Oh yeah, Mama, my mama lives in the same house. We live in. Adam
curry, John C. Dvorak.
Sunday, November 19 2017. This is your award winning get my
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John C. Dvorak. Hill. No such thing as a vacation in our
business. And I mentioned I missed the Zephyr. I tweeted you
a nice picture of a classic movie. Did you see that? The
movie is it was a nice cover of the movie of the film poster.
The man who watched the trains go by
Yeah, no, I saw that. Okay, then why did you say no? Because I
don't know what you're talking about. Why would you mention it
was a while ago was like it just tweeted this morning.
Okay, we're in a fine mood, aren't we? Yeah. What are you
being accused of? Groping.
Curiously, you want to start start there?
Only under one condition. Okay, we play the jingle.
And now it's time for your sexual harassment update.
I got lots of women who liked it a lot John they liked the
jingle.
I liked the jingle it's good. I think men like to jingle to
sexism finally have a female voice on the show so nice.
We have the view that karma voices played probably more than
anything.
True true. But you know what I mean in a jingle form.
Yes, we need more women jugglers.
Hello, are you a jungler sign up?
So there's a little story that we'll get is not going to get a
lot of because you know they're really going out of their way to
protect Franken you know?
Yes, and it's so obvious that this was going to happen we were
pretty much ready for it. I have quite a slew of examples. And
you can imagine it is almost like we need to take a trip to
the alternative universe I don't want to do it because it makes
me nauseous but that they truly is two sides of the same coin
what's going on now it's really it's really really fascinating
to watch.
Well the funny thing about Franken is is that like all
these other guys I would say I would put him in the category of
Bill Cosby where at first there's nothing and then there's
one and then there's a couple and then to death but they've
been doing their best to repress them but we do have a local
story because it involved a local person one of our one of
the talk show people it's a I don't have the clip list in
front of me but it's a clipped it's just have frankenz name on
it and Melanie Morgan
okay. No, yeah, thank you. Oh no, it's another Franken victim
is that it may be
another Frank and victim and this a local girl
while she sleeps and a second woman accused Frankin of
harassment today. Former Bay Area radio host Melanie Morgan
spoke out today saying Franken wouldn't stop calling her after
they debated on the Bill Maher show.
It was three days worth of phone calls that took place. And
finally, the last time that he called I said if you call me one
more time I am calling the police and I am going to make a
harassment complaint against you.
Morgan says the incident happened in the year 2000. She
says he got her phone number from a producer on the show.
Morgan says the incident quote frightened her half to death.
You know I saw her on Laura Ingraham show. I'm not a big fan
of Laura Ingram necessarily, but she was on Oh, if there's a new
accuser, so and I watched, I mean, you know, she was addicted
to him on the show. He was addicted to her. And then he
Well, he wanted to be right. That's what it was about. But it
wasn't necessary. Unless that's a tactic. That seems a little
odd. I'm well,
and that during that period, she was pretty good looking for.
Yeah, yeah. 15 years or 1620 years ago. Yeah.
It wasn't sexual harassment.
Will he be calling her to say, you know, it's a TV show? Does
he take he's a comic and as a TV show, he's not going to be
calling her over and over well, you know, thanks for Wrexham
error.
I think that he might be one of those people who just so pissed
when he doesn't get his way that he just goes out of his way to
have someone say okay, I don't think it look it doesn't matter.
He's creepy but the thing that really put me in the in the
alternate universe is you know, the focus on the picture, much
less on the forceful kiss, which is what I find really offensive.
I can see the funny in what he did you know, it's
inappropriate, but here's how it's explained in in dimension a
she says that he wrote a part into their skit that required
him to kiss her and that he tried to rehearse the kiss
backstage that made her uncomfortable.
And then she noticed no mention of the tongue down her throat
jab, rehearsed the kiss backstage
that made her uncomfortable. And then she also published a
picture that was given to her of her asleep with Senator Franken
mock groping her so it is mock
groping Oh, okay. I see. It's mock groping and this was
written.
This sounds like the mentioned B to me. I'm sorry,
I meant B, AB, whatever we straddle. here's the here's
another example.
In a nutshell, she said she was on this USO tour that Al Franken
wrote, he was a comedian then not a senator wrote into the
script that they should kiss tried to get her to rehearse it.
It was uncomfortable. She avoided him after that. And then
he fought it took a picture, which his office now says was a
joke that showed him potentially not actually groping, but mock
groping her while she was asleep.
Okay, oh, that's fine. Mock groping is okay.
Hey, I just go up to some random woman and grab her breasts and
say, hey, just mocking Jasmine mock Bromont? Girl, okay.
microbuses. Really?
I mean, that is what's disturbing, because you know
that if it was because it's all politicize if it was a
Republican it would have been, he would have been a douchebag.
And he's got to get out. So every and I think they know that
themselves, too. It's gotta be just gotta be. I don't think
they know that. I mean, it was really weird stuff happened now.
Bill Clinton's being brought up again.
And I have the Clinton clips. Okay. All right.
I got one. But you seem to have a
by the way, I'm going to before we explain these, these Bill
claim clips, this is an attack on Hillary because they're still
trying to get her out of the picture. She won't go away.
She's like a bad penny. Yes, she refuses to get guests in your
house and won't leave. And so they've decided now what are we
going to do? I'm the you know, it's not as though I think I
think they actually do have a meeting that almost cuts comes
down to what are we going to do now? I think if we go after
Bill, Bill will have some influence on her because
apparently she's not listening to us.
Which one do you want to start with?
Well, what a bunch of players right off?
Oh, well. Okay. I have I have. All right, hold on a second.
We'll start then with CNN panel of women.
Good night got to CBS and Fox. So we can see that this is a
concerted effort by the entire media.
Yeah. So what I need to do is I need to start though with former
former note former because you'll hear that she's not so
former because she's everywhere. Director of progressive media
for the Clinton campaign. And just wanting you to hear her
first on Frank, and then we'll come back to her. So in the
panel with other CNN women in this new ground swamps. This
one, should we
be talking about Bill Clinton right now? No, I don't mean this
new.
We should be talking about Bill Clinton. I think that there were
plenty of feminists at the time, those allegations were
happening, that we're having this conversation we're having
right now. But at the time, we weren't really listening to
feminists, we thought they were sort of outliers and the
conversation about the cultural shift.
I did like this, outliers, outliers. But the time Don't you
remember?
Oh, my God.
Feminists, we thought they were sort of outliers and the
conversation about the cultural shift in terms of the power
dynamic and the abuses of power. Those were conversations that
weren't a part of the main stream, I do think it's
important to promote themselves. In the past. I'm not giving him
a pass. I'm saying the reason why we're having this
conversation about Bill Clinton and presidents is because the
current president has been accused by over a dozen women of
inappropriate sexual behavior. And he is in office right now.
And so I think that he's the catalyst for this entire
conversation. And I think Congress, you know, we need to
understand this in sort of a more comprehensive way. It's a
spectrum of behavior on the one end of the spectrum, and the
more severe end is the Harvey Weinstein's of the world, Bill
Cosby's of the world. Why more? Right. You have the deputy
40 years ago, and we're gonna go into this sort of thing. Well,
that was then this is now why is Roy Moore even brought into the
conversation that was 40 years ago. Right. Right, right for
right. Okay. And then the other end of the spectrum, you have
street harassment and you have Al Franken and you have more
benign behaviors that are traumatizing to women, but not
necessarily criminal. And so I think that we have to under
stand that all women have these experiences all women have been
victims of harassment but at different ends of the spectrum.
Okay, so it's a spectrum night that's that's what you have to
understand. It's a spectrum like that. Let me ask you a question.
If you forcibly say you're going to kiss someone rehearse sketch
or not, and then you do it and then you stick your tongue in
the throat. Is that that almost assault and battery? I think so.
Yeah. How about if you grab someone by the pussy?
You know, if he was a better looking guy, he never said that
he grabbed anyone by the papacy says you can grab them by the
bush.
Yes, correct. But that has changed. That's not how it was
remembered anymore. Now we're gonna go to the CNN panel. I
think Brooke Baldwin was leading it again. The former progressive
media director. I don't think she's former.
She's the way let me she's the anti boobs woman.
Brooke is Yeah, Brooks the anti boob woman. She hates boobs. In
this
new groundswell of everything we're experiencing. There is a
new lens on Bill Clinton. fairpoint. Go ahead. Yes,
absolutely. Because this goes beyond just Monica. This goes to
the $850,000 that Clinton paid to apologize.
I forget who this is. But this is the woman who's making a big
mistake on CNN right now
for sexual harassment. She only asked for 700,000 but she got
$850,000 from Bill Clinton that was payola. He didn't admit
guilt. But why would you
second, payola I refer specifically to the music
industry? Yeah, pay off is the word she's looking for.
She's an idiot like most people on television,
payola. He didn't admit guilt, but why would you pay $150,000
Unless you were doing something wrong, and this was not, it was
case after case after case and Hillary Clinton
was mumbling away there.
This kid this this use of the word payola, it's just
unbelievable. Well, you
know, that Brooke immediately after she's done with a little
soliloquy said that's not payola. Oh, wait, no, she did.
And I'm sorry.
after case after case, and Hillary Clinton, she's just
victim shame. You want to talk about listening to women, she
called Monica Lewinsky who was an intern
I would probably
five and now the former director comes
nontender way that you should Yes, as a woman, yeah, this is
what she should but the blame on bringing a conversation about
Bill Cohen's behavior is not appropriate. On the men's
choices, and the men's behavior, and all men need to reflect upon
their behavior, not just same as one. Yeah, and not just
politics. But this problem is just put all on Hillary Clinton,
so I'm
not putting it on the last trump. Hillary Clinton went
after Lewinsky called her babe oh, wait a second
terrible television I liked was enough for me is terrible. You
can't have out you can't understand a word anyone saying
they're all talking over each other.
They're gonna get into it, though.
Lewinsky scandal was an affair with somebody that was of age,
Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky has never been an accuser. She has
never since the time not back then not since then. ever said
that he did this to me. It was unwanted. I didn't want to get
touch. I mean, she's not an accuser. So now we're gonna step
in and on her behalf, accused him of marital affair. That is
not illegal and might be immoral. And
oh, hold on. It's not true. In Texas, it's illegal for sure.
It's illegal to what?
copulation outside of the marriage. It's a divorce double
offense
there in Washington DC, though everything
goes there. No affair.
That is not illegal might be immoral. It might be unethical.
But it's not illegal to have an affair. Yes, it's wrong for the
President to remember the illegality with Clinton was
because of the perjury over which he was impeached, not
because he
was appointed a year and a half before he even met.
In January. You're quietly
Yeah, they don't want to talk about the power structure that
she was an intern. And then we have I mean, they were out in
full force, because you're right. I completely concur that
this was the attack on Hillary through Bill and Hillary through
everybody out there. Former Hillary Clinton aide Jennifer
Palmer on MSNBC.
I want to bring you in Jen on this specific question of for
Donald Trump's for Sean Hannity for a few other select spots on
Fox being a partisan issue where they go wall to wall if it's
Harvey Weinstein, or if it's Al Franken and where they, you
know, Sean Hannity saw fit to leave it up to Alabama to decide
whether
it is amazing the the blindness or color, tone deafness of these
people who are accusing, rightly, Fox News of
highlighting democratic predators, whereas CNN is doing
the exact opposite there's no one see this Roy
Moore's assault on nine women who were ages 14 to 28. Every
last one of them in incredibly vulnerable positions he was in
his early 30s. That doesn't justify the same kind of
scrutiny and for Donald Trump at least the same kind of Twitter
attention and as Eli said, cutesy Bootsy. Nicknames as a
Democrat.
Yeah. It's it's the, it's like a weaponization political
weaponization of sexual harassment. And, and it's just
the height of cynicism, and it's not, you know, honestly, what I
would expect from them. And
Trump being a douchebag
candidate, but it's not just them. It's Mitch McConnell, who
was very quick to to call for ethics investigation of Senator
Franken which is an appropriate thing to do, but he was not
sincere and
to do what are you bitching about
but he was not sincere in doing that he was doing that to try to
put Democrats the ASO
Mitch McConnell's interesting because he also was the first
big national Republican figure to say these words I believe the
women about Roy Moore's accuse I believe that women were more
worried you know
what this now sounds like it kind of hit me it sounds like
just think it's a different topic but it sounds like every
technology every tech podcast I believe I think I know a new me
beginning put a time note down
but I'm serious.
Yeah, it's people just talking to their ass.
Yeah, and no place to do that. No, no better place to do that.
Then the Bill Maher show, which is my final my final clip.
Anyway, I want to congratulate you for tricking me into playing
this one clip for the last 10 minutes. And it's actually a
series of clips leading to the one clip very coy continue.
Didn't mean to trick you. I'm sorry. Continue on the show.
Some they've some author she wrote a book about I guess how
horrible men are Bernstein's on the show. And Chelsea Handler
who I used to like a lot I used to watch her show.
Or like, I never liked her because she was I know people
that network and they didn't know too much. I guess I
shouldn't have good nevermind. But I never liked her. And I
don't think she's funny.
Yeah. Well, she became very unfunny more than a year ago,
kind of when she when she moved from EA to her Netflix show. And
you know, she's off the air. Otherwise, I'm sure with her
sexual proclivity. She would have been outed by someone
somewhere. She's, she's a wild one. But listen to this
exchange. Again, it's about Bill Clinton, among others. With Bill
Maher, and guests.
