John C Dvorak: too close. Yes. Right next door can't have that.
No, there was a shoot down to the drones as they take off. I
had a with a pistol. I
Adam Curry: have one more. I think this is the clip here. I'm
not sure. There was a great nap pop. Let me see. Is this the net
pop clip? Yes, blink and blink. So Blinken is back in the
region. He's in the region. Cuz he's got it. You know. She's
looking my president. is brain dead. I've got my my defense
minister is in the hospital. He's being bald. I gotta do the.
John C Dvorak: The boss,
Unknown: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he wants to
make sure the conflict in Gaza doesn't spread. This morning he
traveled to Jordan as part of a week long diplomatic tour aimed
at calming tensions. Blinken says he's particularly concerned
about exchanges of fire on Israel's northern border with
Lebanon.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken week long whistlestop
tour is aimed at calming tensions to to spike.
Adam Curry: Their love they call it a whistle stop tour is kind
of weird. US
Unknown: Secretary of State Antony Blinken week long
whistlestop tour is aimed at calming tensions to to spike
Israel's war with her massive again, this is not just work a
data problem to see if there is genuine concern the conflict is
already escalating.
We have an intense focus on preventing this conflict from
spreading far too many Palestinians have been killed
especially children.
Adam Curry: This is interesting language to many pout far too
many Palestinians have been killed. We figured it would be
1000 That would be okay. It's not weird. Far too many, far too
many. Well, how many was okay? Was there it was their level
that was that was agreed to like well, you can kill a couple of
them.
Unknown: We have an intense focus on preventing this
conflict from spreading. Far too many Palestinians have been
killed, especially children. Far too many remain incredibly
challenged in terms of their
Adam Curry: access to food. This far too many is bad language for
water,
Unknown: to medicine to the essentials of life as the wheels
of diplomacy territories,
Adam Curry: the essentials life water, food, and then a big tank
explosion right after it's the food
Unknown: for water, and medicine to the essentials of life. As
the wheels of diplomacy turn in Gaza, there's been no letup in
the past three months. Israeli strikes claim more lives. food
and medicine are increasingly scarce. And entire neighborhoods
are reduced to rubble. Rubble, the UN's humanitarian chief said
Gaza has, quote, simply become uninhabitable. But Israel says
that it is making progress. Yes,
Adam Curry: progress. But far too many. We had agreed only
1500 dead, particularly children. And they just went
above and beyond. Can't believe them. No good.
John C Dvorak: Somebody's trying to make the thing spread
somewhere. I believe it's the Russians. Take the pressure off
the Ukraine situation. They got to resolve that. So they had the
launch 200 missiles from Hezbollah, supposedly these
numbers are all dubious, but they suppose the last launch 200
missiles what what's the point? They had to be told to do this.
They don't want to do it. And Lebanon doesn't like the idea,
but they're doing it anyway.
Adam Curry: Now Lebanon doesn't want any Lebanon can't use much
more problem. So then somebody's
John C Dvorak: trying to somebody's trying to stoke
issues, I think I believe it's the Russians because they're
trying to get people out who would make sense. I mean, we
can't the Russians are sick of this stupid Ukraine war and they
want to get that resolved, you know, sick
Adam Curry: of the Ukraine war, the Ukrainians. Oh, they left no
men to fight. And it's cold now. It's very cold. It's no longer
the fighting season. So they're just doing drones. And the
drones have a flaw. I mean, these are pre programmed drones,
a lot of them so they fly a set route and that the guys just sit
there and wait. Okay. Done. It goes another one. Yep. Done.
Here's NPR with the talk of this expansion up north. 10s
Unknown: of 1000s of people have been evacuated from both sides
of the Israel Lebanon border. Their air raid sirens blaring
across northern Israel today. Lebanon's Hezbollah militia says
it fired dozens of rockets across the border this morning.
And it's calling this just an initial response to the
airstrike that killed a Hamas leader this past week. As you
mentioned in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, Israel says it has sent
tanks artillery and airstrikes across the border into Lebanon
for the past few days. Israel's defense minister yo have Golan
inspected troops yesterday at the Northern Command and then he
recorded this video clip of me also OMA to Abu Mahdi fame in
which he says Israel prefers a political settlement with
Hezbollah rather than a military one,
but that we are quote close to the point where the hourglass
will turn
Adam Curry: Huh Well, the sad thing is if you ask the Israelis
or the Palestinians or the Lebanese no one wants death and
destruction. This is turf wars Bev Pro, probably just all money
related.
John C Dvorak: So we have another area breaking out with
issues mostly caused by us What?
Adam Curry: No, say it ain't. So what is this about now? Serb
John C Dvorak: elections now there's all kinds of weirdness
going on in Serbia. The Balkan
Unknown: nation of Serbia is a flashpoint in Europe struggle
between democracy and autocratic leaders. Russia's war in Ukraine
heightened Servius importance as it resists Western pressure to
join sanctions on Russia. Now the nation is being torn apart
by protests accusing the government of authoritarian
President Alexander Vukovich, who's a strong food now I have
widespread voter fraud in last month's elections. Ali Rogen has
more
In Central Belgrade chants of Bucha You are a thief. More than
two weeks after what protesters say was a stolen election. Lou
Cheech declared a sweeping mandate for his Serbian
Progressive Party following wins in parliamentary and local
elections that he called ahead of schedule, but international
observers say Bucha his ruling party dominates Serbian media
coverage and intimidates independent journalists giving
him an unfair advantage. On election day, there were reports
of violence, ballot stuffing and allegations of people getting
bused into different cities to vote. Since the protesters have
a mass in Belgrade, demanding the results being old, they've
paused for Orthodox Serbian holidays but will likely resume
in mid January.
People are on the street dissatisfied with the election,
which is obvious everyone confirmed that there has been a
serious disruption of the electoral process. And that is
why the elections have to be repeated.
Opposition Coalition leader Marika Teppich has been on a
hunger strike since the election. She addressed the
crowds on December 30, just before she was hospitalized.
I'm sorry that I can't say much. The only thing I can say is that
I have already said everything and that these elections must be
annulled.
Adam Curry: Well, why couldn't what was what was she
hospitalized? What happened?
John C Dvorak: She's on a hunger strike as she's about to drop
dead from lack of eating.
Adam Curry: Well, so does you think this has to do with Serbia
as Trump should
John C Dvorak: have gone on a hunger strike? You
Adam Curry: would still be on it. Do you think that this has
anything to do with Serbia being right under right next to
Hungary?
John C Dvorak: Yes, something to do with it. They tried to
explain it. They never do a fully a full job. The Serbian
guy who won by the way is just a casper milquetoast character.
And he's just trying to I don't know whether he won or not, or
how fraudulent the election was. But it's just they run this
story, I believe on PBS to kind of give us some parallels to
what Trump might try to do. Like Trump, because this guy likes
Putin. And you know, because everyone has to hate Putin, or
he's no good. And we were part of what's going on here. This
this. These clips are interesting as it gets on with
when they start discussing it with our people. Here's Luke
part to teach
Adam Curry: us. Let me rewind that. Blue teach
Unknown: has defended the results. He and Russia say the
protests were being controlled by the West,
me quote, some of the voting was very political. We want to steer
our own college. If you don't mind paying the price for all
the rubbish and lies, because we know what the cost is, the
election process will be concluded by the institutions of
the Republic of Serbia. For more
on the implications of these election results, I'm joined by
Edward P. Joseph. He teaches at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies, and served for a dozen years in the
Balkans, including with the US Army, he has observed and
organized numerous elections in the region. Edward, thank you so
much for being here. First of all, can you tell us a little
bit about what sort of leader Alexandre Bucha, which has been
both internally within Serbia, and with regard to other
countries,
President Bucha, which is the classic autocratic leader, he's
attempting to establish thorough control of Serbia, with a veneer
of democracy. And that's what we see in these recent elections.
