The claimed internet pioneer, Adam curry, John C. Dvorak,
Sunday, April 27 2014. It's time for you to get my nation media
assassination episode six one. This is no agenda, suffering
from sectoral sanctions here in the region six in the Trump
Maasai tied up in Austin, Texas in the morning, everybody.
I'm Adam curry and from Northern Silicon Valley where I'm
probably over modulated. I'm John C. Dvorak.
Now, actually, no, actually, you were perfect that time. Perfect.
is perfect. It's been one of those days.
I'm two fists away.
People don't realise how that works. When you're when you talk
about your two fists away, like manifesting your mic or
something, it's a little weird.
Do you ever saw that what was the name of that movie where the
English the guys teaching King Edward to speak?
The King's Speech,
The King's Speech and D that that announcer comes into the
studio with that big giant ribbon mic. And then he majors
with his fingers he Hig measures a specific
distance. Exactly, exactly. That's fisting the mic.
I always thought that was funny. Yeah, it is. Oh, all right.
Allergies still in full effect. We now have pecan to add to the
mix. Whoa. I know. If you have pecan allergy, you might as well
not live in Austin.
Is this one
state fruit? The
fruit? It's actually the state fruit is a guy list about three
blocks. Hey, very good.
Very good. Do you know what the state insect is? Of the of
Texas? bedbugs? No, the monarch butterfly.
Oh, that's a beautiful bird.
It's not it's the MK Ultra thing is what it is the modern monarch
butterfly. Through is really bad. And in our state rodent.
The Rattus rattus no the armadillo come on you. Oh, yeah,
man, I knew that.
Easier. Honestly. That's an easy one. Yeah,
let me see. I'm going to tell you what the what the current
status is of Austin allergy measurement. I have here the
Austin allergy app. And let me take a look we have oak all time
high. Oak
all time high, ladies and gentlemen mould, which is
the one that that floors me all time high. Okay, grass at a
medium. And then pecan. I've never seen pecan on the
allergies chart. And last night, we went to nuts. It really is.
Last night we went to this nonprofit called Women in their
work. And you know, if you're an artist, you have to do a lot of
these things. And I'm not an artist to Ms. Mickey is, and you
know, so they auction off a piece of her art in a silent
auction. And this is the I think last year you remember last year
we went to the very important house. Do you remember that?
Yeah, yeah. So this was the same event. Only this year, Mickey's
art was in it. And it wasn't at the very important house. It was
at a different house. But it was it but it was outside. 209 is a
watering up. Well, everything was open. It was kind of one of
those indoor outdoor parties.
Well, let's get back to this pecan allergy. What is that
like? Different? I mean, yeah, and how do you know it's not the
mould?
Oh, no, I don't know if I have it. I'm just telling you. I'm
just seeing the chart. I have no idea. I mean, I could have the
grass howlers you for all I know. But you wake up and your
eyes are all puffy and I gotta go. We gotta move. We have to
leave.
It must be great there when there's no pollen.
Yeah, but it's been this way for what six months? How long have
you been complaining about this? Oh, no, but yes, and by the time
the allergies are gone, it'll be 112 degrees now have something
else to bitch about?
Well, where would you think of going? Panama? We have
just a thought.
You haven't even visited the
we have producers there. We're working on it. We're we're
working on a visit. It's hot though. Everyone's talking about
it. Last night at the party of Guyana who's in the he's in
an equatorial climate down there you ate it
really is this is just consistent. The whole year round
isn't just nice. Yeah,
hot. Well, let's take a look right now. And I'm all whether
we were at the at the party and a guy I know who works for a
real estate hedge fund. He said real estate prices going down
guaranteed. Every centre around the country
to 88 degrees. That's an humidity of 66 is probably
pretty pleasant.
That's what it is year round right?
Now, it's raining tomorrow. Maybe it's that way, year round.
Whatever. So the real estate prices are going down,
guaranteed.
That's what he says in the United States. We're at that
predictable, I guess. But he said, it all kind of depends on
the war. War. Well, let me tell you a little story. One of our
producers Vanga Helm. You know, he's, he's part of one of the
guys up there in Finland. Right. So yes, the 20 Yeah, yesterday.
It used to be on the 30th of April, we had Queen's Day in
Holland. I think you've been there for Queens, they haven't
you? Oh, yeah. So of course, we don't have we have a queen. But
that's now Queen Maxima, who's married to to Prince pills, who
is now the king. Willem Alexander. And for some reason
they decided is instead of doing the 30th now we have and so we
don't have Queen's Day on the 30th of April, it's King's Day,
on the 26th of April. Make sense? Yeah. And the whole thing
is, it's essentially the same idea. And around the world
embassies, of course, invite prominent people in business and
whatever, you know, in their countries to, to come and have
some, you know, a typical orange bitter, which is the traditional
Dutch drink, or the queens or Kings Day, and have some bitter
Bala and Heineken, etc. And so our producer was at the Dutch
embassy in Finland. And, you know, everyone's having a good
time, and they're drinking the high knees and talk. And then
the the Ambassador says, Well, you know, this is all great, but
it looks like we may have war in Europe in the next couple of
weeks. Oh, yeah, exactly. And our guys like, what? It's one,
it's one thing you know, you're there, you're hanging out, but
on Kings Day to then say, well, yeah, we're all pretty worried
looks like war is gonna break out in the next couple of weeks.
And I had already kind of thought that it was maybe
possible, but I think they're really pushing for John, I think
this is this is they're so out of control with their propaganda
is, is failing, essentially. It's it's really not working
with the will no one's really buying into, of course, the
citizens are will believe anything.
Yeah, they're horrible.
Well, let me give you a couple examples here is, and of course,
CNN is the best because they essentially will take money to
promote anything, including Rahm Emanuel show. Did you hear about
the emails?
Yes, it was a big scandal. We discussed it on Twitter and the
blog. And we probably should have discussed it on the show
with Rahm Emanuel that apparently was native
advertising and CNN more than
native advertising. It's his the production company, the guy runs
production companies, his buddy from, you know, high school or
whatever. And they have all these emails about how great
they're going to make them look which Oh, surprise, surprise,
the reality show is not reality. But so CNN will will essentially
take money for anything. And I I'm pretty sure that this is for
a manual that he's setting himself up not for 2016, but for
some future stuff. And here's, here's their propaganda on what
is going on in Europe. Well, it's a Ukraine with Russia and
the EU and the US
also breaking overnight Ukraine's Prime Minister
sounding the alarm claiming Russia wants to start World War
Three words. Moscow is adding to the tension this morning, going
ahead with military drills just outside Ukraine's border. And
now President Obama says he will talk with European leaders about
levelling, more sanctions against Russia.