What about Bill Clinton? shall see you you tweeted, imagine
being molested by an older man, then that man denies ever doing
it and then goes it goes on and gets elected to United States
Senate and Juanita Broderick tweeted back. Yeah, Chelsea
Handler I can't imagine and goes into how she says she was raped
by Betsy, unlike the right you then said, Oh, you have a point.
I said, I'm so sorry.
I apologize. Every first of all, every victim deserves to be
heard. You know, anyone who's alleging any sort of assault or
abuse needs to be listened to? You can't do that. We look at
Bill Clinton. Well, do we have to go back to look at Bill
Clinton? I mean, I think that's I mean, I mean, isn't the jury's
out on that? We got what Bill Clinton was okay. He had a lot
of sex a lot of people and, and yeah,
that's we know, we're now we're talking about for sex, which is?
Right, right. I mean, right. You're right. Do we have to go
back and look at that? Yeah, I'm not gonna believe a woman. I'm a
woman. And it is my job. Right now we're in the area where we
have to believe every woman because we've done such a poor
job at believing each other. Okay.
One of the reasons. One of the reasons that I think it is
crucial that we go back as part of this conversation, and look
at Bill Clinton is because the timing of what happened with
Bill Clinton was really crucial to do this development of this
conversation about sexual harassment. It was right after
the Anita Hill hearings, in which that term sexual
harassment, and what it meant to women as a class, the way that
this behavior, disadvantaged them economically and
professionally, which reminds me,
because I only witnessed that, you know, just as I was very
young at the time, well, not very, I'd be much younger. This
is the long Dong silver. Clarence Thomas. He was made up
care and care on the coat can he didn't actually touch her or
anything, but he was very rude. It was It wasn't a John Kerry
Kerry, who ran that entire Senate investigation. I don't
remember. But, you know, Tom was clearly conservative. And then
lo and behold, right after that, we like Ah, okay, we're gonna
get those Democrats. Let's go. Let's out Clint. And as a
douchebag, this has been going on forever almost
came into the lexicon. And feminists made this point even
though Clarence Thomas was appointed to the Supreme Court
despite being accused of sexual harassment by Anita Hill, and
then immediately after Bill Clinton is elected president,
and there is because he is better for feminist policy, then
the 12 years of and this is the politics you're talking about.
And because there is a 12 years
What What are you saying?
I have no idea which stuff but the 12 years,
because it was bush for four and then who was before Bush, senior
Reagan.
Now okay, but people loved him. Didn't they even didn't
Democrats even love him? Who Reagan?
Yeah, they reluctantly said nothing. They reluctantly didn't
go after Him because they were apparently overmatched. They
didn't nobody, nobody, no Democrat loved Reagan, no matter
what they
saw now, apparently, was, he's dead.
And this is the politics you're talking about. And because there
is a right wing attack on him, and those things are
simultaneously true, there is a left feminist defense of Bill
Clinton's power abuse with regard to Monica Lewinsky. And
that derails the clarification of the conversation around
sexual harassment. So chronologically before we even
get to whether we believe when Anita Broderick there is a
derailment of that conversation in the 90s, when the left is
moved to defend Bill Clinton right after we've just talked
about what sexual harassment means. So it's important to go
back and talk about him. On the other hand, we can't just make
this about Bill Clinton and not the guy who's currently in the
White House. Who wants to be in the Senate and on the Senate
right now, frankly, the stakes are higher with Trump in the
White House. Yes.
Great discussion. I appreciate
it. Yeah, great.
Bill Clinton was a rapist.
Again, it's the categorization it's the spectrum, you know, the
spectrum, because Clarence Thomas, that was that sexual
harassment or inappropriate word lac?
Well, that is sexual harassment to in the same thing. But he was
uh, yeah, it was inappropriate workplace behavior and sexual
harassment in the form of sexual harassment that Clarence Thomas
exhibited. And she didn't like it. No, she bitched and moaned I
guess I don't know how much she complained that she did talk to
HR I don't know. Let me see sexual
harassment is bullying or coercion or coercion of a sexual
nature or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards
in exchange for sexual favors? That to me is
really the that's a lot different than saying there's
pubic hair on a coat can
Yes, but bullying I don't think bullying is kind of it's kind of
bullying and something I didn't awkward way with with somebody
that some prissy woman like her that Anita Hill is just you
she's you just imagine her all the time holding the top of her
blouse by her neck tightly, fist clenched.
Well, here's, here's the, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission that's a governmental body. Here's their definition.
It is unlawful to harass a person an applicant or employee
because of that person sex. That's interesting because of
that person sex. Harassment can include sexual harassment quotes
or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and
other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.
The legal definition of sexual harassment varies by
jurisdiction. Oh, that's interesting.
In California, it's like Blinken twice.
Just looking at the dress. Not even mentioning it. Okay. Well,
it's all close enough. Like I
think we should start calling out some of the women for sexual
harassment have a different nature. Because I was watching
the other day. I was watching Pharaoh a pharaoh Pharaoh,
Fallon, Jimmy Fallon, and he had Jessica chest stain on
shimmy Ferrell. I kind of like
I liked it. So she comes on as she's wearing a tight fitting
black dress with a slit. So as you can see all the way up to
her top of her thigh as she walked in there. Her showing a
lot of leg. Yeah. I thought that's a sexual harassment far
as I'm concerned that mice will be sexual harassment. She's
harassing people. How? Showing off a big leg like beautiful
leg. This is not good.
You can't do that. That's harassment in the way. Well,
I think in California, it should be the way everything else is
going. Yes, I'd say it's harassment
while he's in New York. So that makes it easier but you'd be in
New York to I'm thinking more of Janet Napolitano.
Well, no, that's different. That's that's that's the that's
already
that's based upon someone's sex.
Yeah, I agree with that. But that's I think I'm just I'm
trying to expand it. I think it can go any Jessica's chest ain't
sure to come in wearing pants, period.
Okay. All right. I'll let you have that one.
All right. And so I After this
after that clip clip a fun beauty.
Okay, so let's play my two loan clips off sorry, which are the
two examples which I turn them Bill Clinton on the chopping
block because he's only on the chopping block this is only
coming out did they make it looks like it's about Trump, but
it's not. It's about Hillary and getting her off the stage. They
can't seem to get rid of this woman that they do not want her
running for president for a third time and failing again,
right. But during they're going to be stuck with that if they
can't get her off the stage and they can't seem to do it so
they're gonna work on bill. So let's start with the start with
the CBS version.
Sitting with candidate Trump Juanita Broderick spoke to the
press ahead of the second presidential debate. Bill
Clinton, Great Britain compares the national debate over sexual
misconduct has led to a reassessment of Mr. Clinton's
behavior and investigation of sexual harassment claims
eventually led to his impeachment when he lied under
oath about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky
misled people, including even my wife how I deeply regret that
one prominent Senate Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
was asked if in today's context, Mr. Clinton should have stepped
down.
Yes, that I think that is the appropriate response. But think
things have changed today. And I think under those circumstances,
there should be a very different reaction.
Back to this White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said
today the President has addressed the more allegations,
he has not the official White House position is they are
quote, extremely troubling. But it's up to the voters of Alabama
to decide if more the Republican nominee is fit for Office.
Anthony,
Major Garrett at the White House today, the more campaign brought
out a group of female supporters including the candidates wife,
and now this Gillibrand. Is she a Republican or Democrat? She's
a Democrat. Ah, so she somehow was co opted into the plan to
relaunch the hashtag me to against Bill. Yeah. Wow.
Very last line.
I wonder who, who
is we've highlighted her on the show before, but
uh, yeah, I'm just wondering, you know, who is who's the big
the big money behind this? Who's really pushed our rows? Yeah.
What am I thinking? Stupid? Course. He hates Putin and he
hates Clinton. Why he hates her now because she failed him.
Yeah, she would have won he'd be big, big time supporter but no,
no, he knows that you can't she looks like she wants to run
again. She's got the machine. She could run again. She's got
the women vote or whatever they
don't know by on the face bag is kind of iffy about it.
Yes. And what do you think that is? Because they've been going
after her base bag is a good barometer. Yep. Yep. Yeah,
nothing really been going on. None of these slams against
Hillary and slams against now Bill
they're all asking for Elizabeth Warren that's who they are.
That's even though she claims she agree that it was a big scam
the primaries they still want Elizabeth Warren to run the
thing that she's the she's the mack daddy. Which is fine by me.
That'd be funny. That'd be interesting. She entertainment
value.
Because she's she's she goes up. She actually gets us go to the
Republic
runs itself president or no president. I don't think it
matters.
All right, so let's play the bed. Now. Here's this fox
version, which would be more extreme. Again, using bill as
the whipping boy to go after Hillary.
This comes as many on the left and members in the media are
finally starting to admit that sexual misconduct allegations
against President Bill Clinton were dismissed and downplayed,
and that Clinton's accusers were widely attacked and discredited.
Look at a couple of these headlines. Blocks Bill Clinton
should have resigned what he did to Monica Lewinsky was wrong,
and he should have paid the price from the New York Times.
What about Bill sexual misconduct, debate revives
questions about Clinton. And from the Atlantic, Bill Clinton,
a reckoning feminist save the 42nd President of the United
States in the 1990s. They were on the wrong side of history. Is
it finally time to make things right? This is a major change
from what we've seen as recently as a 2016 campaign. Look at how
the media attack Clinton's accusers back then.
A trio of women who say Bill Clinton made unwanted sexual
advances in the 80s and 90s. Mr. Clinton did Now that two of the
cases were plagued by factual discrepancies,
when it was Bill Clinton's problems, almost in the moment,
Republicans tried to make it an issue and it didn't. So why is
it going to work 20 years later with his wife, I just don't see
it.
The issue of Bill Clinton's past is the is that fair game and it
would
be as he were running for president, but he isn't. Hillary
Clinton is running for president. I would like
to apologize to those traps that have slipped with my husband's
gonna said that we bomb them, bomb them and bomb them again.
I love judge Nene.
So she brought to us the law. There's old clips and also
brought out to show that the big guns in New York Times Atlantic
and all these good characters are Vox are all going after Bill
all at the same time. This is all happening all at once. It's
orchestrate and
also you know, we're seeing things Vox itself being accused
of being one big predatory mosh pit.
Well, if it's a webs operation, I'm sure it is.
Yeah, we have now continued Of course, Jeffrey Tambor. We know
what I thought was really nice.
Jeffrey Tambor. Perfect Amazon streaming service. Target. Yeah,
Ryan Seacrest. Oh, I didn't know this. Yes. by former stylist.
Oh, right. Yes. Yeah, he denies these reckless allegations. We
have. The TED talks was my favorite. The apparently the
douchebag elitist TED Talk. Conference, not the TEDx? No,
no, the real one, the real one that you pay 10 grand for is
just filled with douchebags so bad that women don't even want
to go anymore. I mean, we're talking about jump pouncing on
women, cornering them, pushing them up against the wall and
seeing your tech people you know rubbing their mashing their hard
ons against women. Ah, it's disgusting.
It's totally disgusting. And you know
that that's exactly the people who are doing this stuff because
they've lost all control of reality. I've seen this I've
seen it. You've seen it. I've seen tons of it. douchebags.
Unbelievable. The funny one though, is Gene Simmons.
Yeah, don't Kenneth surprises me isn't Gene Simmons married to
Shannon tweed the camera of the year
NBC he's not he's not being accused of anything other than
being incredibly douchey and I have my own story about that.
Because you know he he basically is just he's rude. I guess he
What are you he was in for the fox, Fox Business News studios
or whatever. It was news to me and he offended members of the
team. And so he upset by saying Hey, Chick, Sumi. But here's the
thing. I'll tell you this is Gene Simmons. Anyone who has met
Gene Simmons for five minutes knows that this guy is is like
this and it's funny. He used to come into the the weekly music
meetings at MTV when he was predominantly producing. And I
was producing somebody wasn't it wasn't a kiss record. And the
time you I was the only VJ in the music meeting. This is where
the payola occurred, although I didn't see any. And he comes in
with kneepads on jumps up on the table says Who do I have to blow
to get this thing on the air? It was like that was Jean Yeah, all
right, man. And you know what, you know they put it in
rotation. That's how it works, baby. You know it. So it's very
effective. His his harassment on the special gig. Yeah. And then
a little update on the Kevin Spacey from get mo nation GMT, a
Theatre
in London says 20 separate men have come forward to them with
allegations of misconduct against actor Kevin Spacey. Its
former artistic director
is Carl Sagan Who is this announcer
that's the EURO NEWS. Yeah, those guys does a lot of work
for us on your own news if we need anything is bad. The Old
Vic says
it couldn't verify any of the claims and wouldn't share
specific details but a law firm hired to conduct the
investigation says 14 of the men were encouraged to go to the
police
chained to the Old Vic in recent years. And we will continue to
work to model and safeguards the open culture that we want the
Old Vic to be known for.
Dr. Roberto Covasna. was claimed two weeks ago that spacey had
behaved inappropriately toward him when they both worked there.