This is what is known as illiberal democracy. His
neighbor and his mentor and patron within the EU, of course
is Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary.
Adam Curry: Okay, I told you, I had gotten to do with that. So
John C Dvorak: this guy, this guy that they're talking to is a
PhD from Johns Hopkins and he Oregon that what is an American
organizing route elections in these areas, but what is that?
Well, how about explain that to me, okay. I
Adam Curry: will explain it to you. I will explain it from this
article, one election system vendor in Serbia, guess which
one?
John C Dvorak: Dominions Yes, yes.
Adam Curry: They even have a software development office in
Belgrade. There you go. Just a little point, little point.
John C Dvorak: So they and then Audubon, of course, who's still
seen as the fly in the globalist ointment is the bad guy for some
reason. And she's not on board with any of the bullcrap he's
not in this guy's like, I guess one of his protegees and this is
an issue with us. Us particularly is going to look
Unknown: three and Orban set the model for this where there's a
The nearer of democracy where you hold elections, but the
elections are actually meaningless because the ruling
controls has such dominance over the media landscape, the
opposition is weakened. The media are hugely dominated by
the ruling party. And in the polis activists are intimidated
and that's what we've seen. And so
John C Dvorak: that sounds like us,
Adam Curry: yes. Hmm.
John C Dvorak: Was the latest there's some, I think, was a Pew
or one of these guys did or Gallup did a research on the
media at political affiliation and something like 95% of
everyone who's in the media today is a Democrat. Yeah. That
sounds like a recipe for disaster. Where's
Adam Curry: the 10%? Show me that? It's not Fox News.
John C Dvorak: No. Well, yes. Elections
Adam Curry: Newsmax I'm sorry Newsmax there it is. But that's
Cuomo, kids. One
John C Dvorak: One American news. No, that's it. One
American news. One American news. Yeah, that's it. That one
Oh, word made up girl. Sir, Serb elections rigged for
Unknown: and there was nothing requiring these elections to be
held at this time. So why did he call for these elections at this
time? Well,
that's exactly right. These are again, early elections. And the
best explanation for them is that President Bush which, as a
result in large part mistaken US policy, by the by the
administration, was in a crisis in late September, there was a
shocking confrontation in the north of Kosovo. This is where
NATO troops, including US troops are deployed. And the Kosovo
Police patrol have been a Serb militia group heavily armed that
could not have entered into Kosovo without Serbian
authorities known and of course, that immediately cast suspicion
on President Bucha himself and this attack which led
John C Dvorak: so we can go in there. Fix the next door
neighbor can't go in there.
Adam Curry: How could you mean Hungary? No,
John C Dvorak: no, they have no Serbia. Right is the next door
neighbor to Kosovo? Oh, yes. So they can go in we can go were
there and UN's there but who did they can go in? Okay. I just
wanted to make sure that everyone
Adam Curry: guys there's been there's been problems in the
region in the past. So we should go in, of course, we create the
problem. We were dicks.
Unknown: And of course, that immediately cast suspicion on
President voltage himself. And this attack which led to a
shootout in the north killing cause a police officer and three
serves was a huge shock, because it showed in fact that the US
policy of trying to supplicate a placate President voltage and
somehow bring him over from autocratic pro hungry pro Russia
orientation had failed. It was that crisis very likely, that
President Bush wanted to put behind him reestablish his
authority as as the sole preeminent political figure in
Serbia and move forward. But it turns out that that is not going
to be quite as simple as he thought.
Adam Curry: Right? So it's it's strategic for the region. And we
want to make it into someone who dances to our pipes. Exactly.
John C Dvorak: Of course. orb is enough of a pain in the ass. We
don't need this joker.
Adam Curry: Where did these guys get the time to think about all
this? Where
John C Dvorak: do idea Where's Hopkins is part of the problem.
Where's
Adam Curry: Victoria Nuland? Let me see Victoria.
John C Dvorak: She's probably been there, Victoria. Let's say
you're looking her up play the last clip.
Unknown: So let's talk a little bit more about US policy towards
Serbia and the different priorities that the United
States is balancing. How have they approached Alexandra
fruitage. What do you make of their response to this crisis?
I would say this about US policy, which has got again,
brought us to the this brink. President Biden has gotten the
Balkans right. Consistently, President Biden himself
understands the region and he set off his administration with
the words that we are in a challenge of democracy versus
autocracy. So President Biden has gotten it right. But as the
administration has gotten to completely wrong, they've
abandoned that. So we have a disparity in the Balkans where
the United States treats Serbia as neighbors to a much harsher,
higher standard. And I should point out we've had two violent
confrontations in Kosovo this year, we've had potential issues
in Montenegro, which is a NATO ally. And now within the
government, there are pro Russian elements within that
NATO ally, and we have a brewing crisis, possibly even beginning
this month in Bosnia Herzegovina. This is the mistake
of the Biden administration has been to treat President voltage
to this different softer standard On the belief that
somehow we can bring him over instead, what it has done is it
has projected fear the US basically projecting fear of
Belgrade, which President voted correctly interprets as weakness
and takes advantage. And this all goes, of course, to the
benefit of his ally, which is Russia.
Adam Curry: Yeah. Well, we had clips of problems brewing in
Serbia, I think. Didn't they? Wasn't there something like
something with their money? If I recall, well, what is this? Let
John C Dvorak: me see. I don't remember the money thing, but I
do know that. This situation is I find it interesting that he
says that Biden's got it right. But the administration has got
it wrong. Which says to me again, like everyone else says
Biden's not running anything though. No.
Adam Curry: This is well, the coverage was good, but we don't
understand it. There's
John C Dvorak: no There's no we have no we must Well, no, but at
least we're but familiarising are
Adam Curry: there Serbs in the audience come on Serbs talk to
us Serbs.
John C Dvorak: This serves hate our show.
Adam Curry: How about this? Even though we break up the show a
little bit differently. Very short donation segment today.
It has no resources. No entry. That's right. Second half a show
is back. Finally. That's right, everybody. Second half a show
what's going on out there in the universe. And
Unknown: now to our number one trending story on CBS miami.com
It involves talk of alien sightings at Bayside marketplace
on New Year's day there was a massive police response in
downtown Miami. More than 50 Young people armed with sticks
began fighting. We say juveniles were also setting off fireworks
causing chaos.
So now people are posting online saying that police weren't there
to handle a group of rowdy teens but rather eight to 10 feet
tall, shadowy aliens conspiracy theories are saying a big
creature could be seen standing in front of the entrance to the
shopping area Bayside today, the phrases Miami mall and aliens of
Miami have been among the top 10 searches on Twitter's trending
tab. Twitter of course now called x. And Google News even
has several reports questioning the events. So
we reached out to the Miami Police Department they issued a
statement saying in part quote, there were no aliens UFOs or
ETS. No airports were closed, no power outages. facepalm emoji
was included in the statement. Yeah,
Adam Curry: obviously a cover up, cover up by the Miami
obvious cover up by the Miami Police. Because there's no way
you would have this. I mean, there were hundreds of police
vehicles that at least for helicopters hovering overhead.
It was obvious. This was not just some kids fighting at the
mall. These were eight to 10 feet, aliens with fire sticks.