Yeah, well levelling Russia.
If you really if you look at it, it is so similar to the Bosnian
war it's almost uncanny where we had you know, the what has to
happen as Ukraine has to break up you know, so we can call it
some kind of civil war, but really it'll be an international
war with proxies fighting in there and then we can
thank ourselves for this of course, because we're the ones
who fomented this. Yeah. Maidan thing. Yeah, the
Euro Maidan, but But it gets real. So Carrie, and I did speak
to a couple of people yesterday. Now, these are the elites of
Austin. And I did not get very far with my take that carry guy.
He's dumb. I didn't go over very well at this at this party. What
are you talking about? Well, he's looking at he's being run
by the Yalies and Of course, it turns out that the three people
I was talking to were all lawyers. And of course, all
lawyers, you know, the douchebags come from Yale. This
is that that didn't work didn't work out very well. But when you
listen to what he is saying, Kerry is he's he is he is
insane. And it's one thing to take a grand overview to try and
convince the world that Putin is a madman. But to get down into
the minutiae that he does, well, here's a here's a clip from his
speech. This was, I believe, on Friday,
not a single Russian official, not one has publicly gone on
television in Ukraine, and called on the separatists to
support the Geneva agreement to support the stand down to give
up their weapons and get out of the Ukrainian buildings.
Okay, so that's his setup of how Russia is not adhering to the
Geneva agreements.
So in the agreement, it says that the Russians are supposed
to provide free propaganda.
Well, here it comes, they
have not called on them to engage in that activity. In
fact, the propaganda bullhorn
listen to now, let's remind ourselves of that fine Dutch
saying, which is what you said, Being yourself meant to cope due
to health, as in what you say about others is what you are.
Anyway, I want you to say that again, because I think the
audience and I would would agree on this, what I'm gonna say
next, you it sounds like a recording being played
backwards.
Like you're setting yourself and your corridor to health.
Yes, and the, which makes you know, those DJs like to do that.
Yeah. Well, let me say that again, and they rewind
themselves. With this, that you could did that you could just do
that I'm
I'm actually speaking in tongues,
their weapons, and get out of the Ukrainian buildings, they
have not called on them to engage in that activity. In
fact, the propaganda bullhorn that is the state sponsored
Russia Today programme has been deployed.
It's funny because he's looking down at his notes and he
realised he said something wrong he realised that he said the
Russia Today programme remote
actually Russia Today network, so it's his cadence
is phenomenal. I'm gonna I'm gonna rewind that just a little
bit. He's he has this by the way if you could just make his
language German he would sound like Hitler the Russia your day
programme. He had no idea Yeah. Oh, hold on a second. That's
util did not work hold on that that that listen to
it. Russia Today programme has been delayed deployed, to
promote actually Russia Today network has deployed to promote
President Putin his fantasy about what is playing out on the
ground fantasy, they almost spend full time devoted to this
effort to propagandise and to distort what is happening or not
happening in Ukraine instead? Yeah, a
couple of things. Before he goes on. First of all, why is he
promoting Russia today? Nobody in their right mind would
promote Russia or even knows about it.
Everyone's like, hey, sounds like an interesting show to
watch this Russia Today programme.
And you know, so there's something going on with that
because you should just shut up because Russia today's a joke.
Oh, no, I think it's obvious that he wants to he's trying to
create something that does not exist
fomenting Yes. Well, let me show you an example before and you
can go on with that. But I just want to distract you for a
second with the Russia today since it was brought up isn't me
my opening as a lawyer would have it.
Your opening statements, Mr. Dvorak
now here is the way this is what he just said is semi true but
it's not related at the level that he making it sound I'm
going to give you the best example I could find over the
past week or so of of needling the United States via Russia
today and it's so lame and I was looking for I was going to take
a piece of this and then overlay the the international the song
but I couldn't get a good enough copy so I couldn't do it
production on this. But this is the major story being played on
Russia today to needle the United States and, and the clip
is the Wichita Falls story. Oh, all right.
So which is a falls residents will be washing their dishes,
bathing, brushing their teeth, drinking and cooking with water
that has come directly from what they just flushed down the
toilet. out about it. Water officials say it's perfectly
safe though. Usually sewage water goes to a plant that
removes solids and then is sent into the Wichita river. But now
instead being sent to the river. It will undergo micro filtration
and then reverse osmosis to remove contaminants like
pharmaceuticals. Then it'll be chemically treated to remove
pathogens. Add a dash of chlorine and fluoride Of course,
and then it'll go straight back to people's faucets. It might
sound gross, but the reality is this is probably going to be a
growing trend in America, as water becomes scarcer due to
droughts, growing populations and greater consumption. There's
an organisation called the water reuse Association, whose members
include utility companies, government officials and
researchers. And they're pushing hard for this to become more
common cities in California, Florida and North Carolina, are
also considering directly reusing sewage. But Wichita
Falls is the first one bracing to actually do it. Safety
concerns aside, this is just one example of things to come for us
in our comfy American homes. That sterilised 1950s image
based around consumerism and industrialization is starting to
crumble. So get ready Americans Poby water it's what's going to
be on your dinner table.
All right, hold on a second. First of all poopy water.
Excellent. Let me just ring the bell for poopy water. What was
with the drum fill? What was
that wasn't me.
Is there some guy just like, hey, we got to do this. This
thing? We're gonna make fun of the Yankees on this piece here.
We need some I know you got a drum fill. Yeah, hold on.
Wow. I just thought was the lamest thing ever. And
that's the propaganda that Herman Munster is so worried
about?
Yeah. Oh, yeah. They're just giving it to us. They've given
us that needle. Oh, by the way,
we got an email from Joe. Adam, I work at a water treatment
plant in upstate New York, I just listened to show 611 and
had the laugh about the municipality dumping their
reservoir full of treated water for somebody peeing in it. This
is the story that you had on Thursday. Exactly. First of all,
finished or potable water is usually treated with chlorine
and is required to have a residual amount of available
chlorine to keep the water clean as it travels through the
distribution system. So what would have killed any bacteria
added to the water by the urine? Second, the dilution factor of
urine treated water would make the containment undetectable by
most any equipment used by public water systems. And third,
John is absolutely right, about birds pooping in reservoirs.
When our reservoir was open to the air and elements, we had
hundreds of birds nesting under our pump house which hung over
the reservoir. These birds provided a nearly constant
stream of poop in the water. However, no outbreaks of any
diseases were ever contracted through our water chlorine works
kids PS chlorine gas can definitely kill you. This is the
kind of information you get on the no agenda show it's done for
me. Alright, back to watermelon had Carrie who was so upset
about Russia that Russia Today programme, I mean network
propagandising pooping in that he must have stock or something
in this company. There's no reason other than to trump up
something that does not exist for him to mention happening.