Although it's not known whether Vassos is one of the men listed
in the findings. The House of Cards actor hasn't commented
publicly about the vassals his claim or any misconduct
connected to the Old Vic. A statement from the theater says
they believe spacey star status lead to a quote cult of
personality around him dumped there between 1995 and 2013 G
Captain Obvious you
think which may have led to junior staff or younger actors
feeling they couldn't speak out. The theater also reported that
they'd asked spacey to participate in their
investigation, but received no response from him. warders
hasn't been able to verify any of the claims against spacey his
lawyer didn't immediately respond to requests for
permanent damage. last statement from his representatives two
weeks ago said he was seeking treatment
now, I'd love that last little bit. Listen to it. This is this,
this guy is a member of the gays. And that's a very specific
group of homosexual oriented men. Listen to the disdain when
he says treatment
from his representatives two weeks ago said he was seeking
treatment.
Treatment, right? They hate him. I hate him. They hate him. They
hate him. They do. The gays hate spacey because he was not as
though as they said he was not a good gay. Not a not a good guy
in Hollywood.
Nope. Well, I think what's gonna happen then now there's been
some news about his abusive dad who was a Nazi apparently wage
space. He's dead. Yeah, beat the kids. supporter of Hitler.
No way. Yeah,
this will be coming out. They're trying to know here's what's
going on, I think is what's going on with Spacey. He's a
huge loss to the artistic community as an actor and he
saved the Old Vic. Really, he went there and 95 It was you
know, just another piece of crap. It was a falling apart
theater that was replaced by the new Vic. And the Old Vic was
still there. But it was you know, just was falling on hard
times. He didn't have it wasn't making any serious money was the
choosing the right plays it was had all these issues. He became
the director. The thing became very prosperous. He was almost
there 20 years. And it's way spent most of his time working
there. And you know, I guess, bang and a bunch of DJs in
England dudes. Dudes. And, but it was you know, it was a
positive it was a benefit. I mean, nobody was complaining at
the time. Oh, yeah, it came on to me and you know, you can
anyone can say no, I'm sure. Oh, I felt obligated because he was
he says a cult of personality. Anyway, so he did it. He did
good work. Now he can't he's not there anymore. He just hasn't
been there since 2013. Anyway now and then he had the you
know, he's he started off the streaming thing which is one of
our theories is that that's the reason that we're going after
him to begin with Yes, he started made it happen with the
House of Cards. A huge target on his back after that. And then
and he's a fun actor. We everyone's enjoyed his work.
I've liked all of the stuff he's ever done. A place a nut ball
very well.
Yeah. Although you never got into House of Cards. You never
into that. It first year. I
watched it religiously. Okay, one year. Yeah. All right. And
then I watched a couple episodes. I said wait a minute.
See the problem I had with that show. You can almost say the
same thing about the wire. It was designed for one season
right and that became such a big hit. The wire was the worst case
example because the wire if you watched I think six seasons five
seasons. The wire was the first season was absolute dynamite and
it actually ended. It ended that's if you watch them first
season is over at the end of that series. And then David was
such a hit. Wasn't a monster but it was a big hit. And his
critics loved it. Yeah, they fought they shoehorned a second
season which was crap, but it was still good enough money in
the bank baby. Yeah, and then it was good to do a third season
which was good it got it back on track. And it finished pretty
well but the second season is a joke. And I felt that was was
gonna happen with the house of cards and I wasn't going to
watch it right right. Someone and I lost interest
someone had tweeted us I'm I've been scrolling through the
tweeters because I thought I'd save save the article or at
least the the tweet that there was another on demand show that
was being taken down in the hashtag me too. Did you see
that? Because you were copied on it. In fact you got props for
it.
I don't remember
scrolling here I can't remember what that was because it's
it were their work two or three other ones that somebody did
point out said this and this and this are all you know targets
Right? Right. But yeah,
well it's
it's it's not boring. Or tamp or by the way is the is the best
case example to go after from Amazon. They got the Netflix
guy. Yeah.
And did you hear what he did? Well, you tell me Oh, he he
matched his erection up against one of his co workers, one of
his colleagues, colleague, actors, a trans woman with a
penis. And I guess he's getting turned on by the whole role.
Maybe it's a method acting, I don't know. Could be. It's
possible. It's possible.
Possibilities.
That would be my defense. That will be my defense. And she was
hot and she was
asking to make you wonder who's going to play Harvey Weinstein
in the movie?
Who would look good? Billy Joel comes to mind. He's oddly
enough. Yeah, yeah. I don't know. I don't know.
Anyway, this whole thing is it's actually in a sense, I don't
know if it's in a callous way or a sick way. Or misogynist way.
I'm not sure what it is. But there's some some element of
humor that is irresistible
in this whole thing. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, but no,
now the fact that I know tambores getting it he's getting
it from all sides too. And Yeah, no kidding. She's mashing so I
didn't know he's a masher masher.
Guy I got mashes and flashers. matchers and flashes well, that
time is upon us once again John and presume we're done with with
our sexual harassment update. Well,
no, I have
one more. Oh, yes. Good.
Is one this is the example of CBS CBS has been doing this a
lot. This is the sex scandal dime only this is just a clip of
the mostly of the Segway good but this because there is no
segway they've taken the CBS takes the sex scandal stories
they run them together. And then they they do what the we've done
this show this on the show before they drop in something
that's got nothing to do with the SEC scandals as though it's
part of the story. Is this what you call the whipsaw? Or is this
none of the whipsaw is where you exemplify something with a with
the wrong wrong clip.
Okay, got it. Right.
This is another this is this story blending I call it with
this is a good example,
an aim to highlight distinctions between Democratic and
Republican responses to misconduct claims. Look at the
contrast between our Frank and accepting responsibility
apologizing, and Roy Moore and Donald Trump who have done
neither President Trump responded today. Clinton just
can't stop and that she should get on with her life. Meanwhile,
the Senate Judiciary Committee is requesting documents from
President Trump's adviser and son in law, Jared Kushner,
related to a quote Russian backdoor Overture and dinner
invite during the campaign.
Wow. Yeah, well, the only thing I can think of is in the steel
dossier. There is talk of Jared being a cook. But a real one,
not just submissive, submissive to His wife.
What's that got to do with the story? The sex stories because
it's a sex story? Yes, but they don't say that.
Well, no, it's subliminal. What else could it be? It makes no
sense. Otherwise, maybe it's I don't know.
No, it makes none of this makes sense. They have been doing this
over and over again. I planted another example a couple shows
ago, and I keep seeing it. Were they talking about one thing
that they do? It's a guilt by association thing. Let's talk
about all these freaky perverts. And now let's mention Jared
Kushner Yeah, maybe you're maybe there is that element? I think
possible? I think so. But but there was actually something
else and that does not belong in this story. No, but
let me just get the clip again. There was something at the end
there was also sexual this this whole report is very, very
sketchy.
adviser and son in law Jared Kushner related to a quote
Russian backdoor Overture and dinner invite during the
backdoor overture I don't know John there's a rush Russian
backdoor overture no less write that down.
Russian bears Yeah.
Hey, comrade, I'm liking your but very good. Backdoor overt.
You're nice. Oh,
I know is that as far as I'm concerned, this is a is not a
proper way to do anything. This drawing those two stories
together. It's just not right. Oh,
it has nothing. And this is that was CBS. The Tiffany network?
Yes, CBS does that most of the time Walter Cronkite rolls over
in his grave. No, he doesn't. No, no, he was part of this
whole okay. That was the era when When? When they gave it
over to the CIA. If you remember reading
your story by well who was it before then? Will Bill Paley
Yeah Bill Paley's the guy who did it. He thought it was cool
to be as part of the agency. Yeah.
All right. I want to do a little One Belt One Road update. This
is Part of my beat, I'm just looking at the map. And if
you've haven't seen this before, silk road.no, agenda notes.com
Silk road.no. Agenda notes.com. You can look at the maps. You
can see the Economic Belt, the maritime belt, the train belt,
and the following three countries have a lot of crap
going on in them and they're very important for well, the
Chinese strategy
says this is your beat. Yes. What's the name of the of the
initiative?
One Belt One Road?
You just named four belts?
I did.
Yeah. Rail belt, the maritime belt economics. The on your
hands belt? A bunch of different belts.
That's a very good point. It's,
there's no one belt. Where's the road?
There's no road and no one belt? You know, I'm gonna give you a
point. That's it. That is excellent. Ah, crazy Chinese.
Alright, so the idea is we want to stop this. Somebody wants to
stop this. I look at Tillerson. I think he's the guy who who
would know about this, but it could be a very different group.
I don't know. But it is coincidental. So we need to
continue with all kinds of crazy stuff going on in Catalonia in
Spain.
Spain's top prosecutor who spearheaded the case against
Catalonia separatist leaders has died suddenly, Attorney General
Jose Manuel Martha who was 66 was on a working visit to
Argentina when he took ill he said to have died in a hospital
and when is there ease after being admitted for an infection.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rouhani has led tributes taking
to Twitter to express his condolences and recognition and
gratitude for life of work at the service of the state. Jose
Manuel Metha called for charges to be brought against Catalan
independence leaders including ousted President Carlos pushed
demand who's fighting extradition from Belgium where
he sought refuge for former members of his government with
him in Brussels also face charges while eight others are
already behind bars in pre trial custody in Spain accused of
rebellion and Sedition
Okay, so this is heating up again a little bit even though
it dropped off the radar so we need to keep Catalonia and Spain
intention because the Chinese don't want to pass even even
though they they're one of their many belts or non roads goes
near Catalonia. The Chinese own and we don't want to we don't
want to hassle that's not in their charter. Next we go to
Myanmar, which is a major point on the non road version, the
maritime belt. And well, we have one of our favorite Soros,
nongovernmental organizations to whom which he gave $100 million
a couple of years ago Human Rights Watch complaining about
it now so they're, they're being activated so we continue to have
some tension there.
Human Rights Watch has accused me and mass security forces of
committing widespread rape over the past three months against
Muslims in the current rape
always a fan favorite is really good if you want to make a
country look stupid
trees rackin state. The group spoke to 52 women and girls who
fled Bangladesh 29 said they've been
since August 25 Burmese military have carried out a campaign of
ethnic cleansing against Rohingya in northern Rakhine
State, the result has been a humanitarian crisis of
staggering speed and severity.
Human Rights Watch has called on the UN to impose an arms embargo
and targeted sanctions against military leaders responsible for
human rights violations. My
by the way, I wanted to mention you hear the music in this video
that's because you're on news and there's even a logo in it
literally took this piece from Human Rights Watch Human Rights
Watch produces the
human rights rights watch produced piece yes about what
they're doing. They even has
their logo in the lower right hand corner. As news that takes
a lot of golf really does
chutzpah we say sanctions against military leaders
responsible for human rights all they did is
they just provided the translation voiceover otherwise
it's it's also stylized you can see how beautiful it's shot you
know they got the depth of field in the money. Yep, actions
against military leaders responsible for human rights
violations. My one of my neighbors girl named and then
was the first one that I see she was very beautiful. The men from
the military so her hiding and they brought her outside and one
of them laid her down into the raped by the after they finished
raping her. The first soldier shot and killed her Myself, me
and Masami have denied all allegations.
Now what was interesting about this interview with this woman,
after she was done with that whole story about, you know,
raping her than killing her and then stomping on her head, she
did a big snake tongue. Her tongue went all the way out with
it, and went back in which as we know from CIA, Psychological
profilers is typically a tell that someone just lied.
Well, she probably just lied.
Yes, the third one hit my trip wire. And it all makes nothing
but sense. I didn't realize that this country was also a major
part of the three belts no road. It's over
for McGarvey just one headline on a day many in Zimbabwe and
now predicting could be the President's last empower. The
pressure on the 93 year old the world's oldest head of state, is
said to be intense, with senior officials from the ruling Zanu
PF meeting to decide his fate ahead of those emergency talks.
The leader of Zimbabwe's war veterans Chris mutsvangwa,
reportedly threatened to unleash the mob should regard be refused
to go Santa's PDFs once Loyal Youth League is also turned
against the president. While on the streets of the capital
Harare, the desire for change is palpable. On Saturday, 1000s
took part in protests calling for the president's removal,
should Magara be refused to go gracefully. He faces the
prospect of impeachment when Parliament resumes on Tuesday,
and I didn't need to go too far into this. I saw the
professional signs that the protesters
may want to shoot him. I don't get that. Well, as
Soros doesn't do that. He likes to just get rid of him the old
fashioned way.
Well, there this is being played on to all of all the networks to
network playing it up the most is guess which ones it wouldn't
be
the CIA Broadcasting System.
Yeah, CBS playing it and they're playing it. Long features with a
lot of repetitive stuff that I've watched the one they did on
Wednesday, which I played on the last show was almost identical
to the one they played on Saturday on the Weekend Report
with it. But they added more stuff to it. And they brought
the reporter on to the onscreen interest, but it was half of it
was exactly the same. Same. I didn't clip it because it was
redundant. But see is CBS CIA, CBS is playing this thing to the
hilt.
Well, they have a guy now. And the way it went down, it's kind
of cool to see how the Africans, African political parties work.
They sit in a little conference room. And they said, Hey, we got
to get out of it. This guy isn't new, the new guy you're in. You
know, there's a handler behind them talking. And then they say
they start seeing in hand clapping their hands. Yeah, it's
gonna be great. They have no idea what's coming down. It has
to well, so then if we think about CIA being involved, then
maybe they're involved with forging the three belt no road.