And we have eyewitness reports all over tick tock. Hey, by the
way, whatever happened to getting rid of tick tock? Where
did that go? What Why did that stop? I thought tick tock was
dangerous to democracy. Serious question Trump would
John C Dvorak: have gotten rid of it but no, no, that's just
benefiting the Democrat party. Oh,
Adam Curry: so the lobby is worked out that I guess. Yeah,
there's
John C Dvorak: a cash some cash changed hands perhaps. Well,
Adam Curry: we need to be talking to people about this
because it was everyone was all in we had hearings. Tick tock is
bad. China's killing our children, Scott Adams. He's
convinced tick tock is going to ruin America. But yet it's still
here. And this is where we find eyewitnesses to this event. So
it says
Unknown: nobody's going to talk about it. I figured you know
Adam Curry: there are some expletives in this that I didn't
have time to cut out
Unknown: I was I was down in Miami for the New Year's use and
me and my girl I got a little timeshare we was down there on
like a mini vacay you know just
Adam Curry: I love this guy by the way. need my girl we had a
timeshare down in Miami little vacay or two
Unknown: years old right so anyway, we happen to be at that
mall so um we are footlocker whatever next thing you know you
start hearing all this commotion outside sound like fire like
firecrackers or something? So, you know, I'm saying I you know,
I grab a close I'm like, yo, we bout to get about here because,
you know, I originally thought that they were shooting in
Santo, you know, some type of fight that broke out or whatever
the case is, because you know, we're not familiar with Miami.
We're not familiar with the city. So I'm like, damn, I
haven't got my blog. So you I
Adam Curry: got my black I guess that's a Glock blakedown We
bought
Unknown: above a swerve sight crazy like we just see all these
people running like you know, fat fat fat chicks you know old
ladies like while I'm talking about moving insane like yo
people even more I'm talking about moving so you know my
garage like what's going on like fuck all that we out like I'm
not gonna ask no questions we just gonna follow the crowd.
Next thing you know, you know real like gunshots start going
off so you know I'm saying like we try to we try to follow that
follow the crowd get out of there I look back on the back no
capital no cat I look back it looked like like like a big ass
shadow. But it was solid at the same time like a few like a few
shadows, but they were solid at the same time. And it almost
looked like they was coming our direction like they was chasing
us, but they was disappearing and reappearing closer. So I'm
like yo, what so we started really moving and next thing you
know, we start hearing more gunshots like these dudes start
firing that this shit get outside map police all that, you
know, I'm saying they started to police this like trying to get
all the people that ran out the mall. They like trying to like
detain these people, whatever. But you know, me and my girl we
ended up just, you know, sliding past all that and everything
like that. But you know a lot of people saying Why didn't nobody
film and all that when that type of shit is going on? Him saying
shit like that? Like some paranormal? Nobody thinking
about no phone?
Adam Curry: No, no, there's a bunch of Jhansi DeVore acts with
no phone at all. So they didn't get any no video.
John C Dvorak: Ah, well, they see this is the problem. I don't
care what monster you're gonna see coming in and out of
dimensionality. As he describes it, someone's gonna be pulling
out their phone.
Adam Curry: Well, we didn't get any pictures of any teenagers
shooting either. So this is very
John C Dvorak: successful. And that's the point there.
Adam Curry: Well, here's here's what's going on. This is just
the beginning.
John C Dvorak: Wait, let me think. Wait, let me stop you.
Okay, that's a movie coming out. That has something to do with
something about this thing. That would be great movies bowl of
crap. If I
Adam Curry: if I could roll out a movie trailer that would be
the best right now? No, this is project BlueBee. This is this is
where we start to and of course you're going to use tick tock as
you said it benefits the elites the Democrat Party. And that's
why tick tock has not gone yet. Now this is where we start to
break the Joe Rogan will be all over this. This is where I start
to bring in the aliens people have seen it that clearly. I
witness and eventually these aliens will start talking to us
and and then we can get rid of religion and we can all go
towards the aliens. And we can follow the new world order that
is and you'll see more of these craft in the air that will all
be projected Project Blue Beam is has I call Project Blue Beam
now activated. It's activated and it's biblical. It's been
predicted. That's been predicted this it's it's all coming now.
This is just just the start. So keep an eye out in blue beam
activated. Yes, I will. I will stay on the beat. Yes,
John C Dvorak: you this is your all yours. Thanks. Unless
there's a local phenomenon takes place which I will use a regular
camera to film. Yes,
Adam Curry: you will. You'll go out right away. Now there was
another interesting legal case. By the
John C Dvorak: way, I do have a ticket if you don't want to go
into if you're not following up. I have a tick tock clip. Tock
tock tick tock. lunatic, there's a lunatic. That's this
threatening everybody should get should just be arrested
immediately. But unlike your clip, yes. I took care of the
profanity issues.
Adam Curry: I'm glad you did. I apologize. I'm sorry. I missed
it. I didn't have time to do it.
Unknown: So I do wish death on transphobic people because they
wish death on me and have caused death to many, many, many of my
brothers and sisters in the trans community. I want to stab
all of you to death as many times as I can. I want to stab
you in the throat and twist it like I'm carving a pumpkin. I
want to shred you into tiny pieces. I want to tear your
bones out from your body. I want to scoop your brains out with a
spoon. I want to eat your flesh.
Adam Curry: I'd say decaf decaf may be a good idea for this
person.
John C Dvorak: Minimally but I just want to show you how it's
done by a pro. You
Adam Curry: didn't do that the clip came that way. Yes, I did.
You did that. Yeah, that's pretty good. The
John C Dvorak: clip was extremely well you could tell
was very profane. This
Adam Curry: is the problem with social media these days. I mean,
if you go on X, he's gone X for five minutes. You're seeing
people kill each other. You see murderers, you seeing. It's
terrible. It really is.
John C Dvorak: It's just yeah, these doofus is like threatening
everyone. Yeah.
Adam Curry: And not that I'm against free speech, you should
be able to I mean, that's actually threatening. I don't
think that I think there may be limits to what you can do there.
Now, I'm all for free, you know, open news media, but it's not
like, it's not a healthy thing. To be going on social media and
looking at all this stuff. It's I agree and tick tock, as you
know, I've loaded up the app once or twice, and I deleted it
immediately, because you stop for one second on how this is
kind of let's see how this guy gets killed. Oh, man, that's
horrible. And then you get five more. And then you scroll in and
scroll down because you're watching them you shouldn't be
watching. No, exactly. It's very unhealthy.
John C Dvorak: I do not have an app. I never use an app. I use
the by going to a web browser browser. I goes on done the
browser and I type in tik tok.com. Yes, it brings up a
brings up and I'll search for something specifically. And
maybe I'll find it or I won't.
Adam Curry: Now do you look for crazy transgender people was
that your search
John C Dvorak: people send those to me this was sent to me by one
of our producers. So this guy,
Adam Curry: this is a this is something that I saw this
morning. It was on MSNBC the Katie Fang show never seen her
show before. I was a miracle because I was watching it live
on the on YouTube TV while taking a shower or you know,
shaving, electrocute
John C Dvorak: yourself.
Adam Curry: And, like, Ah, I wish I had this clip of this guy
and of the situation. And lo and behold that MSNBC had the whole
show up on YouTube so I was able to get these two clips. And we
know what's going on here but I just wanted to accentuate the
point of what's happening. In this particular case
Unknown: in May of 2022. Rapper Young Thug whose given name is
Jeffrey Lamar Williams and 27 other defendants were charged in
a sweeping 65 count indictment, accusing the suspects of being
part of a criminal street gang named why SL or young slime
life. Rico indictment alleges Young Thug and otherwise all
members committed crimes like murder, armed robbery,
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon fest drug dealing,
carjacking and witness intimidation. Young dog is
charged with eight out of the 65 total counts. Since this arrest
Young Thug has been in the Cobb County Jail for nearly two years
awaiting trial. And in November, prosecutors secured a win win
the presiding judge agreed to allow them to use relevant rap
lyrics in the trial as evidence but the use of these lyrics
raises the question of whether that's constitutional in the
first place. After all Johnny Cash and get arrested for
singing. I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
Adam Curry: Next idiot so what you're what was not in this
report at all and what you won't hear but I want to circle back
to it is this is about drill rap. And this is something I
learned from all we talked about it extensively when that whole
gang got arrested in New York. Drill rap is very popular. This
is where gangs are are indeed killing each other and then make
a hip hop songs about it. The sick part of this is the music
industry uses this this drill rap. Once you know once
something starts hitting the algos in YouTube, then it hits
the algos in Spotify, then they sign these drill rappers to a
sub label of a major label and they're making money off of it.