It's it's the weird, it's totally weird that he would
mention it at all
this. I think this is what I'm saying, though, is that there
are so
those that can't believe well, maybe there isn't, I don't think
so no
there beside themselves, they can't get anything going. They
they I'll give you my analysis after we listen to the last
minute of this do
not happening in Ukraine. Instead, in plain sight. Russia
continues to fund, coordinate and fuel a heavily armed
separatist movement in Donetsk.
Now, this is interesting, because we know that the State
Department continues to try and make the connection between the
people who are not in Russian uniform, and the Russian army.
And so he's neat, you know, he needs to continue. And this is
such a minutiae, because all he has to say is, it's the Russian
army, and it's crazy, and we got to kick him out. But no, he's
trying to convince everybody for some reason. Meanwhile, probably
because it's not true.
Russian leaders are making increasingly outrageous claims
to justify their action that the CIA invented the internet in
order to control the world.
Now, this is very interesting. This is not what Vladimir Putin
said. You cannot say the CIA invented the internet to control
the world. Yet this is now the twisting of words that John and
then you hear a little chuckle there, like, is clearly insane,
is just nuts. Here's a Press TV, which is I guess there's an
Iranian TV Russia aligned with a much more accurate translation
of what Putin said Russian
President Vladimir Putin calls the internet as CIA project. The
Russian leader has warned his people against making Google
searches As the CIA has, quote, controlled the internet from the
start, Putin emphasise that every entry made into Google
goes through servers in the United States. He stressed that
the internet was a special project, which the CIA has been
developing to this day. Putin's comments come on the backdrop of
revelations made public by a former NSA contractor, Edward
Snowden exposed a massive us surveillance campaign, which
infringed on the personal liberties of people around the
world, including diplomats of American allies. So
to me, this was much more a slam against Google than it was
against the CIA.
Yeah, I think so too. But as far as I know, I would just as a
point of clarification, not every request done overseas goes
to a US server. No. They have farms everywhere. And a lot of
it's all duplicated.
Well, it's it's all it's connected. I mean, again, this
was enacted, but
it doesn't mean that it's all Yeah, right.
But without doubt, the internet, of course, was a DARPA project
and American military project as it started. The CIA, through its
many investment arms, including Inc youtell, of course, has been
funding a lot of I mean, we talked about this all the time.
Well, there's also the element of this little particular moment
is this CIA thing as if we've been stepped back a couple
notches. Yeah, possible. We're dealing with the the NS a BS and
the stents. Putin taking the I don't know what he went to
pointed this. About It. More of a the NSA slam. Oh, well, it
should be but it's
not a you were cutting out for some weird reason, John.
So but I'm just saying that the NSA is never mentioned.
And not by Snowden. In fact, Putin is calling mentioning the
CIA, which makes it even more intense.
And then we have the element of Snowden still being in Russia.
But anyway, fishy, Carrie is, is twisting the words to make it
sound like Putin is an insane person to think that the CIA
uses any of the Internet to spy on people. Oh, there's just
crazy this Putin man
that the CIA invented the internet in order to control the
world.
This is not quite what he said. But okay,
or that? dramatic, very dramatic forces
occupying buildings, armed to the teeth, wearing brand new
matching uniforms, and moving and disciplined military
formation are merely local activists seeking to exercise
their legitimate rights. They could
be Boy Scouts, they could be American mercenaries. Just the
thought
that the American mercenaries love to have big Taliban beards,
I'll tell you that.
That is absurd, absurd. And there is no other word to
describe it.
There's plenty of words.
But in the 21st century, where every citizen can broadcast
messages, images, and video from the palm of
their hands, now listen carefully to what he's going to
try and say here. No amount
of propaganda is capable of hiding such actions. No amount
of propaganda will hide the truth. And the truth is there in
the social media, and across the pages of newspapers, and in the
video of televisions for all of the world to see. Let me
let us recap.
The truth. Yes, please. Truth
is for all there for all to see on the social medias, in the
newspaper and on the video on your telescreen. That is what he
said, and no one and no one can deny that fact, is the truth.
Let's just that was such a nice sequence, I got to hear Tom have
their hand. No amount of propaganda is capable of hiding
such actions. No amount of propaganda will hide the truth.
And the truth is there in the social media, and across the
pages. And
the truth is, they're in the social media. Let's just Let's
just remind ourselves in the future, John, if we're ever
looking for the truth, we know where to find it. Facebook,
and the truth is there in the social media, and across the
pages of newspapers, and in the video of televisions for all of
the world to see. They know those out of propaganda can
withstand that kind of scrutiny today.
The scrutiny of newspapers and television. Really,
okay, kidding.
They did Skype by the way. He he is certifiably insane and I need
to play a little clip to prove it. He so Kerry is in charge of
this thing. This is not President Obama he is in charge
he is the the mouth piece for the Neo cons and whoever else is
behind this move for Whatever their reasons are, and we can
come up with several. And he does a speech at the Export
Import Bank. Now, the Export Import Bank is essentially the
people who benefit from this kind of behaviour. You know,
when the IMF puts out, you know, first we realise a country, and
then we, you know, yeah, and then we lend them some money.
And then the Export Import Bank, they, you know, it's made in USA
stuff that we go sell over there. It's, I'm paraphrasing,
but I think that's pretty much Correct.
That's kind of one of the Theses we use. Yes.
So Carrie, amidst all of this very busy time, he has goes to
speak with the the people who are members of the Export Import
Bank, big banquet, big everyone's you know, that table,
there's almost like the Academy Awards. And they're all dressed
up and everything. And he gets his beautiful intro from, I
guess, the president of the Export Import Bank, it's it's a
government run outfit, the Export Import Bank, but it is
part of the economic hitman system. And here's what he says.
Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you
very, very much. Thank you.
Before we continue, you when you hear somebody doing that,
apparently, which makes us even sicker. He was getting a
standing Oh,
this is exactly what this is about. It's a standing ovation.
And he is
this is called down the audience. They were going nuts.
This
is a triple whammy. And when you hear what he says, so just hear
the whole thing out. Don't interrupt because you it'll blow
your mind. Thank you very, very much.
Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, Fred. Thank you all
very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you for
standing ovation. Yeah. Winston Churchill said the only reason
that people stand and give a standing ovation is they
desperately need an excuse to shift their underwear.
Okay, so that's funny. So he's he's now he's making the first
he's like, Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you for that standing
ovation for your
I really rarely see anybody talk and say thank you for the
standing ovation. That's weird. Well,
that's because he sets up the joke by saying that Churchill
said, The only reason why people do that is to shift their
underwear. But then he comes back and brings it back to how
great he
is they desperately need an excuse to shift their underwear.