They have to be would make again, this is not you know,
they're not trying to I mean, they're pro America the way they
see it. And they're, and this is this One Belt One Road idea,
which is again, three, four belts. No road. is a is a threat
to threat today, all Western is a threat to Western Europe to
threat to us. Everyone's a threat. They won't even get out
of our deals with China. I mean, yeah, Trump goes over there and
next thing you know, he can't get anything accomplished about
now what are we going to do?
i Well, he did accomplish something. Check it out. This is
Chinese TV.
A Chinese presidential envoy is in Pyongyang, and many are
speculating North Korea's nuclear and missile programs
will be on the agenda.
US President Donald Trump is expressing hope that China will
use its influence on North Korea. The visit comes just days
after the president's Asia tour where he made North Korea one of
his top priorities. The head of the Chinese Communist Party's
international department Song Tao has arrived in PL Yang Trump
took to Twitter on Thursday describing the envoys visit as a
big move. The US President has repeatedly asked for China's
cooperation to intensify pressure on North Korea. The
outcome of the trip may influence a key decision Trump
is about to make whether to name North Korea, a state sponsor of
terrorism
wasn't were they already a state sponsor of terrorism?
Well, they were one of the axes of evil. I remember that one.
Yes, George HW Bush. I don't know if they're because what
terrorism are they sponsoring?
Outstanding points. So that's his only leverage. cuz yeah,
we're I'm pretty sure he did some kind of deal. I'm pretty
sure the Chinese don't give a credit
for the Chinese, you know, he's gonna, we all know, you know, I
know your uncle knows everybody knows that until we recognize
them as a legitimate country and send somebody over there maybe
set up an embassy that will be just going to continue. You
know, that would be a good idea. Stay there,
that would be a good idea. I'm just looking for what he
promised because, you know, he said, Look, talk to your boy
over there calm down a little bit. We'll work on that. Yeah,
but
the Chinese again, they're just we had in the report that we
played a couple of shows ago, they're dead don't really want
to see the reunification of the two Koreas because it would be
in the best interest of the United States. Not the best.
That's why an embassy would be a really good kind of way. I think
in mseb, fantastic. You should write that down in the book.
Okay, that's not a bad one for the book, really.
And then you could ever give us that would give that would open
Here's the way I would sell it. Look. We know this. And it's
been kind of proven by just observing what they're up to.
They want to make North Korea which apparently is a beautiful
place and is unencumbered by billboards and advertising
whatever you want to call it. into a tourist attraction. Yes.
Well, that's especially phase two. That's got to be phase two.
Yeah, but you if you're going to have an amp if you're going to
get the big money, tourists, Americans and Germans into the
place gotta have an embassy
gotta have an embassy. Add that to the entry. Ledger entry in
the Red Book. I don't have any clips yet but they're coming
they think it will be El Nino and or polar vortex that always
seem we always seem to have a polar vortex. We have our Yes.
When it's when it's the hottest year on record. We have the
polar vortex.
Yeah, there'll be some because it's getting slammed hits. Yeah,
that means we're looking like it's gonna be a really harsh
winter it appears.
Yeah. How you rock in the Pacific Northwest with just
mostly rain is going over the Rockies and then developing into
giant snowstorms as whack in the East Coast.
Yeah, yeah. Well, luckily, we have the pole. And you know, I
had not heard of the polar vortex until well, really
inconvenient truth. Catchy. That's the first year they had
they had the polar vortex. It just seems a little
disingenuous.
Yeah, I'm thinking that too.
And I have a programming note, or it's probably going to work
in the opposite direction. But I have a gripe I'm really tired of
this. I got an email. Adam, thank you for reaching out to
Senator Watson about CO hosting the no agenda show with regrets
he will not be able to do so. Could you stop doing that
people? Might people keep sight doing stuff like sending notes
to the senator saying, you know, as Adam curry like I'm
requesting this. Like I'm requesting Senator Watson co
hosts the no agenda show.
He tried to get rid of me.
You're not hearing me. You've done this to me. you've
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why that was a favor. Thanks. But you know, it's like people
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It's like it's like a reverse doc. It's like not like not
ghosting there's some just got to be a term for it but it's not
friend or
somebody J having inviting some Saturday to be the co host of
the no agenda show. We don't even do that
and do it on my name.
Hi, I'm Adam curry. Yes,
I really love the Senator to do the show with me. Yeah, right.
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Well, this will be a short segment. Yes, we
have to. This is a by the way. The first at first for us. We
have we don't have any executive producers. This is the holiday
season is killing us usually have no executive producers and
we have to associate executive producers which means the one
who who donates the most automatically gets jumped up by
rule. Two executive producer. But we have a problem. I have
two pair. There's more than one price, who both donated the
minimum for Associate Executive which is 200. So they both get
bumped up to executive producer for the $200 it's the only time
this has ever had that.
You're right. That is that is unique. Hmm. I didn't realize
you're talking about two guys who got lucky. Beautiful Jason
Butler being one of them. 200 bucks after many fun years. He
says I had to let Sean hannity.com Go. Oh, no.
Yeah, I guess I just tried to register it if someone already
has it.
Yeah. Well, Jason used it. He's willing to own it forever. Why
didn't you tell us I would have gladly taken it over.
He didn't. That's why He gave you the tuner bucks. He now
feels guilty. Well, and he's also relocated in Takapuna, New
Zealand. He's on the run.
He's on the lam. Oh my god and let Sean hannity.com go.
I gotta go hide. Push when you say he's from New Zealand and on
the lam that has a double meaning I know.
I'm just brilliant that way, I guess.
Anyway, thanks Jason. And Sean Hannity's you know, we we got
other stuff. Did we get other fish to fry Ben Norman $200.
I've been listening for about a year and this is my first
donation I was hitting the mouse by none other than serve
violence. And Sir John Davis of Brentwood, Tennessee. I wanted
to take this opportunity to address him directly to not only
thank him for guiding me to dimension a and into your and
John's good graces, but for allowing a non donor of the best
podcast in the universe to date his daughter for the past year
and a half. I would like to kindly request a de douching de
deuced continue saying having cleared my name over the air.
Yeah, I kindly request your permission to marry your
daughter, Cory, I very much hope to make her a part of my family
as well as become a part of yours. There you go. Ben, that's
beautiful. Now he does have some jingle requests. Yeah,
I saw this. I'm not sure. Let me see. What is this? Next question
comes I wants to techno experts. I don't remember what that's
called.
I don't know what it what is called a day healer. He was the
techno experts. lationship karma and a little girl yay
okay let me see if this is techno experts I'm gonna have to
play this the end to show that's right she's got him just like
the Russians of course they're called trolls when there are as
we call them techno eggs
yeah karma
so they'll both be bumped up since we have a short segment I
can get to the errors.
Oh very good. Well, I want to thank Ben and Jason both
thank you and I hope they have died I wish they have a couple
of good yes let
us know if she says If he says yes and have you then you ask
her I mean how's it you ask him first and then you ask her
sounds like different Tennessee so it's wow okay. I don't know
what they do nice. First they go to a Tennessee Volunteers game
and if they lose, they get them married or if they when they get
married something like that. I'm not sure. Okay. So now here's
I'm first going to call out Francis. So Berg for using the
error message to send him to send a
note incorrect message of error
but at the note was good enough that I have to read it and I'll
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children gather around your podcast listening device is that
time once again, when in the Netherlands where I grew up, the
man on the horse with the beard from Spain travels up with his
helpers known as the Black Pete's this has been an ongoing
controversy in the Netherlands. Although it has been culture for
hundreds of years. The controversy rages now because it
is Dutch doing blackface and there is a movement. John with
an English name no less.
Oh, we do this story every year with every wrist every year.
Well, here's the new twist. It's coming down to blows because we
have two sides. We have the literally this is their name.
Kick out swear to Pete. That's that's their name. kickout swear
to Pete. And then we have the anti Pete demonstrators This is
the two names with the two groups. And both
against Pete No no, no.
The the kick out swear to Pete are the guys who want to get
peed out. Yeah, but they want rainbow pee and white pee and
green rainbow pee. I'm not kidding. Rainbow pizza was no
longer black. No, he has rainbow face, which is very realistic.
And then we have the anti peep demonstrators which includes
truck drivers. Now the anti AP just hate Pete No, no, they hate
the anti P demonstrators. So you get the Pete demonstrators and
these are the guys who are against them. So it'd be the
anti kickout swear to Pete guys.
Oh so they're the Antifa
Well, no, they're more like the Nazis and old right and the
kickout Pete they're Antifa i because there's their left and
their social justice and they
fuzz yeah I guess Yeah, nevermind just keep explaining.
Is that mess a mess?
Well what the what the anti peed demonstrators did the guys who
like peed in his traditional form. Their truck drivers. They
cut off these guys driving to the protest and blocked the
highway for six hours.
Only in New York. Do we see that?
I think we will see it come to blows. before it's all over.
It's very emotionally my money on the truck drivers very Yeah,
that's where I put my money. Very emotional people are right
now. And this was quite a quite a shocker. Just while we're on
social justice warriors, what
would happen? What would happen if you if you had the same
situation, but the black peds were all black? In other words,
they were blacks. Well, that people in black faith, right,
right, right. But actual black folk? Well, part
of the problem is there is no there are no folk that black in
Holland, you'd have to get them from another country.
Well, maybe people come in from Ghana,
black people in Holland are more brownish, because there's
Suriname Indonesian, that's the blood, you know, and also
Turkish Moroccan that the blood that runs through the veins now,
or has been for a long time. But I don't know they probably have
a problem without slavery, something like that submissive,
submissive to the white man on the horse. It doesn't matter.
None of it's possible anymore. And this story that came, I
think, was the New York Post, Denise young Smith, who was, I
think, only only there for a couple of months, six months or
so was named Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion. Yes, in
May at Apple. And she is African American, and a woman. So Bing
Bing, and she's in charge of inclusion and diversity at at
Apple. And she made a big boo boo at the One Young World
Summit in Bogota, Colombia, where she was recently and she
said there can be 12, White, Blue Eyed Blonde men in the
room. And they're going to be diverse too, because they're
going to bring a different life experience and life perspective
to the conversation. Diversity is the human experience. I get a
little bit frustrated when diversity or the term diversity
is tagged to the people of color, or the women or the LGBT.
Well, guess why? She got fired.
She's right, for too much. Too much. Inclusion
is why she got fired. This is crazy.
She got fired. And you know what it was you but that was not a
politically correct thing to say. No. But she in a way she to
apple to the Apple executives, this apple that fired her right?
Yes, yes. Yes. So that the Apple executives saying you You did
not understand your job. Your job was to hate whitey. You
understand that? It's not that hard. I am white. The guy could
say or the woman. I'm white. But you are supposed to hate white.
That is what your job that's why you were hired. Didn't you?
Don't get into
Didn't you see it on the LinkedIn ad that we placed
qualifications must hate YT Yeah, she didn't read. I mean,
that's it's really it's so an apple, apple. Oh, apples. Yeah.
But no, you know, because we've discussed apple before they they
hired a very specific kind of person. Yeah. And I would say
tentatively, Whitey, tend to be white. Yeah. So, yeah, I mean,
I'm outraged by it.
You know, Well, I'm glad I got fired for jacking up her expense
account when she went to Bogota. I
doubt that. I'm glad I'm moving away from Apple. I'm moving to
Windows. Yeah, you say that, hey, well, I'm very close.
Here's something someone pointed out to me. Whereas Apple removed
the circle from everything. They now a big X. Microsoft has gone
from Square to circle in case you hadn't noticed that. Their
logo is now a circle with four colors and the magic punch of
his working
Yeah, it is where the look at the Microsoft stock
skyrocketing. Is it that the company is any different? No,
but
no, they have better products. I like the products. You don't
like you'd like the product you use their products.
Windows in office? Yeah. Be us.
Yeah, Windows an office. Those are their products. Yeah, yeah,
that's okay. I
like um, yeah, I do like those products. Yeah.
And I'm starting to like them too. I like them a lot. But
you're liking it to
the point where you were almost gonna get a surface. Yes, a nice
unit. Very
nice unit, but I felt that the screen was just not big enough.
Nice. That is tight. But I really wanted to touch screen
experience, but
it has its moments.
It has its moments. Moments. I have the Chromebook which I like
with the touchscreen. That's kind of cool. It You and your
Chromebook. Well, all I do, all I use on it is remote desktop
and I, it just looks like I'm on a Windows laptop only it costs
$200 instead of 1000.
Yeah, well, it's cheaper. Well, let's start another couple of
let's go in another direction. I want to do one more
deconstruction of like a news story. That's kind of again,
this ABC. It's a hit piece on Trump using guilt by association
with this character. Barrack is his last name, I think, who is a
douche bag and but he's a friend of Trump's he's a billionaire
friend of Trump's he's it's not a friend at Trump's by the way.
He's a billionaire friend of Trump's. Yeah. So you know, so
he's a double douchebag because besides being a friend of Trump
making him douchebag a he's also a billionaire making a douchebag
be to this debate. He I got the I got the ISOs separate so keep
your bad hit piece on Trump.