We've talked about I don't know if you remember, they are
literally making money off of black men killing each other.
And glorifying it. It's it started in the UK. And it's both
it though Yeah, it's huge over in the UK is big in America. And
it's what's disgusting about it is that this is the music
industry. They are they are promoting this they are
propagating this they do not care. And so of course they
bring in the hugest music industry douche bag lawyer to
defend it.
Unknown: Joining me now is Scott Grubin criminal defense attorney
in Georgia who previously represented Kenneth Chesbro. In
the Fulton County Election interference Rico case. So let's
focus a little bit on some of these lyrics. They include,
quote, without a lot of followers, a perfect leader, a
boss, I call the shots another one for slimes, you know, I'll
kill another one. And I never killed anybody but I got
something to do with that body.
Adam Curry: No Wait until you hear this guy's defense. Scott,
what
Unknown: happened to the First Amendment? In this case?
I think the problem here is that rappers are not given the same
artistic license, as other artists are in music and other
industries. I always give the example you just gave an example
about Johnny Cash. I'd like to give an example about the actor
Joe Pesci. Alright, think for a minute Joe Pesci is prosecuted
for some sort of violent crime. With the prosecutor tried to
admit evidence of some of his scenes in his movies like
Goodfellas, like casino, where he's engaging in violent acts
where he's threatening violent acts? Of course they wouldn't.
And if they did, the judge wouldn't let it in. Why? Because
everybody knows that Job has she is playing a part. He's playing
whatever, whatever character he's playing on that movie.
Well, guess what? So Williams, this man is not named Young
Thug. This man is named Jeffrey Williams. And he's playing a
character too. So when he says those things on the big slime, I
have something to do with that body. How is that any different
than Joe Pesci saying, hey, looking at me I'm gonna kill you
on Goodfellas it's really not and for some reason and I think
there might be arguments as to what some of those reasons are.
Racism rap artists are not given the artistic license and freedom
that these other artists are
Adam Curry: they should arrest all these these record
executives abreast the labels arrest the Spotify executives
arrest YouTube people responsible for promoting this
this is this is really atrocious. It's so just sick.
And this and this is how these guys did racist.
John C Dvorak: Fascinating clips. I thank you. Thank you.
Because the argument is logical, I think is totally logical, but
the background indicates otherwise. In other words, if
you don't know about the what's going on, at the bait base, it's
not baseless, but a base level you know what's going on? You
can't the argument is specious. Yes but the fact that you throw
the specious argument out there because it makes nothing but
sense it because logical makes this interesting. Thank you. I
know there's like I think everybody out there would at
least find some level of interest in that. racy thing you
just brought in. Yes,
Adam Curry: I would hope so.
John C Dvorak: Well never discuss it again. I
Adam Curry: hope well, you never know. There is one more tick
tock related clip I just had this for the last show
that's right everybody's vape wars now even even discussed on
D H unplugged how big tobacco companies bought up vape
companies was it for like, what did they buy that vape company
for like $20 billion in this outrageous amount of money and
they wrote it off for 400 million like okay, that was that
we failed and and if you look at the statistics, cigarette
smoking as backup, it's on the rise, but we still have these
idiot kids vaping which in my from my research is healthier
than smoking. There may be other issues but I'm a vapor and and I
like it I enjoyed I stopped smoking tobacco and other other
plants product, other plant products, which I feel are
perfectly fine for people to smoke, but it wasn't for me
anymore. But vaping Oh, no, no, we're taking money right out of
the Big Tobacco is pockets which directly affects the master
states agreement, which is the money that that states receive
as compensation for all the people who are dying from
cancer. This was the business the agreement this is what the
big tobacco agreement was all about. And so we have taxes and
those taxes. No good states can take these taxes because you
know, we have to pay for people who are dying of of smoking
cigarettes and we can't have that go away. And it seemed like
the kids were stopping to smoke. And then we had to stop that
especially menthol because you know, black people smoking
that's why we can have people vaping menthol so let's get
these kids off the vape
Unknown: a new trend on tick tock, I just want to tell you
one more reason you should stop vaping and encouraging people to
stop vaping but this time, it's not about their health. It's
aimed at helping workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's
artisanal cobalt mines, smaller scale operations, where the work
is often done by hand. These mines have danger As conditions
and even child labor, according to humanitarian groups like
Amnesty International,
I'm quitting vaping The reason it's still happening is because
of how much we consume. Creator
Christina and darchei Heard about what happens in these
minds, and says she was so outraged. Like she had to do
something. And he just kept saying, don't buy new
electronics. And I'm like, already do that, you know, what
else can
I do? And then I found just a quick vaping.
Cobalt is a key element used to make lithium ion batteries,
which much of our technology depends on things like
smartphones, electric vehicles, and most e cigarettes, I would
buy a vape. Pretty much like once or twice a week, two thirds
of the world's cobalt supply comes from the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, in Central Africa. But most of that
is then sent to China where it's refined before it's sold to
battery manufacturers, and then brand name companies buy those
batteries.
Adam Curry: I'm telling you, tick tock is a valuable property
on
John C Dvorak: a second. First of all, artisanal mines. I love
that small batch, baby, small batch. And so we got that in
play. And the other thing is one vape device. It probably one
Tesla probably accounts for all devices ever manufactured. In
terms of battery use, so we
Adam Curry: got a sigh up the children into not vaping get
back on the stick and back on the tobacco stick children. This
tic toc is a valuable property and it pains me to say it but we
have to pay more attention to it.
John C Dvorak: Hey, you're talking you're talking to you're
preaching to the choir here. This is what I've been doing.
Adam Curry: For years it's always kind of the same it's
always some nut job with with eyeshadows like come on man. We
have to look at other things tick tock is doing well. And
with that, I'd like to thank you for your currency in the morning
to you the man who put the seat in the cube head ladies
gentlemen say hello to my friend on the other end one only Mr.
Johnson
John C Dvorak: Well, in the morning to you Mr. Adam curry
also in the Moreno efficiency, underground subs in the water.
The water and all the days and nights out there in
Adam Curry: the morning to the trolls in the troll room who've
been quite active today. I see you.
Oh, okay. 2153 That seems better. Yeah, we're
John C Dvorak: 300 low. Yeah, but
Adam Curry: but better than 1900 or whatever we had. Oh, no. 1775
No, it was bad. That was really bad. No, it was bad, bad bad.
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apps.com. And move away from the from the big boys. Move away
from the legacy app screw those guys. Get on with the
independent developers. Those small dudes small batch
artisanal, the artisanal apps of podcasting. 2.0. You go Yeah.
What you could also do, of course, is the especially for,
for for artwork. You could go to Noah genart generator.com, if
you wanted to. And over there, you could refresh and see the
stuff updating in real time because we're a value for value
podcast, which means no corporate weird, creepy money,
no advertising. All we do is put everything out there all of this
media deconstruction. All you know, I think today, we're
probably about 769 or 72 clips, depending on how much we play
after the break. Those are thought goes into this work goes
into this. We put it all out there. We we weave it together
in the womb have no agenda, and we present it to you free of
charge. The value is right there. If you find anything
valuable about what you've heard, consider sending that
back to us in time, talent or treasure. We'll get to the
treasure but when it comes to time and talent, our artists are
top notch. And I believe Sir Paul couture has done some extra
work for us and has upgraded some servers and he actually
posted posted something this morning. Yeah, happy now.
Unknown: Yeah, happy now. Yeah, complainers happy now.
Adam Curry: So we want to thank the art So who brought us the
artwork for episode 1622? We titled that juice Joe, which of
course is right. He was juiced up and Darren O'Neal brought us
the artwork that we used
John C Dvorak: when he lamented it. What do you mean? They know
agenda social
Adam Curry: he lamented it.
John C Dvorak: What do you mean? He says? Uh huh. They picked my
crappy piece of art. Go figure some laborers in that those kind
of words.