So I know you all had a much more noble thought in mind.
Because of course, you actually love me. Wow, a guy is a dick.
He really I mean that that was I threw up in my mouth. Is he
serious? He makes a joke. And then he says, but of course it
was much more noble than that. Because you are clearly just
bowing to Me. He who is realising the world for your
benefit. And the State Department is there really in
all kinds of? Well, it's really trouble I would say with with
the press, and this gets no play. This is it's an you have
to watch the stuff in order to get it I have not seen this
reported. I did not see this broadcast. It is of course, on C
span, which is where I get these clips from these kinds of
interchanges. Now. This is I believe it's a reporter from a
Russian outfit, maybe from Russia today. Engaging with Jen
Psaki regarding the troop movements in Ukraine and who may
be ordering these.
Well, is it a coincidence that both times kit for ordered
troops to East Ukraine came right on the heels of top US
officials visit to Kyiv. But first time it was John Brennan
and this time it was Vice President Joe Biden. Did Vice
President Joe Biden advice key have to take such action or was
it just a coincidence?
You're simply restating Foreign Minister lab Ross ludicrous
claims from Yes, but
what is the response?
I think we're ready to respond to a new Ukraine question. Go
ahead and least change anyone's Ukraine. Go ahead.
You're simply right. Yes. You said you're simply repeating the
ludicrous claims of Sergei Lavrov. We're moving on.
Wow. Whatever arrogance that's great. And of course in Europa
did try hanging out with some elites and Austin and they won't
listen to any of this. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
People are all in on some of this stuff and you don't even
consider the possibility that this is this gonna hurt
everybody's investment. If we do if everything goes the way they
said in the Finnish embassy by having a war in a couple of
weeks, which
is possible. I think it won't be America, Russia, but it could be
by proxy. I think that's possible. No, that
was, that's why it would because I think I've already set us set
our so hold on a second. Are you seeing a lot of
are you on the Comcast? What network? Are you on?
Why is it breaking up? Yeah.
Yeah, we haven't had this in a long time. Take
a look and may have switched over when I was fooling around
on hooking
the old fooling around on hooking bed. Hmm.
Let's just stop for one second, and I'll switch back. Easy it is
yeah. Okay, we're back. Alright. Well, we let's just bookmark and
we talk about that jitter issue with Comcast. Later on in the
show.
Ya know, I want you to give that little clip so I can send it
over to him again. What little clip, though, a little clip of
me jittering Oh, okay. Because if I have that little clip
jittering I sent it over to him. I say, here's what we get. And
then I don't have it on the subject. I gotcha, because I
bitched to them every so often. And then once in a while, they
tried to do something about it.
So here, here's what the analysis I have on something
that is being overlooked, I believe. Now we have talked
about the Chinese train showing up in Germany. Right? Yep, this
is the New Silk Road. You'll recall, Hillary Clinton was all
over this, when she was Secretary of State bow the news.
In fact, I have the statement here. The United States supports
efforts by Afghanistan and its neighbours to expand the web and
network of economic and transit connections that exist across
South and Central Asia. By helping facilitate greater
connectivity and economic growth. This New Silk Road
vision recognises that a secure, stable and increasingly
prosperous Afghanistan can only exist in the context of a
secure, stable, increasingly prosperous region. And of
course, the whole idea is that we would be running the New Silk
Road. However, if you and I have these four new stories from the
past two weeks in the show notes, headlines, President Z
calls on China and Germany to build a Silk Road Economic Belt,
headline, China will reopen the old Silk Road as a new trading
route linking Germany, Russia and China. And here's the
kicker, Joe Kaiser Siemens CEO we support a trusting
relationship with Russian companies because Siemens is
building the trains for the New Silk Road. So there's a there's
a gotcha in here, which is has got to be something that is that
I think we're even overlooking to some degree law is that
Russia is a part of and this is the Shanghai cooperative group.
China is shipping through Russia to Germany with German
technology so it's no wonder that we're spying on Merkel No
wonder
and this is we had to put a stop to this
we have to put a stop to Siemens providing trade Yeah.
So what's the best way to do that?
Rob allies exactly but realise Germany
well we're not gonna be able to rub allies Germany we could get
them into a heap of trouble I mean, we could economically
rubble I
mean, that's right. And this is it. So if you go into the
sectoral sanctions, which is what did what do you interpret
that to mean John sectoral sanctions it means a word for
one thing, which we both noticed is like where did this words all
of a sudden sectoral sanctions shows up in the media
it's it's a clearly illegal term. Or let's say sectoral
I don't think so. I mean, it might be but I think the reason
I using because it's code
right it's it yes. But sector it's I guess it means sector. So
specific sectors like I don't really think transportation
sector
more I think it would really refer more to energy sectors.
There's an interesting thing I mean, we were overlooking that
some of these sanctions are they're supposed to be lame and
lit in limp wristed. But there was a listen to this because
it's possible that the sanctions that we put in place already are
already damaging Russia in a funny awkward way. And the
reason and what we're overlooking in that regard is
that it's it's ruble flight right here from this guy from
the Eurasia foundation or something. Was he got his name
on here? Nope. Chin cup chin cup ginger razor. Group Eurasia
group you should look them up. Okay. And here's his commentary
on the news hour.
For a closer look at how the Russian economy has been
affected since the Ukraine crisis began. I'm joined by
Cliff caption he is the head of the Eurasia group's Russia and
Eurasia team. Click caption Welcome back to the NewsHour. So
let's talk first about the Standard and Poor downgrading of
the Russian credit status. What does that really mean for Russia
means the Russia's economy is not doing very well. The report
made clear that capital flight from Russia is in full stampede.
The s&p report told us that, on average for the previous five
years $51 billion a year roughly has left Russia in the first
quarter alone of 2014. Between 50 and 60 billion if left,
growth is anaemic. Russia is starting to run deficits.
They're doing nothing to improve the big picture of the economy.
So Mr. Putin is not doing much with his economy. So who
is that affecting inside Russia? Is it just the sum of the
leadership, ordinary people?
Right now, I think it's a muddling down for the ordinary
person, real disposable income, which measures how much a person
has to spend what was growing consistently at high rates until
last year when it was at 1.9%. So so the first victim of all of
this is going to be the ordinary Russian not the fat cat who's
got money all over the world?
No, of course mean it's always going to hurt the citizens, but
who cares? And by the way, no one at this party yesterday is
going. I mean, that kind of sucks for the Russian citizens.
If there's a lot of Russians in America, I have Russian friends.