Next at ABC News investigation tonight with our stations across
the country into a giant real estate rental company Starwood
waypoint co founded by a billionaire friend of President
Trump 10s of 1000s of families live in those properties paying
rent. But the company is now dogged by complaints of shoddy
maintenance and that aggressive eviction policy ABCs chief
investigative correspondent Brian Ross tonight
in Dallas Texas disaster in the living room. After Carlos and
ebony January say the landlord did a shoddy job of repairing
and upstairs leak which is like it'd be alive. in Broward
County, Florida. The parents of Brielle Nicholson, say in a
lawsuit. Their daughter's asthma was caused by the very same
landlord who failed to remove toxic mold from their rental
home
every morning. Every night. She has to take a breathing
treatment.
The landlord was in effect, one of President Trump's best
billionaire friends, Tom Barrick, who until he sold his
interest helped run what has now grown into a giant corporation,
operating under the name Starwood waypoint that controls
10s of 1000s of single family rental homes across the country,
you have
the ultimate out of state, far removed, absentee landlord
in some neighborhoods, as our station in Atlanta documented a
huge presence. The company claims it has a 99.8%
satisfaction rate from his tenants.
We're bringing professionalism, dedicated resources, and a lot
of energy and desire to service our residents at a high level.
But the Better Business Bureau gives the company a grade of D
plus, and reporters at ABC TV stations across the country have
heard lots of complaints.
We just feel like we've been victimized and taken advantage
of tenants
also told us the company is quick to threaten eviction. Even
if a tenant is only a few days late with the rent, when it
happens, they can end up in court and have to pay additional
fees and the company's lawyers to stave off eviction. Is that
true? They have to pay those fees. Yes, it's true. That's
fair. That's part of the part of the process that we have part of
your business. It's part of it's part of the business.
Brian Ross with us tonight and we heard the executive from
waypoint stay there that the eviction notices and the fees
are just part of their business, Brian.
That's right, David all landlords deal with addiction
issues but a study done for the Federal Reserve Vic in Atlanta
found Tom various company had filed eviction notices against a
full 1/3 of his tenants in the area. The company would not say
how often they threatened eviction nationwide. David
alright.
Brian Ross on our stations across the country. Thanks.
We forgot to put that in our trump hate roulette. slumlord,
that's the one we forgot.
Yeah, that's kind of on the list. I don't have the list. I
don't know where it is. Oh, we had all kinds of stuff but oh
yes. Good stuff. But yeah, it goes through rotation. This may
be the rotation slumlords killed by association and his dad was a
slumlord. Remember I want you to pay pay play hit peace on Trump
ISO a No wait, hold on. Man, I keep forgetting which are these
two? Yeah,
a Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta found Tom various
company had filed eviction notices against a full 1/3 of
his tenants in the area.
So he's you could also say he's let a third of his tenants stay
without pay.
He could have a Tom Barix company he's very clear and
they're very very clear. But when you listen to that piece
completely and you listen earlier I want you to listen
carefully to their to just ISO
Tom Berry who until he sold his interest help run what has now
grown into a giant corporation ah, reserved Vic in Atlanta
found Tom various company had filed eviction notices against a
fool.
Okay, so that's recent, and is no longer his company, but
they're saying it's his company.
Yeah, good. Yeah. I think that's like a little sleazy.
Gambling going on.
So they do a sleazy hit piece and try to make it so it's
always associating Tom Barrett Trump, even though he doesn't
own the company, he sold the company, they could. Now if they
really wanted to do a hit piece, they could have done an even
better job of it because it's borderline
libelous.
What's libelous about it?
Well, they're saying that he's a slumlord. But it's not even
around the bush with it, believe me, there's no libel in there.
Okay,
I underline that's a borderline, it's a borderline.
Here's the deal, though, they could have made this a better
story, they just with the real facts, and that instead of
trying to try and set it up a little, which is what he's sold
this company the six months ago, six months ago, so it's not that
long ago. So he's still kind of associated with it. And he sold
it for a huge profit of $400 million. Yeah, they could have
used that. Yeah, they screwed or really, they could have made it
a good to hit piece but instead they just went with this cheap,
you know, lazy route.
And what I what I failed to understand is why they know the
curry Devorah Consulting Group has a hit piece division they
know this. Oh, we could do hit pieces better than any of these
I don't say come to us and we could do that. We could do the
editing everything is it
were too expensive. All those that try. Anyway, so I got I was
very annoyed by this piece. There was
a there was another hit piece though. Also ABC that I got an
ABC has been on the rampage. Trump recently by the
way. Yeah, I wonder what's going on with them.
I haven't figured it out.
Well, maybe this you know, they're worried about the you
know, the whole Disney operation being sexual predators against
children. Historically speaking, this I wonder if it all stopped.
The watch the duck widow was documented. Demi Lovato, you
know her singer? Yeah, she was also a Disney kid man. She was
strung out on coke. She was completely off her rocker.
Do you think all the Disney Kids are kind of
Yes, yes. Really? Yes. Oh, good. Britney, um, come on, as it
started. Britney's
never snapped out of it. But
here is flake before he before he stepped down. I guess this is
kind of Jeff Flake the Senator Senator. Yes. He was caught on a
hot mic from
tax reforms to brass tacks on the future of the Republican
Party. Just seconds after Senator Jeff Flake had finished
a townhall on tax reform. He's still on an open mic chatting it
up with Republican ally Mason there. John Giles come the party
of Roy Moore and Donald Trump. We already the post
smoke gadget but you're the guy that could just for fun, think
how much just to be the foil, you know and to point out what
an idiot this guy
just then another man points to the senators lapel mic. The
realization washes over Jeff, let's face back to the
conversation though. The mayor prodding the senator here to run
for president apparently referring to Donald Trump as an
idiot. Giles had just minutes earlier asked flake about the
possibilities for 2020 you can see the mayor highlighted here
at the front of the audience and
senator flake of I think, look, can we start the presidential
campaign today? If there's anybody any way we can encourage
you to think again about the prospect of doing that?
Wow, that workout for you flake. So he was going to run for
president and then he resigned I wonder what was going on there's
something else happening there
because this area is something that went on what he knew wasn't
gonna win because the polls indicated that and they probably
gives one an amount so they get put a stronger candidate and
well Paul
smalls, you know, polls are no good. Yeah, but there's
if they got feet on the ground, there's sometimes you can tell
this guy's gonna it wasn't well liked. I. I never. He's like it
Corkers worse, just to you know, contrarians that right bucking
the trend that they're never Trumpers and that you'd never
want to try never never
never Trumper Yes, that's true.
Ah, it's funny at
least they got the idiot in but in there so we went from moron
to idiot it's kind of a downgrade.
Yeah, it's part of this cycle.
I got some more hate I have oh, I have our girl. Maxine. Yeah,
bring
her bring the theme in.
We have some we need the next see what is we haven't done the
police version. I think let me see if we have that one. Yeah, I
like this one a lot. The step away from the crowd. Those days
are over. They called you turn Fox tonight
on All right. Maxine Waters appearing on Bloomberg show. Oh,
she'll go anywhere, anywhere. Blue. How many people really
watch Bloomberg Television? Do you think it's a lot that really
watch it? No, no.
I mean, it's it's very there's very few people that watch CNBC.
It's a very small number, but it's elites so they get to have
very high average, I
think I think Bloomberg is the sound is never even on. It's
just a screen. Yeah. It truly I mean, it's all it's always low
res and low res stock indicators. And then there's
Maxine Waters. And she's responding to a few questions
about her glamour impeach Trump impeach 45 chant. But the number
of times she says I in this clip is is really noticeable. Why,
you
know, why spend your energy on calling for an impeachment, for
example?
Well, let me just say this, I have learned over the years that
I've been in this business, that there are few people who are
willing to speak truth to power, and to talk about what really is
bothering our society in our democracy. It is not thought
well, I have to step outside of that box. When I talk about
impeachment. I describe what I think about this President, I
think he's deplorable. And I think he did find himself in the
campaign, the way that he mocked and mimicked, disabled
journalist, the way he talked about grabbing women by their
private parts, the way he called names of his peers, etc, etc. I
think that's unacceptable. And for people to allow this kind of
behavior to be normalized is beyond what I believe our
democracy has to be all about. And so I encourage people, and I
inspire people. And I show people that you don't have to be
intimidated. You don't have to be afraid. And you don't have to
be traditional. You need to step outside of the box and tell it
like it is. That's what I do everywhere I go, I say impeach
45. And I get people knowing and understanding that perhaps he
should be impeached and focused on what he's done. And the way
that he's defined himself, his relationship with Putin, who he
won't even criticize, and the fact that there is a belief that
there has been collusion and obstruction of justice, it's all
there. I'm gonna talk about it everywhere I go.
i It's all about her.
And she's, well, which brings us to Tom Steyer.
I was gonna point out one thing about Maxine here, maybe she
goes on Bloomberg because of the low res because I do recall, she
smile and she looks she looked really kind of good on on the
blurry on low res. She looks pretty good. Tom, this is
this, this is the GAO dropped $10 million for the following
commercial. In California is where it plays mostly here,
which is like, who cares, I guess is a good audience. But I
can't quite figure out what this guy's up to he is a alternative
energy freak. And your hands a couple of companies that
involves itself with the politics. I think this is an
attempt to make a name for himself so he can run for some
office. California, I'm sorry, probably in California,
brought us to the brink of nuclear war, accused of
obstructing justice at the FBI and violating the Constitution
by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to
shut down news organizations that report the truth. If that
isn't the case for impeaching and removing a dangerous
president, and what is our government become? I'm Tom
Steyer. Unlike you, I'm a citizen who knows it's up to us
to do something. It's why I'm funding this effort to raise our
voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand
on impeachment. A Republican Congress wants impeach the
president for far less. And today, people in Congress in his
own administration know that this President is a clear and
present danger, who's mentally unstable and armed with nuclear
weapons? That do nothing? Join us and tell your member of
Congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing
what's political, and start doing what's right. For our
country depends on it. Yes, yes.
I think we played that before or a different one that he used
that he funded. And the guys that drip. Send my mom used to
call people that drip. What a drip. She was a drip shaped
phrase from the chaise, where does it come from? What is the
Genesis right of a drip?
Well, it's like a pill I think. But let's State good. I think we
should stop the show and look this up.
All right, everybody, it's time for I will get the jingle ready
so that we can do that officially. And while you're
looking that up regarding the impeachment, we have word now
that there may be some sexual harassment claims coming towards
or going towards Al Green. Who
Yes, yes, of course that will be back to a time when the word the
drive from the shade
raised from the chaise, that guy's a drip. Here's John C.
Dvorak with your entomology.
Looking at the etymology now. Mid 15th century that's the
1400s for you who can do the simple math. Drip slang me slang
from the 1400s Slang Meaning stupid, feeble or dull person
first. Well, it says mid 15th century but then it says first
recorded in 1932 perhaps from earlier American English slang.
Sense of out of nonsense nonsense. This is very
confusing. It says from the 13th 2000 and 1300s Perhaps
Middle English dripper dri PPE from the proto Germanic drop
drop as an drop saw also as a Dutch droop in German Trifon
from pipe Bong.
What was the Dutch spell that word?
Dr. UIPN Old English handle original drooping the lead
drop maybe it's just someone who's going crazy and stupid
because of a drip. Like gonorrhea God that's that's the
only word I can derive from
that. Gonorrhea I don't believe existed in Europe in the 1300s
Oh, okay. Well then that blows that so far we're batting zero
on the phrase from
Actually no, we can't get this one we need to work on you have
a stump does like the buzzer
Oh yes. We the the we don't have we don't we don't know. Very
disappointing.
But the adult person from the third name three two.
We'll take that all the way from a movie we'll take that and I'm
very curious to see if we get anything on an algorithm now now
you just wait forwards anybody you don't like oh man, I wonder
if they're gonna have some dirt on him.
You can hope which is great. I have a couple of unusual clips.
Okay. First of all, let's play this is a DW report on the on a
on a public broadcasting network in France being shut down by
ISIS. This is dw port on TV five attack November
November got it.
Process diff is ng monde network is back on air after being hit
by a massive cyber attack, which affected all of its 11 channels,
its websites and social media operations.
TV programming to some 200 countries was severely disrupted
now, the French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called it an attack
on the freedom of expression, a group claiming to have ties to
Islamic State to credit for forcing the international
broadcaster to go dark and comprising their social
networks. While the
cyber caliphate has claimed responsibility for similar
attacks on other international media outlets.
TV sank mooned was out of action all morning. All 11 of its
channels were forced to broadcast pre recorded programs,
and its website showed the message currently under
maintenance. The network's bosses say they're shocked by
the infiltration.
We have very strong firewalls been checked very recently and
we are said to be very safe. Obviously. It's a very
knowledgeable and powerful cyber attack.
Included if you check the firewall very recently my
firewall checked right check it recently it was dismissed
because I just I don't understand we checked the
firewall. It was good
now all now also in Europe. I want this clip which is the
Facebook getting sued The EU Yeah. Can
we come back to the broadcast in a minute though? Live broadcast
the Channel Five you're moving along very quickly.
You digital reason for Okay.
Well, Facebook is set to come under scrutiny in Australian
last graduate spearheading a class action case against
Facebook for allegedly breaching privacy. It's officially filed
the suit into Vianna. courtroom
and a closely watched case 25,000 Facebook users are suing
the social media giant for rights violations ranging from
the illegal tracking of their data under the EU law to its
involvement in the NSA surveillance program that
targeted millions of innocent citizens.
27 year old student Max streams has a bone to pick with Facebook
over alleged privacy violations. His class action lawsuit is
seeking 500 euros in damages for each of the 25,000 Facebook
users whose data may have been shared with government agencies
or commercial interests.