Adam Curry: We'll strike it from the record. If that's how he
didn't
John C Dvorak: think much of it himself. This sounds like so we
liked it. It was the media decoding, right. Wherever, why?
Why did we like it? Because there was nothing else. It was a
fallback piece of crap. And most of us is going to be on Darren
side on this
Adam Curry: most because people are posting AR AI stuff. But no,
John C Dvorak: they're all posting AI stuff. And then a
bunch of people are doing Disney stuff because of the release.
Adam Curry: Oh, we already said no, we're not going to do said
no
John C Dvorak: to that. Don't we're not going to pick it
because we don't want Disney going after us. Disney is
Adam Curry: already making trouble about people. D
monetizing D platforming YouTube videos. You know this is someone
created an AI Art Generator. That's all that's all about
Steamboat Willie. Oh, I'd
John C Dvorak: love to see that.
Adam Curry: Now, so every everybody's a prompt a prompt
engineer now.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, that's what it is. Prompt engineering.
Adam Curry: The stuff that was real was correct. A record that
wasn't great. It was via was an old What was it like? Look like
a 286 computer with the best podcast on the net? Understand
this kid, you know, a lot of people did Hawking's art, which,
believe me, was not great than we had. I mean, it's just it's
aI stuff. It's not. This is this is my problem. I mean, there's
lots of stuff being created, but this has no soul. It's no soul.
That's what it is soulless its soul is baseless, soulless art.
Yeah, it's right. It's not good. Um, it
John C Dvorak: hasn't got any oomph. Ah, yes, it's, um,
flawless, Toothless and soulless. And mostly not funny.
Adam Curry: That's the worst part. And I think what happens
is because it's slick,
John C Dvorak: that they're really slick. But not all of it,
though. Now, some of this crappy slide. But
Adam Curry: the real artists like, Oh, they're probably
choose this. This is so slick. I could never do this. Well, you
could. You could? Well,
John C Dvorak: you know, usually these these are generators. And
you do one or AI art. And you do them and you get a bunch of
sometimes you get select selections. You get maybe a few
to look at. And you look at him. You go Wow. That's pretty
impressive. Yeah. And that's exactly what you said. I don't
think I could do this piece. So I'm gonna submit it. Exactly.
Adam Curry: Yeah. And but its own flawless and solace. Pretty
John C Dvorak: much. It's kind of just junk spot. Junk spot
art. Yeah.
Adam Curry: And it makes me sad, because we've had, you know,
probably 27,000 submissions up until the AI revolution. And it
just sucks. I mean, people get mad at me. We curry be. Oh, by
the way, we should probably we forgot to do a mia culpa about
the Panama Canal. Oh, yeah. Do it because you said it. Ah,
John C Dvorak: well, the Panama Canal is largely filled and
released water from this big giant lake, which I forgot
about, which is where the canal kind of goes next to this this
lake fills in is that lake is down because of the drought in
Panama. And so that's causing issues with the canal, the way
it's engineered. So it's not just ocean water going through
there. So I don't see why you can't just bring more ocean
water in.
Adam Curry: But what's interesting is I love I'd say
60% of people said, oh, no, you're wrong. You know, I live
there, or I looked it up, you know, it's like, oh, no, it's
it's actually it's a series of tubes. And it's freshwater. But
there's people who say, I can't believe
John C Dvorak: that same guy didn't even don't even know why
he listens to the show.
Adam Curry: I only took five seconds to research this. And
they send it to me.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, that's the by the way, that's the best
part.
Adam Curry: And so I reply and say I'm not John's intern and I
copy you did that
John C Dvorak: Yeah, I saw that you always see see me so you
make sure that I'm I'm aware of your IRA.
Adam Curry: Because it I mean, people were just dudes. I mean,
yes, we are the creative world. Our Consulting Group yes, we're
pretty good immediate deconstruction of doing it for
long while we're fallible.
John C Dvorak: But then no, we make a mistake a month, at least
more
Adam Curry: than that. But then the the Snark of it, I'm sorry,
your own podcast. By the way, speaking of value got
John C Dvorak: to be harder to lux.
Adam Curry: Creative Work consulting group time, we got a
note from LC and Tali trying to read this in the morning. This
is LC and Talia ages 16 and 12. Hey, John. This is a girl's
probably one of our youngest producers. We love the show
them. We love the show. And it has entertained us on multiple
road trips. So we thought we would contribute in the form of
jingles. Our mom is going to send in some money to deduce our
dad but hasn't gotten to it yet. Come on, Mom, what are you
waiting for? So that we will be the first in our family to
contribute. We enjoy messing around with audio and stuff. So
we hope you like these jingles. Also, would you give us some
advice? We'd love to hear it. So I'll just play they sent to I'll
play one and then we should give them a little critique. Here
this fractures got
Unknown: people to be you know, SP also stands for what? Free
speech
Adam Curry: so I it's a good good start.
John C Dvorak: It's a start, they need to drop their music
back. Couldn't couldn't hear the word. I couldn't hear your
voices. You know what? Hello. So yeah, that should be very low. I
mean, you know, there's no reason to have a booming bed on
top of everything. That's it's annoying. Yes. So but if it was
in the background, very low way you guys are singing in the
foreground with a little less echo. I might add.
Adam Curry: Yes. That was also a problem. Echo was a little bit
too much. Yes.
John C Dvorak: So you can, but you know, you could probably run
it through one of those filters and take the echo completely out
if you wanted to. But yeah, they got the right idea.
Adam Curry: You got the right idea, kids. We're glad. We're
glad. Yes. I mean, how rare is it though, that you get young
people at that age who are doing audio production? That none zero
never happened? That's what that's why I thought it was
worth playing. I like that. So good start. Good start. So
that's your time. That's your talent. And now it's time for
the treasurer in our value for value model. So we're going to
start with our executive producers and Associate
Executive Producers short list today, I
John C Dvorak: would say this, I would say to be a performative
here, I would say I will say you will say yes, we have a million
listeners and we have 30,000 people that subscribe
religiously to the newsletter, and we had a total of 28
donations over 50 bucks. This really is pathetic.
Adam Curry: We are very appreciative though. Why don't
you take the first one since there's no note and then I could
do the one that's very long.
John C Dvorak: Which is probably what I was gonna suggest. I have
no idea where there's no note. But we have a $2,000 donation I
say after I just complaint we have sounds like it sounds like
I'm a pig. But the fact is that the
Adam Curry: the fact that his Yes. In fact,
John C Dvorak: is that the you know, there's like one guy
Adam Curry: other people are overcompensating for the
freeloaders. Yeah,
John C Dvorak: there's like one guy, so I mean, he's a great
guy, but I don't you know, Paul, why, in Corpus Christi, Texas,
is the guy and he comes in with $2,000 with no note that we
could find and I'm sure he'll come in with a note when he
feels like anyway, we'll be glad to read it when he does that.
dabba will give them a double up karma until that happens, you've
Unknown: got karma
Adam Curry: All right. Then we go to Brad Rennick Brentwood,
Tennessee 1222 which is also quite nice, fellas. Fellas
consider me to be considered me sir to be thirsty because yes,
this is we're in Insta instant night level here, sir to be
thirsty, sir, to be thirsty. I discovered you during COVID
working for a major trillion dollar global company. Well
that's that narrows it down to two which is Apple and Amazon.
What a weird time and there was a ton of pressure my company
that's based in California stateside apple. They forced her
hands during that period and to this day I feel disgusted with
myself for taking the shot. I waited a year and finally cave
to do it to keep my job one of my biggest life regrets because
I never cave just now. What I do, I went out of my way to find
the one place in town that served the j&j And did that one.
Probably Okay, actually, no. But I don't know, no issues, but I
don't know. But
John C Dvorak: you know, the j&j would it get j&j The cause like
immediate blood clot death or not? Or you're nothing you're
good to go.