We have Russia house here. But who cares? We don't even think
we're so arrogant. We don't even think about that. It's just it's
one guy with a shirt off. And let's get we I hate him. He
hates gays and cripples and dogs.
Especially dogs. Yeah.
So in these in the sectoral sanctions. I looked at some of
the names, because they have specific, right. But of course,
they wouldn't put Putin's name on there, which if you if you
really got balls, you say, okay, Putin, anything that has Putin's
name attached to it, we're going to grab it, because that's
what's happening. We were saying, okay, these Russians, if
there's any money in America, we're freezing that it's
stealing someone's money. Yeah, no, it's exactly what it is. And
so there's an n and you know, everyone's all Putin, the
richest man in the world 40 billion 70 billion, but no one
has ever been able to prove this. Ever. But the name, Tim
chenko. Gennady Timchenko. This is the This they did slip his
name in. And this is the guy who runs the gun vor fund. And the
rumour has always been that Putin's money or his it, some of
his investment, his billions of dollars were in the air in the
gun vor fund. So they're trying to figure it out. But this is a
myth. There has never ever been any proof of his of Putin's
billions of dollars of wealth ever. No one has ever been able
to show this. But you'd think the way the propaganda goes that
He's the richest leader in the world, he just takes money from
everybody he runs, he could take all the Gazprom money, but
there's no proof of it. So it'll be interesting to see how this
plays out. But you're doing this and you're you're hurting the
Russian people.
Severely, you can expect if all the stuff we're laying out here
leads to where it's going to lead. There will be further
demonization of Putin.
Yeah, we got to come up with a new thing
though. Yeah, it was but he's already gotten past the gate and
the days
cripples and dogs right.
And obviously something else
and Ukrainians Of course.
So we'll we'll see that in the weeks ahead. And you know this
Can we can we get very far can we bring back the throwing
babies out of incubators? That was a good one for a while where
they did it with Saddam Hussein.
Yeah. Incubators is good. Always go so he's got to hate babies
too. Yeah. Yeah, that would be good. Whatever the case no, this
is does not shaping up well. No, and
and of course for for the West. And I'll just say the EU states
and the United States essentially, it's good you know,
let's get a war going. It's good for the economy. We need to put
our our troops somewhere we have to we got to do something with
them.
It's good relatively for the economy. It's not going to be
very good for Germany's economy economy, which
now another well, this and this is what I find so interesting.
And if and if you look at the reports from Germany, the press
is of this everyone's freaking out. The people, the citizens of
Germany are on the street. Read saying stop this insanity, we
don't want to go to war with Russia, we don't want this.
That's not being reported in the media. The media is
warmongering, like bad, like we got to go to war we got to get
the truth can be found in the media,
social media, social media and newspapers and the video of the
telescreens. That's where you find it the scripts. And also I
think we need to look out for Algeria. Now Algeria is if I'm
not mistaken, next to Libya, right. Let me check that.
Let's look.
See you you gotta you gotta get you
met people in North Africa, that's for
sure. Yes, it's right next to Libya. And, and Putin has a lot
of Putin Russia has, see I'm even doing it. There's a lot of
Russian investment in Algeria. And I think that, you know,
we're in Libya, we're gonna have to move over into Algeria,
because the that's where a lot of natural gas to Southern
Europe comes from. It all comes from Northern Africa. And I keep
your eye on algae put it in the book, I'd say, keep your eye on
Algeria. And that could be a Putin thing as well. No,
we've had Algeria in the book for a while on and off and never
pant pants. Oh, wait, no,
you actually called it when Gadhafi his family fled to
Algeria. That's when you quit. And this is two to three years
ago. Yeah. But Russia is making their moves in in Algeria. And
that has got to be very annoying to to, to the Neo cons who are
sitting there in Libya, which is already not doing too well. And
now, there's also this is another interesting possible
move. Russia and Turkey apparently are in talks to route
the South Stream pipeline, you have the North Stream the South
Stream to route it through Turkey. And Medvedev is going to
meet in Ankara next week with I guess the the one of the
ministers in in Turkey to see if they can shift the routes from
going under the Black Sea straight into northwest turkey.
This is a good time to do that deal, because the Turks and us
aren't getting along at the moment. Not
at all. But I think I think the new of the New Silk Road is
interesting to look at. I think there's too many
balls in the air for these guys. And then the other one is I was
listening to some PBS programming. And there's a lot
of propaganda coming out about the North Koreans and this bomb
they want to
test I missed this.
Yeah, they want to test a bomb in the next few days. They were
gonna do incident with Obama floating around South Korea, but
then they decided not
good timing though. Hey, hey, let me Let me light this thing
up.
So this guy, my sixth guy, you chewing on something? I have to
because I have
a cough. Okay,
I don't have a cough button. But you should do
like this. My throat.
Anyway, so this guy from see me I do some British guy with a
British accent. So he must know something seemed like it seemed
like he knew too much.
If you got a British accent, and you're a news, you're good to
go.
And he knew too much. And he claims that they were gonna
they're gonna put off dropping this bomb. They're gonna test it
probably in the next few weeks. And he says that the main thing
to note is that the Iranians will have their observers there.
Like they did the last bomb test. Because in fact, the
Koreans are building these bombs for them. Right? You've already
got two or three.
That's always the narrative right?
And so they want to check check this new bomb out because it's a
tactical bomb is apparently got just it's really small and it
packs a wallop. But it's not like an H bomb or anything, but
it's a really good bomb. And the Iranians are interested in
buying two or three of these and adding them to their stockpile
because that everyone knows that Israelis have a bombs. And these
guys are going to have but they don't want to say that they have
them obviously, but this guy's claiming that they have them
already. And this is all moot.
I think I put it in the show notes for 611 or maybe even as
far back as six nine. I would always wonder what is the appeal
of North Korea? You know, what, what is it about North Korea?
And I found out that they have $6 trillion dollars worth of
rare earth minerals in North Korea.
That's nice.
That would be reason enough to want to grab some of that, don't
you think? Oh, yeah, we can make more iPhones.
Yeah, exactly. For it's all for iPhones. Samsung takes a piece
of that.
Anyway, so you know, I really don't know where it's going next
but the this ambassador in Finland, that's worrisome when
when douchebags like that, who always know too much and and
talk too much with too few brain cells, because let's face it, I
mean, look who's look who becomes ambassador, when they
start saying these things, you can think that something may be
up or that they're being prepared. And by the way,
Finland, a lot, there's a lot of talk going on that Russia would
want to grab Finland. They're right next door.