Europe are not enforcing our fundamental rights right now.
There are almost no penalties there is hardly any lawsuits
ever. And that is the basic idea to say, you know, guys, this is
a fundamental right in Europe. So constitutional like right,
you have to stick to it, you can just you know, ignore it.
Facebook is trying to get the litigation tossed out on
procedural grounds. The company insists the court in Vienna does
not even have jurisdiction. And it questions whether SRAMs has
the right to bring the suit on behalf of 1000s of others. The
judge will rule within a few months on whether the lawsuit is
admissible. Experts say it may become a test case for European
data protection laws.
Okay, now I added a third clip in this series.
Yeah, I liked that guy's voice by the way. I like his voice.
Yeah.
And this is a little more local as a local strategy. And then to
do it here, but I found it to be it has a connection to the other
two stories. And this is your local news here. This is tech
news from Austin. Oh, okay.
Let's turn to a story that shows how apps and the tech economy
are delivering a jolt to the traditional world of retail with
the growth of same day delivery. It's on the rise in a number of
metro areas. And just today, Amazon announced a plan to
expand these services into Austin, Texas.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. They were here in your second street,
which is a shopping street retail. Yeah, that's
a great there must be
eight stores that are empty. Just empty is not working. No
one's buying anything. There's one guy, actually Belgian guy
nice guy. He started an electric bike shop on Second Street,
which is interesting. For Austin, we got our bar Lance
Armstrong, One Belt, One Road bike path. And when you go in,
it's like Oh, this looks cool. It's you know, it's a bike but
it said it's the kind of like it has a carrier on the front and
the back and it's more utility and has a motor on it as I
described where they cost $1,000
Yes, I've seen they say some around here. Like dollars for a
bike with a battery battery bike, but they did
have a Dutch girl in Dutch lady in there. Not too recently. Not
too long ago. I mean, and she was making strobe waffles from
scratch as Yeah, so we went in how to throw off a look at the
bike and went yeah, and not for me, man. I don't need it.
Anyway, so I just played these I played these three clips and I
wanted you to figure out what would Why are they all what's?
What is the connecting aspect to this clip. Okay.
Connect. Alright. Okay, so we have the hacking of Davis, five
Tempest sank, which it sounds to me like they got a ransomware
and they're not gonna admit it, but that's just me. Then there's
Facebook being sued for not adhering to data, the data
regulations in the EU and then the final one is putting retail
out of business in Austin.
Yeah. What is what is the one thing about those three clips
that is the same?
Well, the one that is an outlier for me is the TV five that what
did I not? What am I missing there? Because I can see your
hate against Silicon Valley. I see that. I'm gonna I'm gonna
have to.
Yeah, it's a punt. And by the way, when I give you the answer,
I want you to think about Judge more douchebag trying to
remember what happened 40 years ago, all three of these clips
was were from November 2011. Six years ago, then they were all
played on this show.
Wow. That's nothing has changed. Well, I mean, a time warp. It's
actually 2010 Cheese. Okay, you got me on that one? Yeah. Well,
I
got me when I was sick. I was I was I was thinking, Well, I like
to get 20 clips to show and so I said I was 17 I said, I need to
be going back. Three older ones me see what I saw. I went to
2011. And I found these three clips and I don't remember any
one of them.
Oh, my goodness. I don't remember the meat. Well, I the
face with the Facebook thing that's been going on for a long
time. Did they never got to a class.
I never heard that resolution. Never the resolution of ISIS
taken over TV five. No. And the Austin story sounded like it was
happening now. Where it was six years ago, they
were right about you know, Tina had to she did a thing for for
the Ronald McDonald House. You know, Austin is I mean, we've
got a really outrageous technology scene. But it's it's
not the same as Silicon Valley. Here we have the Met some
manufacturing. So Samsung, LG, of course, we have Silicon Labs,
where we design chips. And all the I believe that all these
services favor Amazon. And I let Instacart. And I love them all.
I mean, I'm running a household with ease on the apps. And you
know, you have to know what to do to make sure the person who
brought your stuff to your door gets the tip and doesn't go into
the pool. And Uber, I mean, all this stuff. It's all geared
towards the people who work there. So Tina went there does
something as rambling what is going on some sound aware she
went to Samsung for at lunch at lunchtime? You know, to their
little booth, I guess it was one of those fair days. You know,
here's some nonprofits in Austin. And if you want to learn
about them, it's kind of thankless work. But to get in
she said it was like Fort Knox. She had to go through
magnetometer. They had to go through her bag. And they said
well, okay, we need your cell phones. It's like, No, I'm, I'm
a communications professional. I need my cell phone. And they put
no USB drives, no jump drives, no, nothing like it. No, none of
that. And they put little stickers on her phone's camera,
front and back. And the stickers to take Well, that's easy. But
she didn't she left them on. I took pictures of my poem in the
show notes. She left them on for me to see. And when you take
them off, immediately the sticker says void. So you break
something within the seal or something happens. And then you
know, it's obvious that you would remove that. So they had
all of this going on. It was just crazy. Yeah. They're very,
very paranoid. is good, like, industrial espionage. espionage,
I'm
sure it is. But they're not doing it in the middle of the
factory there. Have a little room where they put these little
events together without having to worry about don't
she was in the cafeteria.
So what exactly what's what's? Oh, we got a special cafeteria,
we make a special pizza. What kind of industrial espionage
you're going to do in the cavitary. And they got
everything there. They have, you know, the same as Google the
government, the massage services, dry cleaning,
everything except babysitting services, because no one has
babies there. Has no babies. No babies, at least not enough to
warrant anything like that. But yeah, it is happening. And what
was
it must have? There must be some really nice professional
industrial, some books that can go into a place like that. Look
left look, right. See nobody's willing to go into a door. And
then they go they go running down the stairwell and then they
get off and you know, get up somewhere they go in, take a
bunch of pictures real quick. And then come back and then do
to do this is just adjusting their tie. Grabbing a champagne.
Yeah, exactly. Grabbing a champagne. And what was what was
kind of interesting about the TV five hack is I had this clip,
maybe two weeks ago, Malmo 24 or 24 Malmo FM was hijacked
recently. And right in the middle of playing Ed Sheeran.
For 30 minutes the ISIS anthem starts looping I got a little
bit of dis just a recording of someone you know in their car
I can't really hear it that well, but it but it was playing
on there. And it's pretty easy to hijack these things these
days, because everyone's pumping all their signals. So they're
transmitted through the internet but still pretty sophisticated.
That's pretty cool, I think is a good hack. Yeah, I'd say there's
more of this it's all the centralization stuff. And people
are so worried about you know, Google and Microsoft and even
Intel with their i Five and I seven chips. They got all kinds
of tracking stuff in their own little operating system doing
stuff. I'm much more worried about, you know, people not
considering really their data, you know, think that Google
can't go down or say they can't get something catastrophic.
People have a lot of a lot of belief that that's going to be
okay. Same for Apple for iCloud or Microsoft Cloud, or any of
that the only people that kind of think will keep their shit
together is Amazon because that is their business. So if you're
using, you know, AWS or s3, then you know, they go down, they
lose what a 10 million and a second. Yeah, there's something
like that.
To keep that thing going crazy number.
Yeah,
yeah, no data is out there. i That's why I recommend people
just get, you know, terabyte drives or 25 bucks. I mean, it
doesn't take much to backup your oil and stuff and put it
somewhere now. But anyway, I thought the point I was making
with those three, what you're saying, Sure, we can't remember
these. And we do this show us pretty much what we do. And I
was very disturbed by it.
Well, then that comes on the heels of our special show x,
where we played the opening of show 100. And neither of us
remember it at all. Remember that highlight?
I was going back and look at old shows. And I said, let me see
this show because with because I was looking for the part where
you're going to quit but it wasn't in there. It was often
wasn't in the show. Yeah, but so I played the show and I'm
listening to thinking and you can hear it on Thursday. Anyone
out there? I'm hearing it go holy crap. I don't remember this
at all. Yeah. But of course, it was like you know, 900 shows
ago, which is a long time. Yeah, but I don't remember us doing
anything that elaborate. It was very elaborate the opening it
was. Someone clearly did that for us. Yes. We named you it was
you thank them. Yeah. Yeah.
I don't remember who it was even now after we talked about it
just a few days ago. Hmm. I don't know.
Very strange. Very strange. It couldn't be it, you know, that
we may be observing here is dead. Nothing to do with any of
this. It may be the Mandela Effect.
Oh, yeah. Right on right on the flat earth. That's where it's
all going down. That's what it is flat earth. There was a an
article in Foreign Policy, which I'm pretty sure that's a right
wing thing. No foreign policy says isn't that the Council on
Foreign Relations? No, no, no foreign policy FP now that's
that's got to be right wing.
I'm not sure it is. But okay.
Well, here's the headline. Don't expect Benjamin Netanyahu to put
Israeli soldiers in harm's way in Lebanon on Mohammed bin
Salman say, so. Now the reason why I'm giving you this article,
because it was sent to me by mechanic, and he sent me a note
and you said, it looks like our guy. I don't know who that is.
has stopped the insanity and there won't be a war in Lebanon.
That would be trumped. That's what I think he meant. So
there's a whole bunch of backup in this article as to why it's
not going to happen. Well, that I'm happy. Happy about that. I'm
a little tired of war.
I believe foreign policy is one of those operations that sends
out messages. I think it's a messaging operation. So that's a
message to someone. Yeah,
well, I the other way polygenic took it was oh good is no war.
It's not going to happen. That was enough for him. I think I'm
talking to him Monday or Tuesday for the special interview. Yeah,
it's gonna be good.
Um I have one more here. This is a see which one it was flu shot.
Oh, again, we'll just catch up. We must run the flu shot story.
We have to do that every year. Don't we?
Don't we have a
close enough first death from the seasons winter flu victim
was younger than age 65. Which officials say is unusual. Our
South Bay reporter Jesse Kerry is in downtown San Jose tonight
with more about this first case, and also ways that you can
prevent being infected Jesse
Frank health as health experts say between five and 20% of the
US population will become infected with the flu this
winter, as always suggest getting a flu shot, prevent
capping the flu and prevent the spread of it. But weeks in the
flu season. And we're finding only a small number of people
have taken the biggest proactive step of getting that flu shot.
Soggy weather and st decorations signal the changing seasons. So
does the appearance of this year's flu bug and the push by
health professionals to get people inoculated as this man
did? I think it's a important thing to do.
It's a scientific advancement that flu shots help.
Thursday, Santa Clara County Health Department officials
announced the first death due to the flu. The victim was a woman
under the age of 65 In the individual
two to three weeks.
Dr. roentgen Misra says sneezing, sore throat fatigue
are common symptoms. In addition to getting a flu shot, she
advises everyone to wash their hands regularly or use hand
sanitizer, and of sick keep away from others to lessen the spread
during a time of year when people are indoors, or traveled.
Even if you get the vaccine, you're not 100% protected from
getting the flu. And even if you do get the vaccine, you may get
a different strand of the flu later on. So that it's
unfortunate, but at least you're going to be protected from all
the major strains.
You can get the flu shots at county health offices, at
pharmacies and in urgent care centers. You can also check with
your employer they may provide flu shots for free to employees,
recommended for anyone six months of age and older not
recommended for pregnant women and anyone who's overstayed the
five,
six months you stepped on the end
is not recommended for anyone who's six months pregnant or
over 65.
You remember the beginning of this thing and the other? Yeah,
no, I'll get into that. I'll play it again for the first what
No, you
don't have to? I mean, I don't think you do. They say Oh, it's
a shocker that this woman had died from the flu and she's not
65 what ifs? Wait a minute, if everybody's going to die from
the flu is over 65 Why aren't they recommending this shot for
them?
It's interesting because there is a shot for over 65 Which I've
seen marketed specifically. And it's it even promotes I gotta
find this it even promotes that it's filled with adjuvants.
Yeah. Over 65 flu shot if people are wondering, we're not really
a fan of this idea. The year flu shots for seniors high dose?
Yeah, what you should know and do that. Here we go. CDC was
screwed that report what you should know and do this flu
season if you're 65 years or older. So you're on the cusp
here, John. It has been recognized for many years that
people 65 years and older are a great greater risk of serious
complications from the flu compared with young, healthy
adults because human immune defenses become weaker with age.
Flu seasons can vary in severity during most seasons, people 65
years and older bear the greatest burden of severe flu
disease. In recent years, for example, it's estimated that
between 71% 85% of seasonal flu related deaths have occurred in
people 65 years and older. Between 54% and 70% of seasonal
flu related hospitalizations have occurred among that age
group. So influenza is often quite serious for people 65 and
older and it says right here, get your flu shot. actions to
take this flu season, get your flu shot. But vaccination is
especially important for people 65 years and older because
they're at high risk from complications from the flu. So
who's talking here?
I I'm a former that job is I played that clip is for that
reason. What are we doing here? What is this? No, no, no, no,
don't take it if you're 65 or older.
But it said the CDC who was we trust in our government says
it's important that you take that you even get a higher dose.
The adjuvant ID flu vaccine flu ad is made with MF 59 adjuvant
tasty Hamburger Helper, which is designed to create a stronger
immune response to vaccination. Canadian observational study of
two and 82 persons aged 65 years and older conducted during the
2011 12 flu season flu od was 63% more effective. What What
organization did this report?