Adam Curry: My wife is a pediatrician and for at least a
solid 18 months, I fought our tooth and nail on what she's
doing and what is reality? Oh, does this end in divorce the
story? First half of that was me catching up to what's really
going on when you guys showed up in my life. We took a lot of
walks after that argument so much because she was certain
that she was being told that what she's being told
prescribed, and recommended is accurate. I mean, we fought
hard. I'm a sales guy. She's a doctor who wins that.
John C Dvorak: sales guy should win. Yeah, anyways,
Adam Curry: while she hates a lot of your machinations with
the noises and you're obnoxious, and you're obnoxious. Chief
finds me obnoxious to over time, though she's completely flipped
to slip. You guys are an integral part of that. And she
as she's, she is representative of what Adam has mentioned many
times before. They all go by recommendations. There's no
debate on this. Nobody actually questions anything. It is pretty
crazy. Once you dig into all like this. I agree with Adam.
Excuse me. Suit
John C Dvorak: gate. Duncan.
Adam Curry: I agree with Adam. You can't force the apology and
rub it in their faces. At least not in this case. Yeah, that's
right. You must forgive doesn't mean you have to reconcile. But
just forgive because you're the one that is you're eating
yourself up over that let it go. But she's not even recommending
the shot for kids now, whereas this is still a thing everywhere
else in my town of Vash. Nashville is wild. They won't
give the shot. Lucky they never did. I made sure she never
provided that. Okay, now I have to scroll a little bit because
John C Dvorak: notes too long. Yes, it is. But it's a good
note. We
Adam Curry: went to dinner tonight. And as we rolled down
the highway, I said, Can we put on no agenda? She said sure.
That's big. Thanks, guys. Kind of a quick note there Well,
thank you brother and and you will indeed be knighted today.
And I'm glad that you and your wife were on good terms. We love
that. Even though she thinks we're she probably still thinks
we're obnoxious. But we are hey, what can I tell you?
John C Dvorak: You have to be obnoxious at some level to get
an audience to stick with you because obnoxious pneus is part
of personality.
Adam Curry: Ooh, yes. Yes. It's Don't you think it's charisma?
John C Dvorak: Not necessarily good personality but it is one
of the I hate listeners. It is what I am B's not one of them.
She comes in from ashington. Great Britain. I don't even know
where that is. I mean, I work Great Britain is I never heard
of ashington. But that's where she's from jobs karma for MX
security UK and are all our security officers who work
through Christmas and New Year. Best wishes for 2024. She came
in with 333 dot for for jingles, jobs, jobs, jobs. 33 is the
magic number. Executive producer ship for Diane bee loves lit 33
Unknown: That's the magic number. The magic number of
jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs for jobs.
Adam Curry: Yay. All right. Now we move to Archie Brentano from
Tigard Oregon 333 dot 33. We'd love these numbers at Oh JCD and
pod father with this donation of 333 dot 33 I've donated a total
of $1,000.01 for 33. Is that a binary or 33? Oh, this
switcheroo is on behalf is for my better half Mandy? All right,
hold on a second. So I'm gonna put Mandy in that switcheroo on
I presume Her name is Brentano but doesn't matter because
she'll have been making for somebody when you assume yeah it
doesn't matter because we list her her Dame name henceforth
known as Dame Yeah, no, until she puts puts up treasurer to
change it that's how you get them please get a good one.
Please credit her with this executive producer credit it has
been a long journey and I'll be proud to have her at the
roundtable for jiggles slash jingles little girl yay. TPP
jobs karma and uh ya know, so if you don't mind I will. I'll do
the ya know. And then we'll do the TPP jobs karma with a little
girl. Yeah, yeah, no jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. Jobs. Karma.
John C Dvorak: I'll take the next couple including in and I'm
Adam Curry: sorry, I'm sorry, I forgot to say something here.
request for the round my mistake requests for the round table
almond dairy and vanilla plus put on the birthday list for
January 7 and give her a biscuit. Nothing is too good for
my day. They always give me a biscuit on my birthday. Oh,
sorry about that
John C Dvorak: because she's on the list and Williams is up
pagewood In New South Wales, Australia to 22 and she's got no
note so she gets a double up karma.
Unknown: You've got karma
John C Dvorak: that follows with Linda Lou packin comes in on
Saturdays and she came in right on time again, from Lakewood,
Colorado. We were wondering now how long this will continue
Yeah, she comes in with 200 bucks every single show and
asked for jobs karma and likes to say for a remarkable resume
that gets results go to Image makers inc.com For all your
executive resume and job search needs. That's image makers
equals a k.com or just find Linda hupac in under the show's
producer list jobs,
Unknown: jobs, jobs and jobs jobs
Adam Curry: and we're almost there two more one more
Associate Executive producer sir Mike the fortunate from Fuquay
Varina think that's the way pronounce it. North Carolina 200
Switch routes which route John Adam a belated birthday present
credit to my keeper and best friend Dame Kelly the resolute
the info on the Middle East situation on the last podcast
was exceptional. The podcast gets better and better keep up
the good work jingles. Judge Jeanine Bama McGann Obama you
might die a little girl yay from Sir Mike the fortunate bomb
Unknown: them bomb them
and bomb them again you might die
John C Dvorak: last is Lynn Lynn of the Garden State that's a New
Jersey. ITM Jen, she writes it to send a card nice card. It's a
card you can tell by the noise. ITM John and Adam sending you
both a note of appreciation for your work to keep us all calm.
Thank you this in this crazy world, I need to start off 2024
with my first donation, no agenda. Hey, go. So as she does
requested de douching we can do that. You've been de deuced she
continues to happy to return some of the value have provided
me on my long on my long commutes to work. I'm requesting
the D tuition which she just got and a double up karma for
everybody Lin of the Garden State. You've got karma. And
that is our Executive Associate Executive producers for show
1623.
Adam Curry: And these are credits that stay with you for
the rest of your life. It's almost like herpes forever you
will have the better, though much better. You will be an
executive producer or Associate Executive Producer of episode
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recognized. And and they're yours forever. And John's gonna
take us through the 50s It'll go real quick. And then we'll we'll
night a Damon and a night and a dame and we've got some meetups,
all kinds of stuff to talk about.
John C Dvorak: Yeah, you know you're in trouble and your first
donor in the in this list is Kevin McLaughlin. 808 is the
Archduke of Luna lover of American boobs. And then
Jeremiah Spiewak. in Highland Park, Illinois comes in with
what he calls pointy boobs of 707. No point this is new. This
is a new this is a new, totally new and then it follows with
grace and insurance. Grayson insurance in Aurora, Colorado
606 small boobs so we have three boob donations in a row all of
different donation amounts. Meanwhile, we have Eli that
coffee guide gig brought coffee roasters.com Yeah,
Adam Curry: so I've been I had one this morning. Yeah, but let
John C Dvorak: me just say Bensenville Illinois 1656 50.
Adam Curry: Yep. So I had one of these gigawatt cold fusion.
Yeah. Which it's made with snap tool technology.
John C Dvorak: That is I'm,
Adam Curry: I'm a jacked. I've been jacked all morning from
this stuff, really. But it's interesting because you think
you'll be me it is all it is is coffee and water. That's all
refreshing cold coffee experience. They don't mention
how much caffeine is in here, but I guess they don't need to
because it just coffee, coffee and water. That's all that's in
there. But man, I like it. It's hardcore. And gotta be careful.
Well,
John C Dvorak: that's the paper they have. They're mostly I
think, a bean operation. Although they do have a bunch of
these canned drinks, which are a good idea. I think you can make
a lot of money from Canberra. Michael ganks. Michael gates.