The Finns always think this. You know, but then they always talk
about what happened to World War Two and other the Russians as
even though smart historians all know that the only reason that
happened was because Stalin fired their his top General, who
was the kind of strategist that wouldn't have allowed that, that
to take place. They just had a bunch of essentially amateur
hour, no offence to the fans that are listening to the show.
But I think they're aware of this, but
they'll be the first to go if there's war.
Yeah, and the Russians just have a grudge because defensive made
a point of our we kick their ass. Seriously, this is
bothersome, but that I don't think it ever get that far. This
is just going to be as hopefully, although you could
have said the same thing about World War One, where it would
just be the kind of a local, it'll straighten this mess out
in the UK, in Ukraine, and then then we'll figure it out later.
But I'll say all wars are banker wars. So this is, at the end of
the day, it's going to be about about money. And there's lots of
money in war.
This also fits in with the thesis by your friend who says
the real estate prices are all going to go down. Yes. That's
why would they be going down? Exactly what's going to change
that would make them go anything go down in price?
That would war make it go down in price?
It could is what happens is that the economy? War does a couple
of things. One, it's it screws up the stock market
it there's something else it was oh, it kills people? Yeah, I
forgot that part. A lot. People
get killed. Yeah. But yeah, who cares, you're recording the
bankers, this just just a value cannon. It's kills the stock
market. And it devalues a whole bunch of different and it slows
down movement through the banks for the real estate price for
the real estate market, which depresses it. And so you get a
slight bump, road bump that goes you know, pushes it down a
little bit. Some areas that will won't happen. I mean, I don't
think around here, for example, where there's all this
douchebaggery startup culture going on?
Oh, well, I have a different take on that. But I feel that
the bubble if if war breaks out, that all that bullcrap that it's
going to, it's just going to get a melt, it'd be a super
meltdown. And we have evidence of this.
We have evidence during the Bosnian conflagration.
Here, but that, but that was too early that that was 1995 it and
by the way, it did happen after that it started 95. And when did
it end? The Bosnia conflict? Right and for conflagration?
9798? Yeah, two years later meltdown.
Now, I put it in the book if you want, but I just don't see that
having much of an effect on these things. Well,
you you're going to tell me that we don't have ample evidence
that that Silicon Valley is has is just beyond out of control.
Yes, but that's got nothing to do with the war.
No, but But it's about housing price. Zone. That's about Yeah,
it was right. It's housing prices in your area. And I'm
saying those are going to come crashing down. When this all
falls apart. I let me give an example for those who have not
seen it. And I know you saw it at the next web in Amsterdam a
week ago. Oh, yeah. You got me with that social song which I
was singing in my head before.
Let's get social. Social social media.
This is AOL. Digital Prophet Xingyi. Yeah,
I think most people if they haven't seen this guy, I've seen
him before. Well, I pointed him out to you. is the first time
could be whatever the case is. He is the world's worst speaker
and douche bag with his hair. What is his knife? He's got like
a Buffon haircut looks like he looks like Jackie Kennedy just
woke up and got out of bed. It's just an unbelievable joke of a
character I think he's a put on.
So this is I've actually I watched his entire speech at the
next web. And he is his job. He works at America Online at AOL.
And his job is to talk do his spiel. And I know the spiel is
that he does it extremely well. And at the end of the day, the
person who's listening to the spiel signs a deal for you know,
$250,000 to advertise in AOL. That's what his job is. That's
why he's the digital prophets. And he's talking about the
brands and brands, you have a conversation it
wrong. What you're spelling it wrong. What am I spelling wrong?
Profit? Yeah, exactly. Whoa. Good one.
They probably laugh about that at AOL too, don't they? Oh, bad
day, you either you put the P in profit, or two clips, both
relatively short, just to give you an idea of the bull crap
that this guy is spouting that people who spent $1,500 to sit
and watch him we're just going.
But what I'm seeing in the future, what's going on right
now is multiple use cases for wearables. In this particular
instance, this prototype, this is a snap on wristband that do
biometric readings, awesome. But when I unsnap, it becomes a
stylist fabulous. For look at this particular device, I wear
this over my ear to do auto retailing, beautiful, lots of
auto love, love, love, love, we love the sound, the sound in the
future is very, very important. But when I'm not listening in, I
could take this device off twist, it becomes a ring, put it
on my finger and has an LED screen. I'm still connected by
visual not to sound credible.
We have to remember whenever whenever you are done with the
sentence, you just say. Let me try it. President Z calls on
China, Germany to build Silk Road Economic Belt, awesome.
China will reopen the Silk Road as a new trading route linking
Germany, Russia and China fabulous. Yeah, and I pulled one
more clip just to just for everyone that this is where he
he even he gets tongue tied. And he doesn't even know what he's
saying anymore. This was my favourite bit.
So where are we headed?
Where are we headed? Here's the future. Here's the digital
Prophet, Everybody get ready, the prophet is about to speak,
you may want to write this down.
If we're going in the age of information. And we're now at
the age of social, we're going to the age of interest or
context,
interest or context is the age John, that's where we go. And
people are flooding out of these big generic environments in
digital and we go into these very, very close knit
communities to have very authentic engagements that are
more long form with
authentic engagements that are more long form that listen to
this. Bear in mind, the more long form which is in by the way
he is right? Because that's what we are. We are small community
very small, not very profitable, but very close knit. And long
form. Yes, especially
last show,
I think people are flooding out of these big generic
environments in digital. And we're going to these very, very
close knit communities to have very authentic engagements that
are more long form, whether it's video, whether it's short form
videos,
okay, well, it's long form, but it's short form video. Explain
that, to me.
The long form of the short form video,
whether it's it's short form, videos, whether it's pictures
that explode, and explode. These are back to the environment of
saying I'm going to move out of the city and go into the
neighbourhood because I hang out with light mines. And what's
also interesting, is it how do you think about always on is
always on always good? Always on is important versus always
relevant is more important. So as much as we're always on, how
can you be always relevant? Well, I think slow journalism is
part of it. So can we actually take time to do thoughtful
commentary that actually allows people to digest it in a form
that gives them even more information as opposed to just
too long didn't read? And also 90% of consumers last month 90%
of consumers are consuming videos. We're freaky for video,
man,
they're really but audio love, love, love. Long Form is short
form video.
Love, love, love, love, love. Hey,
as you would say, sell short now. sell short people this
thing is coming down and when it comes down, it's coming down
hard. There it is going down hard
a couple times within recent memory. We like exploding
video. I need some exploding video.
There's a number of stocks that I would if this thing turns
around. That just looks so beautiful for short. Yeah, I'd
actually put apple on the list.
So let me tell you something. Visiting. So I gotta be careful.