Sounds like bull crap. Yeah, it is. So they're what they're
doing with and somehow the news organization is a local news.
I think it's Katie, I think they just want to kill the old
people. But they
either want to kill the old people or they want to direct
them back to the doctor that get the really expensive. Yeah, the
one when you're describing Yes, yes. Because you're gonna say
I'm 65 year old and they emphasize twice in that report
about it's a shocker that the person who died was under 65
areas. So if people are over 65 are dropping dead left and
right. And then they they so they put that in the report very
clearly and like you're gonna play at the beginning. It's
right at the beginning.
You know, hold on a second. Let me listen to this again, because
there's a couple of data points we've got here. You're hearing
deconstruction in real time. So the study that the CDC reference
is from Canada, Navia and Canada Navia. Only in the past few
years approved flu add the new influenza vaccine for seniors So
the question is, Is this really a native ad? Let's listen again.
First death from the seasons winter flu strain. The victim
was younger than age 65. Which officials say is unusual or self
reported? Yes.
What is unusual? No, they actually say the exact opposite.
They say people over 65 happens much more frequently.
She say. No, they say no, you misunderstand that. Yeah. What
he said was she was younger than 65 which is usual because
because it which is the right message and yes, because
everyone over 65 is going to die.
Okay, let's listen again. I'm thinking this is a native ad
somehow, we must have missed something first
death from the seasons winter flu strain. The victim was
younger than age 65. Which officials say is unusual. Our
Southbay reporter Justin Carey's in downtown San Jose tonight
with more about this first case, and also ways that you can
prevent being infected Jesse.
Health experts say between five and 20% of the US population
will become infected with the flu this winter, as always, the
suggest getting a flu shot to prevent catching the flu and
prevent the spread of it. But weeks into flu season and we're
finding only a small number of people have taken the biggest
proactive step of getting that flu, foodborne. Help. Thursday,
Santa Clara County Health Department officials announced
the first death due to the flu. The victim was a woman under the
age of 65. The individual
fatigue or comment back? Yes, okay.
Sore throat, fatigue, or common symptoms. In addition to getting
a flu shot, she advises everyone to wash their hands regularly or
use hand sanitizer, and of sick keep away from others to lessen
the spread. It's gotta be clear time of year when people are
indoors, or travel.
Even if you get the vaccine, you're not 100% protected from
getting the flu. And even if you do get the vaccine, you may get
a different strand of the flu later on.
That's basically the disclaimer, so that
it's unfortunate, but at least you're going to be protected
from all the major strains.
You can get the flu shots at county health offices, at
pharmacies and in urgent care centers. You can also check with
your employer, they may provide flu shots for free to employees,
recommended for anyone six months of age and older not
recommended for pregnant women and anyone who's over 65
Well, this is insane. The report makes no sense. It does appear
that there is a push for just reading through just binging it.
This flu ads seems to be getting the push.
Yeah. Well, maybe this is a sign this is a preliminary Yeah, yes.
Set up for another story. Yeah, we need to we need a few.
Because the question that comes to mind is oh, what I'm over 65
What am I going to do and it's unusual. I don't die for a flu
right. So that so they could do a follow up sorry, saying people
were concerned about this. But there's a product and where we
have our doctor some guide comes out. Yeah. God says Doctor, this
is perfect for people that do this and that and you can take
this other stuff and it's a little more expensive. But and
yeah, this is a scam.
Yeah, and I think you're right. What will happen is we get a few
more of these. This is not for 65. But the 60 are your die
you're gonna die, you're gonna die. And then we hit him with
you know, it's problem reaction solution. Who Flew ad prices?
Yes. And fluid coupons. Nice.
And of course, my recommendation would go to I'm not a doctor and
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they definitely have found this as a bargain because the things
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No, no, no.
Yeah. Gosh, that's never happened before.
Yes. The worst of the worlds though. Yeah, Wall Street
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Diamond failed to sale at auction house Sotheby's semi
annual jewel sale on Wednesday in Geneva
at 14 million francs. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, is not so
old.
And the bad luck did not end there for some of these.
Unfortunately, not so a blue diamond
ring and by Messiah have failed to sell and a pair of yellow
diamonds that once belonged to the German princely von dama
schmuck family had the same fate too. But it wasn't all bad news.
A Harry Winston light pink diamond ring sold for 12 point 6
million Swiss francs. Still only 303 of the nearly 350 items sold
according to some of these figures, proving that at
auction, not all that glitters turns to gold dollars or Swiss
francs.
I think this is an economic indicator. That it's not it's
not a guest. Looking at the at the recent DaVinci that was
sold. Maybe diamonds are no longer seen as Oh, yes. Let me
use the phrase, a good store of value.
Well, I think that this has a lot to do with. I'm noticing
this too. But I think it has a lot to do with the uncertainty
in the market created by the now cheap.
Yeah, yes, yes. Yes. I think you'd mentioned that, that
they're making them and they're really good, aren't they?
Yes, they're excellent. Sometimes better than the real
thing. And I don't know this for a fact. But it seems to me that
it's if you can make one you know, I don't know, a half carat
diamond. I don't know how big they make them. I'm guessing if
you can make a small and you can make a big one. And I think you
can make a real big one.
I think there's something different going on here. It's
possible I could be wrong. What are diamonds really used for?
Money laundering? Would you agree?
I think they're used Yeah, a lot of it.
I mean, the combined the whole diamond trade. They're
fantastic. They're small. You can put them in a tube up here,
but no one knows you got them. Yeah. That's why there's heists
at airports. Like hey, there's a guy I'm sure he's got some
diamonds we'll whack him over the head and grab some diamonds.
Then maybe just maybe it's become so incredibly easy and I
will say this to use Bitcoin that they're just moving it over
just stuff. Well, yeah, that's
a good idea. I like that. And I haven't repaired good theory.
I haven't report you know, a Bill Gurley is.
Yeah, you know who I think I might even know him.
Yeah, he's a vase with Benchmark Capital venture capitalist. And
famously, you know, invested in Snapchat now of course, they
made their money but go look at Snapchats chart. They were they
their IPO was at 25. And now they're at
1150 cents.
I'm buying when it's $5. That's, I know that that'll be good.
It'll have a pop somewhere. It'll be good. But listen to
what he says about Bitcoin and gold. Is this a
speculative bubble in Bitcoin? Do you have any money in
Bitcoin? Are you more focused on blockchain?
We do have money in Bitcoin and I don't think it's irrational. I
look at the global not that I'm a macro economist, but I look at
the global macro world and you look at how so many governments
are over inflating and interest rates are on the flora, and
there is nowhere to put money. And so if you live in one of
those countries where you don't trust the currency of your own
government, you know, how do you want to get paid? We work with a
company called hacker one that pays white hat hackers to find
vulnerabilities in large websites. And many of the people
that live in those types of countries want to be paid in
Bitcoin and we pay them in Bitcoin. So that's why you have
money in Bitcoin. I think of it as an incredible store of value
for the rest of the world. Oh, look, it deflates. It doesn't
inflate
in terms of percentage of portfolio. What are you doing?
Oh, it's small. It's like another bet. Another company,
but let's not our business. SARA EISEN.
What do you think it's worth bell?
He said, It's like another bet.
Yes. That's exactly what he said. Just like another company
or the bet we'd make on some piece of crap like snap.
Snapchat. Yeah. Oh,
it's small. It's like another bet. You know, another company.
Another bet another company. Hey, that's the guy I want to
have Invest in me. I gotta get this great idea. Could you make
a bed in me just as another company, you douche bag douche
him for the
rest of the world. It deflated doesn't inflate
in terms of percentage of portfolio. What are you doing?
Oh, it's it's small. It's like another bet. Another company,
but that's not our business.
SARA EISEN.
What do you think it's worth bill? Do you think you can put a
price or any kind of valuation on Bitcoin? No. It keeps going
higher. I do. And not a fraud. I don't pay it. Thanks for
clearing that up. Huh?
Well, he used the SOV store of value. Everyone all my bitcoin
buddies are like your curry here. Listen to this guy. He
knows who he's talking about. He says, But I'm thinking with the
decline in diamonds, which is no more or less real than than
Bitcoin? shinier, much shinier and you can get laid with it. I
mean, did you just give a girl a Bitcoin on a USB drive? She's
not going to be happy about this wedding this marriage proposal
you're doing big time is a great idea. Don't do that to Tina.
Get it Bitcoin you gotta get
bitcoin on a USB drive. She's she's probably like, one Bitcoin
can be two Bitcoins. Bitcoin. That's too much work. Two
bitcoins worth of work.
There you go. All right.
Can I go to England for more you're about to take off. You're
about to go over to London. Yes, I am, actually. And you're going
to the meetup squared away. Is that all set up?
Well, for people listening, they want to know where the meetup
is. I don't have the location. I'm gonna send out a mailing
today. With the location it's going to be on Friday night
turns out to be better than Saturday. It'd be a Friday night
around six o'clock in London. And we got I got a lot of people
on the mailing list and I sent out a special mailing to great
people in Portugal, England, Scotland, Ireland. Poland, I'm
gonna send the Dutch
you may see wanting to duchy show up. In my now they still
can. Yeah,
before last minute. Yeah. Last
Last Last chance to dance with DeVore AK over in the UK is.
That's right. And but but but but before we get all happy
about the the removal of freedom of movement of the European
citizens. They might be going back to do kind of reverse on
the Brexit thing.
It's clear that we need to take further steps to provide clarity
and certainty, both in the negotiations and regarding the
implementation any agreement in the United Kingdom law. I can
now confirm that once we've reached an agreement, we will
bring forward a specific piece of primary legislation to
implement that agreement, as we know as withdrawal agreement and
implementation. This confirms that the major policies set out
in the withdrawal agreement will be directly implemented into UK
law by primary legislation, not by secondary legislation of the
liberal girl. This also means that Parliament will be given
time to debate, scrutinize and vote on the final rule we strike
the European Union. This agreement will only hold if
parliament approves it. We expect this bill to cover the
contents of that withdrawal agreement that includes issues
such as an agreement on citizens rights, any financial
settlement, and the details and implementation period agreed
between both sides.
Sounds like they're putting it squarely back into Parliament's
hands.
Hard to say I just you know my opinion of the whole thing.
Ain't gonna happen ain't
gonna happen. Yeah, well, we said this early on it's gonna be
a do over you slaves did it wrong. You don't know what
you're talking So,
based on past performance, what happened in Ireland to disable
or France?
And another ones? Yes, the trifecta. That's right, France
and the Netherlands did a do over for the Lisbon Treaty. And
then Ireland got all huffy, and then they had another do over.
Yeah, it's really incredible. I
wouldn't we just see that forever.
I, by the way, in the show notes, I put the Soros as
friends list in the European Union, I found it. Oh, you did?
Good. It's, it's they have it broken down by industries who
you want to talk to? If it's about this broken down by
country? No. Contact information, everything. It's
been it's great. The
mailing list or they have the email addresses?
Well, that's a good question. Let me know. I think they do.
Hold on. Let me just Oh, that'd
be fantastic. I can scrape that and use it for the mailing list.
Let's see. Hold on. Let me just check. Let me scroll down. It's
a large document. I don't know how many pages it has. It's just
incredibly big. Oh, yeah. Oh, my goodness. Kidding. Oh, it's got
every person
how many people are in this list? 260.
So an example Demis mocker. Mark Demis mocker. from Belgium. He
is with the ECR. Now his a background journalist regional
MP 2004 2013 Secretary General of his party 2005 2007 counselor
to third 2013 To present member member of European Parliament
since 2013. Interested in media and education, regional anatomy,
social rights, including an EU wide minimum salary and LGBTI
rights. Notice the addition of the eye strong advocate in favor
of breaker six. Yes, that would that is the official EU
designation if you recall that whole package I had Yeah, it's
another thing I forgot about strong advocate in favor of
breaking a Belgium Uh huh. The Walloons and the Flims but may
be relied upon for fundamental rights and media related issues
details Mark dot Demis mocker at e p.europa.eu. Phone number.
Then it's dynamite. He has the mail the post routing number. W
IB for M five seven whoo that's great. If you need to route some
mail to his office and this is really it's a fantastic document
sounds like dynamite?
Yeah. So yeah, you can scrape this for sure. Anthony, very
good to scrape. Now there's something else going on and I
hope you can figure out what it is when your travels over there.
This is the latest from get my nation GMT
verse in is preparing a multimillion pound transferred
to Iran as it seeks the release of a jailed aid worker. The
Telegraph newspaper sites unidentified British sources
send the country will send over 400 million pounds or $527
million to seek goodwill. The government has reportedly sought
legal advice over whether it can transfer the funds, which it
owes as a result of a disputed arms deal in the 1970s. A
spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May says there's no link
between the debt and the fate of Iranian British dual citizen
mezzanine Zachary Radcliffe, the project manager with the Thomson
Reuters Foundation, a charity organization that is independent
of Reuters news is serving five years and an Iranian jail after
she was convicted of plotting to overthrow the country's
government charges she denies. Foreign Minister Boris Johnson
met with Zachary redcliffs husband this week, telling him
quote Britain would leave no stone unturned and its bid to
free her. Johnson is under scrutiny for the way he's
handled the case was pressure for him to resign over comments
he made earlier this month. That's the Gary Rackleff had
been teaching journalism before her arrest. Her employer and
family say she was on holiday. Critics said Johnson's words
might prompt around to extend her sentence. And he's since
apologized in Parliament twice for the remarks.