Yeah, they're slick. Michael gates. 50 By the way, ITM 20 for
20% off your order. Get that in there. 50 To 80 from Miko gates,
Stephanie Schmidt in San Francisco. 5150. And she's still
a librarian. Oh,
Adam Curry: oh, my goodness. We I got a note. I gotta I gotta
read this for a second. Sorry. I got a beautiful present. From
the anonymous no agenda librarian. She sent me and this
is 35 years ago. She sent me the an original poster that I did
for the American Library Association, mint, complete mint
poster. MTV guy hair, the whole deal, Adam curry for the
American Library Association. I was blown away 35 years ago, and
she was able to find one because of course, she's a librarian.
Yeah,
John C Dvorak: that's what they do. Yeah, thank you. In fact, I
love my job and I love what I do. The librarian, Josiah
Thomason, and Kenny, Iowa 51. And boom, we're right at the $50
donors level right now and I'm going to read them off the name
and location, starting with Michael Lebar, in Williamston,
Michigan, Alex avala and Kyle, Texas.
Adam Curry: Oh Alex, Sir Alex.
John C Dvorak: Matthew Smith and Colchester, Suffolk, UK. Ryan
Tiernan in North Providence, Rhode Island, Jonathan Ferris
and liberal Kansas. Kelly Hubbard in Plymouth, Minnesota,
donating my winnings from fantasy football. Good for her
to play. Justin Cruz and to hatchapee California. Justin,
Justin. Stephen or Steven Steven ray in Spokane, Washington.
Robertson O. Robertson home in Flint, Michigan. Edward Mazurek
in Memphis, Tennessee. Rachael Ray arriba arrive alright. bbe
in Canton, Ohio, and this is switcheroo de douche my husband.
You've been de deuced he's got a birthday and he's gonna get
credit Andrew. And she says his his favorite her favorite
douchebag but he's bendy douche so it's no longer true person of
merit comics in Columbus, Ohio. And last on our short list, very
short list. Sir Jackson and leveling, leveling that Texas.
He needs some jobs. Karma will give jobs calm for everyone who
needs it here at the end. And that's it. That's it done. Well
Adam Curry: do the jobs, jobs,
Unknown: jobs, jobs and jobs.
Adam Curry: That's karma. Got a rather sad note from producer
Robert Robert Roberts. He says, Adam Adam waffling on whether to
ask this. My friends Ben and Jess stone. Ben was an avid
listener were killed in a car wreck on the 29th of December.
Their four kids are okay. I guess they're with them now. 136
and eight years old? The cooks Yes, the company they work for
had a lot of listeners as well. This has been a tragic and
heartbreaking loss was hoping for prayers and love and light
I'm sure that everybody is praying for for the kids. And
for of course, Ben and Jess and, and you know, I don't like these
notes. But I did want to share since we are the big no agenda,
family. And thank you very much to all of our producers,
especially those who who are always there with the
sustainable donations. You don't get thanked because we don't do
anything under $50. A lot of people like that for anonymity.
So 4999 is something people use a lot. But we'd love to
sustaining donations. They're very helpful on days like today
when things are a little bit low. If you want to learn more,
go to no agenda donations.com or the old one Volterra a.org/and a
thank you again for being supporters have no agenda
episode 1623 Our formula is this. We go out for yet people
in the mouth
we always have a couple of birthdays to celebrate Archie
Brentano wishes his better half Mandy Happy Birthday. She's
actually celebrating today. Rachel ribby wants to say happy
birthday to her hubby Andrew now that'll he'll be 30 on January
10. And Sir Mike the fortunate says Happy Birthday to James
Kelly the resolute maybe it's your birthday today regardless
Happy Birthday and we say happy birthday to all of you people on
behalf of no agenda. Oh, sorry. We don't let me see do we have
any? No, no, it's just one day one night so
John C Dvorak: I liked that. Lambos combo combo.
Adam Curry: Mandy come on up. Brad Brad Rennick both of you
are about to be knighted and named. And of course you are now
night and dame of the no agenda Roundtable. I'm very proud to
pronounce the k d as Dame ya know. And sir, to be thirsty.
Thank you both so much for supporting us. And of course we
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Welcome to the knights in the dames with a roundtable we are
very very, very pleased to have you here
John mentioned in earlier the no agenda meetups he says
connection is protection which is true, but really these
meetups which is it's part of the entire no agenda. experience
really is one thing to listen to the show a lot another is to to
go to a meet up. And meetups are everywhere. And the great thing
about it is, if there's no meetup near you, you can start
one and you'll be amazed how many sometimes just one person,
but a lot of people get a lot of it's amazing how many people
will go to a meetup if you just go to a bar doesn't really cost
any money. Just go to no agenda meetups.com It really, these
meetups, they keep you anchored. It's where we can all get
together. You already know who you are, who the people are, who
will come and you can encourage each other. You can't get that
from just an online experience. You need to do that as a part of
of your sanity really. And we only have one that is coming up
on the 11th Wow, that's nothing until then. That'll be Thursday
the northern Wake County stitch and bitch meet up six o'clock at
Compass Rose brewing in Raleigh, North Carolina. coming up in
January, Fredericksburg, Virginia is the 13th Garden City
Idaho Los Angeles, Milwaukee Wisconsin Westfield, Indiana on
the 14th on the 18th Denver, Charlotte, North Carolina on the
20th Rochester New Hampshire Fort Wayne, Indiana. Oh that was
going to be on the sixth so that move to the 20th Cincinnati, San
Diego Anchorage, Alaska. Kilgore, Texas, January 25,
Alpharetta, Georgia The 27th Kenny, oh Kilkenny Ireland, they
go tulsa oklahoma on the 28th in February we've got Rogersville
Alabama, fountain, Colorado, Albany, California February 17.
Hagen them and Connecticut net Connecticut as Singapore on
February 22. I'm looking forward to to getting a meetup report
and we love meetup report. So please consider recording short
little bits of people talking about how much they love the
meetup no agenda meetups.com is where you can find all the
meetups you can schedule one because if you can't find one a
year start one yourself. guaranteed a party.
Unknown: Sometimes you go hang out with Dyson days. You'd be
triggered you to be where everybody feels the same. Is
like a body.
Adam Curry: All right, I have to I have to now have three
actually three This one's no good, because it's just it's not
clear enough, but I'll play it.
Unknown: I love the penis joke.
Oh Ha. See,
Adam Curry: I know you couldn't hear it. I heard it. You heard
it and it was Kara.
John C Dvorak: Kara Swisher. Kara Swisher saying they love
the penis jokes. She's
Adam Curry: vile. She's always talking smack
John C Dvorak: this one that'll make your balls rattle. Kids
too. echoey
Adam Curry: How about this? What a fussy little dish? Because I
know it's not great. What do you have?
John C Dvorak: I have three. Like you do? Yeah, I have fire
fire. Little striker little short little short. This fire
short. Never use fire short. Okay, then try this one. It was
longer this is loon.
Adam Curry: Laser. I lose. I like it. I can hear it. Yeah,
good. Laser. I lose that sound sounds like us. Yeah,
John C Dvorak: it does. And then the old classic another version
of it. Wow. Wow.
Adam Curry: No, no, I don't. Those are too short. I like the
laser. I lose. I like that one. I think I think that's a winner.
And I hope you accept my decision. And now it's time for
Google.
Unknown: GDC
Adam Curry: good news. Everybody had John does a lot of work just
for the regular portions of the show. I mean, for those of you
who are listening those you support what what a show you got
second half of show. And another good news story to make you
John C Dvorak: do this is for little Charlie, who was almost
died in the car, but he was rescued. Oh, thank God.
Unknown: At 15 months old little Charlie here loves to eat his
veggies dropped some for his furry friends. Okay, and help
mom clean them up to birthing makes them laugh. He's so cute.
But last month, this bundle of joy in his mom faced a
terrifying situation when he suddenly broke out with a high
fever in the middle of the night,
jumped on e4 70 and I heard something in the back
pulling over as fast as she could she saw her baby having a
seizure something that's never happened before. If
if he hadn't been convulsing, he would have looked dead like
there was it was like like lifeless. And so I grabbed the
phone, and I call 911.