I don't want to blow it. Someone dropped by Austin who works at
the mothership? I would say hi. I enough up to really know and
has been there long enough to really know
is it someone forget about forget about who it is I'm not
going to tell you guess who it is, but I'm just going to ask
you this is it someone that maybe could introduce you to
Bobby Inman? I mean is it that difficult as it is go knock on
his door interestingly enough
Yes. Because this person had a career like that too. So anyway,
you know, interestingly and I I asked the question What is it
like now that Steve's gone What do you think the answer was?
Oh, so much better.
I don't have to deal with that dick. Well
there were two answers actually. The first one was ghost ship
what ghost ship
you know the apples a ghost ship
is like like the like the like the Malaysian Airlines ghost
aeroplane. It's just flying. It's just flying by itself.
There's no one in control is just flying it that's, I get
that ghost ship and I'm like, okay, I get that. The other
thing to your point. Everybody is kind of really happy that he
died because they finally had the final approved architectural
design of the new headquarters because apparently he kept
approving it hiring firing hiring fight he could make up
his mind about the architects and he did approve one he
approved the design before he passed. And and you know, he
didn't have enough time in his life to to undo that decision.
And now this like Steve's dying wishes to build this HQ, which
of course will be the albatross of the company.
Yeah, this reminds me I ran into the architect of Bill Gates's
house years ago and apparently this was this problem he was
having you know a second being second yes on Yeah, everything.
But it doesn't anyway, that doesn't surprise me. Today, so
that was the
my favourite story about Bill Gates his house which I think
had toll on this show.
When you got when you got kicked out. Four years you had never
been there have been invited. What do you expect? Anyway,
though, the family was, was being built. Apparently the big
thing amongst this sport sporting types in Washington
state who would be on Lake Washington on their boats was to
take potshots at the house
with big guns, no. Rifle,
really? And so they had to replace this giant picture
window with bulletproof glass.
Oh, yeah. It's funny. I keep receiving the internal memos
from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A very interesting
to read. They have protesters all the time. Outside of the the
headquarters and their protest, protesting never covered. No, of
course not. We think PBS has gone up there the end. And NPR.
They're going to cover that. No, I don't think so their funding
may come to a very abrupt halt. i It's all the time. Happens all
the time. I in fact,
get us some photos on a second. I
can give you let me see. Let me see if I get lucky here. John. I
think I can probably read you one of the internal memos if
you're interested. Yeah. Okay.
Did you get the internal memos
the same way we get stuff from the FBI and the CIA and come on,
John, how do we get
there? I'm just wondering, because we
have people everywhere. Our producer is on the ground. Well,
it's this is one of the beautiful things of the no
agenda show is we have we truly
did I didn't get these emails, but that's okay. Don't send
anything to don't duplicate stuff. Just add to one and I'll
also say he only
gets exactly he does it he encrypts it. And I can't find
that offhand. But there's I'll get it. Also I get the I get the
full briefings. You know how the like the press digest
stuff we have do a special show on these guys. I still like to
see some photos. I want to see photos of the protesters or when
somebody talks to the protesters. I'll go talk to him.
Okay. Anyway, I would like to thank you for your courage John
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yesterday? Was that today? Let me find out. I'm looking at
this. Yesterday was World Intellectual Property day. Oh,
here we go. But not by presidential proclamation, John,
but by proclamation from the United Nations. No. And they
celebrated by essentially talking only about Hollywood
movies. Which of course is wise. That's correct. That's what
intellectual property is about. But by presidential
proclamation, we do have workers Memorial Day. And that will be
tomorrow. Workers Memorial Day. Have you ever heard of this
workers Memorial Day I've
never heard of that any of these
America is built on the promise of opportunity. We believe that
everyone should have a chance to succeed. That what matters is
the strength of our work ethic, the scope of our dreams and
willingness to take responsibility for ourselves and
each other. Yet each year workplace illness and injury
threaten that promise familiar? Oh, this is an Obamacare thing.
I get it. That's funny. Yet each year workplace illness and
injury threaten that promise for millions of Americans and even
more tragically 1000s die on the job. This is unacceptable. Oh
man on workers Memorial Day, we honour those we have lost and in
their memory affirm everyone's right to a safe workplace. Wow,
that's a weird one. And then, of course with grit and
determination, the American labour force has propelled our
nation through time times of hardship and war, and it laid
the foundation for tremendous economic growth. Workers risked
life and limb to turn the gears of the Industrial Revolution
raise our first skyscrapers and lay railroad track the connected
our country from coast to coast in 1860
It was all Chinese labour good work.
That's right. It was the China man that someone's getting hurt.
Someone's getting a plaque.
Yeah, just where it was. Since they we just mentioned Hillary,
do you have a Hillary clip I want to run out and yes, just as
a one shot. This was taken from the Los Angeles Book Fair and
they had a section of a panel on women, women, authors, women
feminism and the rest of it I want you to tell me what the
very interesting little thing turns up here. Your the clip is
been edited down because it was there's stuff in between but
there's this woman there's radical millennial Gen a
millennial. She is a Generation X, I believe, ranting about the
you know, the women's movement being stagnant. And men are
dominating. She had a tongue piercing which I found
disconcerting and unusual. But anyway, she was yakking away.
And then she admitted she'd vote for Hillary because even though
she's a war criminal, and I'm thinking this is the kind of
edit this is like, you know, the 90% of all blacks vote for
Obama, they don't care anything whether he's any good, they just
vote for him because the women are going to do something like
similar but what's interesting is what really came out of this
because the next woman who comes out right after her is a seven
year old, radical woman and she mentioned the same thing about
Hillary. And then there's a kind of a little interesting thing
that takes place
and pornography and and patriarchy and the violent
degradation of women and enslavement of women around the
world. Well, you know, people can, we can talk about that, but
we do need mass resistance. And I did want to ask people look,
the idea that Hillary who's always conciliated with
Christian fascist, and as a war criminal, decides she's gonna do
anything. And where we should rely on is the Democrats is part
of what has poisoned and hamstrung and paralysed my
generation and younger and I do think people have to get out in
the streets and fight. And that is the lesson from previous
generations here, here.
Yes. All right. This is this is my dilemma, right? I totally I
was I'm a Veteran. I'm 70 years old. I was in the free speech
movement, the web in all the movements. And I totally
appreciate the way you feel. Okay. The problem is this. I
don't know how much longer I have. I will probably vote for
Hillary even though I have a lot of reservations about it.
Because before I die, I would really like to see a woman
president that's
think that there could be a female candidate for president
who is not severely compromised for either articles Lizabeth
Warren. Elizabeth Warren. Yeah. But I I've been I've been told
Wow, whoa. Everyone's off. So Elizabeth Warren would
everybody was interesting. The audience the panel, all saying
Elizabeth Warren interesting. Prediction looks a little
better, doesn't it?