And I acknowledge that the words are used open to being
misinterpreted. And I apologize.
Johnson now says he will appeal to Iran on humanitarian grounds.
Isn't this exactly the same Gambit? We pulled with our cash
payment to Iran because of an old disputed military deal of
weapons deal? Yeah. So this is just take them that way. It was
also from now I think ours was maybe 10 years later. So and
this is about the chieftain tank.
Oh, well, ours was was was the money we gave them was the
frozen funds. Right? You're right. So we had a bunch of
frozen there Mike was always their money and but we froze it
because of this dispute. And so we kept the money they kept
demanding and so we finally gave random, but really confiscated.
Why
is this happening now? I find it I find rather peculiar. Okay,
well, we're gonna make your whole now why? Yeah, get it? And
they say it's not at all about the the what she worked for an
NGO? Yeah, well we know what that means. And she was thrown
in jail for, you know trying to start a revolution. Yeah,
probably I mean is that what an asset is worth these days? $400
million? Seems high. Seems high to me too.
Unless she's really something if she's the head of MI six?
No, I don't think she's that.
I don't think so either. So it doesn't make a lot of sense.
Unless there's something else involved. There's probably
another deal or two behind you know, it's probably more than
just her but they're not talking about
it. No one really ever goes into depth on these stories.
No, because you can't find out anything. It's all speculation,
which is what we do. Where the speculative to Well,
I think we were able to backup our theories. Usually we have
most of it covered. Yeah, I agree. Hey, go ahead. I was just
wanting to play one clip that but it'd be my last clip. Okay,
I got a couple of ones you want to hear. Okay, play those first.
And I'll get to my last clip. All right. I've commentary.
We'll
start with the land of the dollar. Rhett's and boy, this
one is about dollar ads. This is really an incredible clip and it
shows you in a way how sophisticated our northern
neighbors are in Canada Navia. And in another way it's just a
head shaker that this is even being discussed. Now. They're
legalizing weed in Canada is it happened yet? Hasn't happened
officially. No.
It's happened. It's long since happened. So it's completely
legal. Now. It's all good to go. As far as I know. Yeah. Well,
there's
problems the federal
government's plan to legalize and
Ignasi I don't think it's legalized yet. I think you're
wrong.
I couldn't I'm not saying I'm not wrong. But as far as I know,
it is.
Let me see. We hold this clip new. It's a brand new car. I
think it's a pretty it's a brand new clip music. But here it is.
Is marijuana illegal in Canada? That's from September that's too
long ago. I don't think it's not federally recognized. Okay.
Thank you. Troll room. July. July, John. So it's not done
yet. Now the report the federal government is planning next year
next year. Yes. July 2018. Yes.
The federal government's plan to legalize and regulate the sale
of marijuana has divided the National Opinion Some fear that
legalization will lure young people into a life of drug abuse
but my next guest opposes legalization of marijuana for an
altogether different reason. That's because he's a pot
dealer. JJ Morris joins us on the line to tell us a little bit
more about why he wants to keep pot illegal. So first off, JJ
How long have you been a pot dealer? Well, I've
been a pot dealer now for over 12 years for me it's been very
good this guy great I don't use but he has the Canadian accent
little thing in there. I can't do it. It's been a very
successful business to be a part of kind of live in the Ottawa
dream Oh baby.
I didn't realize the job the auto dream the auto a dream he
is an entrepreneur on the river why auto A dream is selling weed
business to be a part of kind of live in the Ottawa dream you
know I've got the two bed two bath apartment and the Glebe and
you know I'm I'm I'm living proof that you know being a
dealer in this climate marijuana dealer in this climate is you
can make a great goal of becoming a dealer but my fear is
of course all that's about to change.
Yeah, so why don't we
achieve brick? What will open a store Why doesn't he open a
store?
Well, he's actually asking for something else and I have a
feeling he might actually get it snowing Scandinavia,
my fear is of course all that's about to change.
Yeah, so why exactly do you oppose the legalization of
marijuana? Well, this
is the thing is that you know, myself and 40k other Canadian
dealers somewhere not to say that anyways, you know, we're
kind of the guys that started this whole thing out you know,
we're the guys that stoke the fire, got people interested in
smoking pot here in Canada and, and although we stoke the fires,
it's kind of like someone else is going to now cook their coin
on it. You know, because when the if the government legalizes
this just means the government is going to move in and that's
sort of like Walmart opened up beside a mom and pop shop, you
know, we got to be and it just feels like on some level we need
to be compensated, we need to be grandfathered. Get on this we
need to be showing a sign of respect for what we've done to
get the industry to where it is now.
Okay, so So you're feeling like you're the ones who have created
the industry of Oh yeah, Shine errs.
Gotta be a comedian.
No, no, this is CBC. This is a serious report. I love it. Hey,
we should
play clip of the day after you finish this. No, I'm done. I'm
done. I'll take it. I'll take the clips. I love this. I want
compensation, Bro. Cliff. All right. You're doing an illegal
activity shark.
I was a pioneer man. What's up with that? And what was he in
the in the Glebe or was that
you said Glebe. Some little ritzy neighborhood or so? No. I
don't know.
Now let's go down under gay marriage captivating everyone's
thoughts, but not on every morning show.
And a final final observation on the same sex marriage debate
from Bobcat
rugby. People are entitled to sexual proclivities.
Let them be 1000 blossoms bloom. But I spend any time on it.
Because in the meantime, every three months, a person is torn
to pieces by a crocodile in North Queensland. We should put
the whole country on hold and sort out that particular
point. That's right, man. It's the crocodiles no one's thinking
about the crocodile is eaten people. Guys are nuts.
That's really butchered for six months.
I like that. All right, then. My final one is this is from the
the conversation in the this with the senators about the tax
bill that's raging here in the United States. And, you know, we
hear all this, like, what they will on the face bag, and I will
start collecting some more to read. Yeah, the meme is Oh, it's
just giving, it's always the same. It's always the same.
Giving a tax break to the billionaire, not millionaires to
the billionaires and everybody else could screw it and my
categorizing that correctly. Isn't that kind of what I hear
all the time assess
what that is the standard response to anything the
Republicans offer?
Yes. Now, I will say that having looked at it, which I do, at
least at the proposals, I have to wonder that you know, if your
calculation includes higher wages, me to coined the phrase,
there is no evidence companies want to pay higher wages to
anybody. Would you agree?
I would agree with that, too.
I mean, the city nonprofits,
and you here's another little aspect of this. I'm not talking
about you they is they not gonna let you deduct your income tax
from state income if this doesn't apply to you, but it's
placed to me. Yeah, like California state income tax. And
you
remember I told you this. You said now that'll ever happen. Do
you remember that?
Well, it hasn't happened yet. Has it? Okay. Well, they pass it
in the house. Yeah, halfway there. And right.
Okay. Yeah. And this is,
here's what here's what they're talking about it and California,
Nancy Pelosi and Feinstein and everybody's all bent out of
shape, about how all, you know, this is just screwing over
California because we pay high taxes and then we won't be able
to deduct it. Nobody ever mentions that. Don't you think
this might be payback for being a D one state that voted
overwhelmingly for Hillary and hates trump the most? Is
Hollywood, and all the other haters, and this is targeting
California.
Yes.
It's very obvious. Yeah. But no one said no one has said that.
Not just California, but New York and the liberal state.
Yeah. And what are the what are the what is Washington? There
must be no washes? No, no, you all the Washington shouldn't be
targeted. But no, there's no personal income tax in
Washington, Nevada, Florida, Texas. There's not that many
that have none. Got it. Love it at Texas.
So Orrin Hatch is the chairman of the panel. And he gets really
mad at Senator was brown. And I just thought it was worth
listening to we don't we listen to the Prime Minister's question
times and people are hooting and hollering and yelling and
screaming. This was finally a little bit of action in our own
Senate.
And I I just think it would be nice. Just tonight, before we go
home to just acknowledge where this tax cut really is not for
the middle class. It's for the rich in that whole thing about
higher wages. Well, it's a good selling point. But we know
companies don't just give away higher wages. They just don't
give away higher wages just because they have more money.
Corporations are sitting on a lot of money now they're sitting
on a lot of profits now. I don't see wages going up. So just
spare us the spare stuff. Thanks shot spirits that sarcasm in the
satire and
I'm gonna just say to you that I come from the poor people. And
I've been here working my whole thinking career for people who
don't have a chance. I really resent anybody saying that I'm
just doing this for the rich. Give me a break. I think you
guys overplay that all the time and it gets old. And frankly
yatta yatta quit,
Mr. Chairman, the Public Enemies just I'm not true.
I get kind of sick and tired of it. True. It's a nice political
play.
Well, Mr. Chairman, true. With all due respect, I get sick and
tired of the richest regular order getting richer in either
order. Oh, we do a tax paid order. And over and over again,
how many times do we do this? Listen, oh, you
to spout off here? And what you said was not right. That's all
I'm saying. I come from the lower middle class originally,
we didn't have anything. So don't feel that stuff on me. I
get a little tired of that crap. And let me just say something.
If you didn't, if we work together, we can pull this
country out of every every message then. And we could do a
lot of the things that you're talking about too. And I think
I've had a reputation of how they've worked together. Let me
start with Chip. Not starting with Chip. I did it I've done it
for years. I've got more Bill start with Chip today got more
bills passed and everybody on this committee put together and
they've been passed for the benefit of people in this
country. Now all I can say is I like you personally very much
but I'm telling you, this bullcrap if you guys through it
really gets old after a while to do it right at the end of this
was just not right. No. And I just it takes a lot to get me
worked up like this. He was channeling you a little bit
there bull crap
going on. It was great. I liked
it. I thought that was finally some action.
Yeah, that was good. We need more of that. We may get more
eventually. I hope. So. The lat my last clip is the the Russian
bridge club is only displayed on CBS and let us know what's going
on. Putin is built is called Putin's bridge. He's building a
bridge from the southern part of Russia to Crimea. Ah, yes,
there's no real easy way to get there.
We don't want to go through pesky Ukraine. So he's got
a huge bridge he's building and he wants to get it done as fast
as possible. But there's a little element at the end where
they bring in some locals. And I want to make a comment about
after this clip is over.
Russian President Vladimir Putin thumbed his nose at the world
when he took Crimea from Ukraine and it looks like he plans to
hold on to it forever. Based on the bridge he's now building.
Elizabeth Palmer went to the construction site in Russia
24 hours a day in three shifts. Workers are racing to build a
colossal bridge 12 miles long and strong enough to resist
ferocious winds, earthquakes and ice. There is no doubt that this
bridge is an engineering feat a really impressive technical
achievement, but it's also a bold political statement. The
bridge will connect southern Russia to the Crimean peninsula,
which until 2014 belong to Ukraine. Then in March of that
year, Russian troops seized Crimea. After a hasty referendum
President Putin announced it was now part of Russia. At home he
was hailed as a hero. While outside Russia, he was
condemned. Even when America and its allies slapped on sanctions
he didn't back off. This $3 billion mega project shows he's
doubling down on the land grab. The bridge due to open next year
will be Crimea as umbilical cord to Mother Russia. Trains cars
and trucks crossing this giant span will carry everything from
food to tourists. Already, it's a source of pride and the local
attraction. Add a lookout on the shore of bloody mercurial coffin
his friends have come to Marvel and posed for pictures.
Absolutely, the bridge underlines that Crimea is ours
he tells me and we are never giving it back. Hmm.
Okay. Now that's an interesting story. But the thing that got my
attention were the four Russians they had at the end. And they
were talking they're all proud they were looking at this thing.
Therefore the fattest guys I've ever seen in my life. They are
like, and I think this is done on purpose prototype Russians is
that the idea? I think this is what the new model is going to
be because this is what media always does like if they go to
do a story in Texas one of the New York networks, they always
find some one tooth got dogs and cat like bears. Oh yeah, Mama,
my mama lives in that same house we live in. And so you get these
morons and especially when the northern network plays anybody
from the south Alabama, Mississippi has always someone
to dummy. You know, in a one room shack. Yes. So you go to
these places. I've never been to the size you know, where's all
this one room shacks and these Toothless people. So they're, I
think they're designed to make to stereotype the Russians as
big fat guys, they look just like oh, they all look like
Burkholder in the old Hogan's Heroes show, big fat guy is you
know with a fat super fat face slobbering and that is going to
be what they're going to use from now on and when I saw this
This is bull crap there's no way that this represents anything
but these guys themselves it's not the Russians aren't big fat
guys John cedars borax.
But you've accidentally stumbled on something pretty big without
even knowing it. This is going to be an important part and
extension of the collaboration with the Chinese with the three
belt no road three belt no road this is very this is very big
deal. And the Chinese are called financing Yes sir. Yes, sir. CO
financing. Boom count one for you sir. Good work. It's an
unbelievable world. All we do is deconstruct it. And we'll do
that again for you. Only we'll be deconstructing the show on
Thursday. And that will be on the stream at the regular time
and on the podcast as usual at the regular time as well. And I
want to thank everybody who support us thank you troll room.
Thank you. Infrastructure dudes named Ben and thank you John.
Have a great trip. Thank you. And coming to you from downtown
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