In a minute and 20 seconds she says a dispatcher was able to
ping her location and get the nearest deputy directed as soon
as possible. Moments later, she says a team of fire and EMTs met
them calmly helping get Charlie to the hospital for help.
They were so sweet. So that my gratitude came from like I've
never needed it and but when I did cash, they were so amazing,
so quick. I was just in awe
gratitude, they got to share in person with the firefighters
EMTs deputy and dispatcher Misty credits for helping not only her
son, but her to Reott we
talk to people on the worst days of their lives. So when it ends
up with a happy ending, it's very exciting for them to come
up and let us know and let us meet them and get to put faces
to names but it's
their faces their compassion and quick response. This family will
never forget.
I'm praying for you guys every day like you are stuck with us
and baby Charlie for the rest of our lives. Nicole Fierro
Fox are the one
Adam Curry: to be honest. I mean, it's a good news story. It
is. I prefer not to be medical issues where people almost died.
I mean, I like to I just like the like a cat did something
cute. You know? It's the only good news stories you've come up
with so far. It's like something horrible happened. We can't we
can we just have like,
John C Dvorak: you know, like, a cat save a dog and the last one
Adam Curry: I know but it's always saving a life. Good news
stories can just be there was a nice event or everyone had fun.
John C Dvorak: Or you went soft. Good news stories.
Adam Curry: I don't want the almost died. But luckily you
saved my life. I mean, that's. That's boring. We need
John C Dvorak: Yeah, okay. Everyone out there who helps me
find these stories now knows that Adam is picky? Yes, I am.
Well, it's not. He doesn't want good news stories, which that
was I want the bad ones. Good. Lame news stories.
Adam Curry: At least one a month. I need one. That's
John C Dvorak: not a problem.
Unknown: All right. A good news story from JCD happy vibes for
you and me and we all feel better. Now. He's done his bit.
To back to reality. That's turning to shit.
Adam Curry: I have a very good news story. Good news. Good news
who people who are on the juice. And when I say juice I mean the
me In the GLP juice, that's right. Good news, everybody if
you're using the weight loss drugs, good news. In our
Unknown: health cows today, the use of semaglutide drugs, things
like ozempic, and we'll go V don't appear to be associated
with any kind of a higher risk of thinking about suicide.
compared to any other medications. Researchers looked
at 100 million patient records backed by the National
Institutes of Health. And according to their findings, six
months after starting the meds, people taking the drug to lose
weight had a 73% lower risk of first time suicidal thoughts,
and a 56% lower risk of recurrent suicidal thoughts. For
people with type two diabetes. The reductions were 64 and 49%,
respectively. The lower risk were also observed three years
out from taking the medications. And these findings come just
days after the FDA said it was going to review reports of
suicidal thoughts among people using semaglutide and similar
medications. This good knows
Adam Curry: you don't want to kill yourself. This is good. 70%
John C Dvorak: I know that was an issue. I tell you. The
problem with that stuff was your stomach froze up and your drop
dead.
Adam Curry: Well, if you don't die, at least you won't be
killing yourself. It was good. It's good. Everybody's happy. I
think it's and you know what, there's even better news. I
mean, in America, we have I think New Zealand's the only
other country that allows direct consumer advertising of
pharmaceutical drugs. The old America that is correct. New
Zealand doesn't really count. I mean, yeah. But now they're
taking it one step further. This is this is the ultimate. This is
the future. This is how they really want to do it.
Interesting
Unknown: news today drugmaker, Eli
Lilly launched a new online service sending medications
directly to consumers. The new service called Lilly direct will
ship the company's new anti obesity drug to patients who
have a prescription and they will also offer some of the
company's insulin drugs for people with diabetes and a
migraine medication. Just
Adam Curry: send it just do direct. We don't need we don't
need a pharmaceutical industry. We just do a little telehealth
because you know how that is like via you fill out a form on
the website. Yeah, yeah. You don't need a doctor anymore.
Boy, you have to send a mail. Yeah, they'll just they'll just
ask you a few questions fill out the form boom, you've got a
prescription. This is what this is great. I think they finally
got it should you'd think that maybe it would be smart to go
check with a doctor you know, make sure that your doctor feels
is appropriate for you. With
John C Dvorak: these guys having the advantage of being able to
advertise in the one country in the world it's allowed they
would bring everybody in and share the wealth a little bit
but no, no now they decided to take all the money themselves
they're asking for cruisin for a bruisin here this
Adam Curry: by the way out it's not even an American company is
it Novo Nordisk? No, you're right yeah. No, this should be
illegal the screw and they're screwing our business. They're
screwing our drug business they should be there should be some
for Bolton TO BE CUT CUT should be exaggerated for Burb Bowden.
And then this is the worst tease of the week. I mean, I've heard
bad teases. But this one is I mean, if we did this, if we did
this people would be mad at us.
Unknown: Megyn Kelly, they'll fascinating and we're not done
with Jeffrey Epstein. I can tell you that for a fact. How I know.
But I can tell you for a fact. We're going to hear a lot more
about Jeffrey Epstein in the coming year. And you may be even
hearing from him directly. More on that as I'm allowed to tell
you
Adam Curry: as I'm allowed to tell you that I'm
John C Dvorak: allowed what is allowed Paul Crozier who's
pulling your strings that she has to be allowed. I
Adam Curry: don't like it. I don't like it is not cool to do
that. As long as I'm allowed. That's the worst he's ever asked
like he's at all that's like clickbait Don't you think
John C Dvorak: you either? Can you tell us tell us just call us
now can tell us what to do and what to say no can't tell us
back on our show and call her out. I
Adam Curry: have a feeling I'm not going to be called anytime
soon. However, tomorrow I will be doing the Tom Woods show. Tom
Woods that's right Tom Woods show tomorrow everybody that
mean that it will I think it takes takes a day or two before
he actually airs it but I look forward to that. I like tom toms
a good good dude. He's a good dude. Coming up next end of show
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everybody I'm Adam curry
John C Dvorak: and from Northern Silicon Valley where I remain
without a phone I'm John C. Dvorak. Please remember
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Unknown: You might die not that many of you are going to die so
don't worry about it go come on me over show Come on. Come on
come on come on come on. Come on. Come on. All right. God save
the Queen man. God save the Queen man. God save the Queen
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all over shown. Okay, girls, what did we learn from today's
episode? I'm a proud night Oh well, that's normally true but
anything else everything
they just lie like they've been trying to control for your mind,
you will find it's all over again. This is a scam.
Everything is
run by the CIA
Have you heard the show? Everyone's talking? Are you
divorced, deconstructing? That's a job pointing out stupidity
with an awesome no agenda. Just lies lies and curried the more I
can show you why value for value is their way of just for the
past 15 years and also produces the best podcast slave
Adam Curry: scam no. That's a scam. That's a scam.
John C Dvorak: It's a scandal to me. This is a scam. To say
that's a massive scam. More
Unknown: people are entering the United States illegally.
40% of them crossing are families. 60% of adult men
arriving at the southern border additional
enforcement actions are urgently needed. CBP tells the outlet
that there have been 45,000 encounters at the border since
Monday.
The number of asylum seekers in this town of Eagle Pass Eagle
Pass
Texas Eagle Pass Texas is one of the busiest border entry points
in the country.
Hundreds of people were in the cold to be processed by US
border officials.
Who is saying the system is working as it should down there.
They want the highest day of encounters ever recorded. I did
not know that many states are heading for sanctuary cities is
going to be extremely painful for New Yorkers. The mayor now
wants to cut half a billion dollars from education in order
to deal with the influx of illegal in recent
weeks for the police have been recording almost 10,000 people
crossing the border
and we told us
they did not have the manpower or the resources fly
we continue to say we need help. Meanwhile, Texas is now
reportedly adding anti Climate Technology to expensive
training immigration services. You You need funding and they
need more for thanks very much.
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