Well, yes. I will mention that. I was at the grocery store
yesterday at the heb which is our cheap Jack. Grocery Store.
And at globe magazine. Have you seen the cover of globe
magazine? No. By missed that one. Aha. There's bill on the
front. Not looking good. Yeah, he's
easy to make not looking good. Yeah, they
I mean, he looks like death warmed over. I know the filter
you can use on a guy like that. He's got rosacea. Yeah.
And we have roses. Yeah, exactly. rosacea. And then
there's Chelsea in a little insert box. Dying bills, baby
heartbreak. Clinton won't live to see grandchild. I had
put together on a show maybe about six, seven shows ago as
series of these clips about this. This has been going on.
And I think I mentioned in the newsletter for at least two or
three years that bill's going to drop dead any minute and he's
just keeps cranking along. So you know, we
don't know. But obviously, I can't You can't just kill the
guy out. Right. You have to set it up a little bit.
Yeah, they've been set it up for a long time. Well,
long game. Everyone's getting ready this long game.
I don't know if that's gonna help Hillary in the city. If
these women these are the radical women that are behind
that are the chatterboxes that are at these events you go to
and they have a lot of influence. And they and if
there's a meme out there that Hillary's compromised and she's
a horrible person and she's a war criminal, and all the rest
of it and you got clean as a whistle, you know, oh, Rosie.
cheeks. Elizabeth Warren doesn't work much
Pocahontas, Pocahontas, Pocahontas,
Indian woman, because she has Du Plessis. She's both a woman and
an American Indian
Pocahontas. And so
I know the Clintons are working on her right now. The Dig in
training.
Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah, no. Well that of course the
Pocahontas thing was a early pre pre eminent strike. Yeah. What
do you think they could find on her? There's gotta think you're
gonna find Oh, Johnny. Everybody has something. Yeah,
well, it has to go way back then. It'll probably be
something in college
or lesbianism to gold.
Yeah, but they got down on the Hillary can't pull that card, so
to speak, as it were, so she's not gonna be able to do that. I
ran into something similar. There's a I'm wondering what's
going on here with Fox News because I was just kidding. For
some reason, I was watching the five.
No, for some reason, you're watching what's nipping around.
Now I flipped around and there was John Bolton on the five and
there wasn't any leggy women. And so I listened in on this
day, we're talking about Clunies walking off the just outside of
the United States. Nobody cares about this, but I'm gonna
mention it because of this clip. Clooney was at some event
and his girlfriend is wearing an engagement ring. It was
this story is at the event with Steve Wynn.
Oh, where he was angry and drunk.
He was drunk and he again Steve Wynn said Obama's an asshole.
And he says he's my best friend and and then he stomped off and
so they were discussing this
isn't Cooney Don't you think Kuhn is the kind of guy that
would be you get the feeling he would pop the guy in the nose.
But no. Instead he's like, I'm not going to sit here with you.
Well, that so Greg Goodfield. Who's this? Is the host of this
show. He goes after Clooney with all these innuendo about him
being gay. I just have a little medley of these clips.
It's a gay medley.
It's a gay medley. And it's and I'm thinking wait a minute this
is I thought it was you know, anyone in show businesses and
and we've talked about this before on the show. And so it's
it's fine for us to do it. This is a small show with it with a
unique audience. But I've never seen anybody call out Clooney as
being gay with all this crazy and you window on a network
show, especially a fox show and Fox is an entertainment network
as an entertainment business. And I'm just wondering if
something's up here. Oh, no, that
George Clooney loves man. shunning his friend Obama.
Listen, if I got in a fight every time someone called me or
one of my friends. Yeah, I'd be fighting all the time. When you
when you would hang out with Clooney. Did you guys end up
taking home a lot of men toes. See, a lot of times when you
drink your breath is smells of alcohol. So there's nothing like
a good man. Oh, no. Well, I didn't. I didn't see what the
end of the night ended up like for him. But I'd be surprised.
Yeah. All right. Well, that's good. Anyway, sonny, you don't
know George Clooney. But isn't it kind of funny that like I My
theory is that you're so used to hearing people say things and
you agree with that your skin becomes so thin. He's not used
to people criticising, you know, his Lord and Saviour. I'm still
laughing at the Mentos. So basically what I've learned from
tonight is that Clunies gay need a lot of respect for you.
I don't even follow what you're saying. I we make jokes about
that sometimes with other people who are probably, you know, lean
that way. George Clooney is as straight as an arrow. Okay
somebody give me an appletini George Clooney is a spy. I find
it weird. Well, maybe it's maybe it's time for him to you know,
Clooney has been riding high for a long time. His mum is
Monuments Men flopped severely. The whole PR campaign
everything. Everything about that movie went wrong. It was
his Ishtar and he had everybody in it. And you know you're up
you're down. This is how it works in in Hollywood. It said
it maybe it's time for them to get kicked down a little bit and
this is how they start. There's nothing funnier than then
calling a masculine guy with hot chicks gay. The face it that's
what we do. That's what it is. Yes, what it is. And there is of
course a war on men bringing it back around to Hillary. And this
is an ongoing you know, we've we have over Women have been
discriminated against. They don't get they do more of the
work they make less of the money. And this is to help
either Hillary or Pocahontas Warren. I hear is the Sunday
review in the New York Times the media has a woman problem is
this is an opinion piece. Talking about so he is who wrote
this Elisa Monday. Do you know her Lisa Monday? Nope. Just just
to the idea just I'll just read a little bit of it. They were to
a man men all were white all in their 40s or there abouts most
had dark hair was the mid 1990s And I was interviewing at the
Washington Post for the job of managing editor of the Sunday
magazine. A morning of intimidating meetings with
newsroom officials had given way to lunch with magazine's editors
and elite staff writers. And it goes on to say that women are
underrepresented that she even brings in stem here. Even as
newsrooms may be recruiting more women to hard news beats a new
generation of big name entrepreneurial ventures like
vox.com and 530 eight.com seem to be favouring men. As sobering
as the numbers are for women in German journalism, they are
worse in some other fields. According to the National
Science Foundation, women take 41% of science and engineering
PhDs, but they are less than a quarter of the stem. For
decades, nearly half of law students have been women. But
while they make up 64% of staff, lawyers, they are just 17% of
equity partners. So women are getting a raw deal. Of course,
there's only there's also more men in prison and more men dying
on battlefields. We don't need to talk about that. I guess.
We need to put more women in prison. Right? I agree.
Orange is the New Black. But now this is going so far. And I
believe this has something to do with either just we need a woman
as president that's that.
That is a given given you fact, fell into it right.
But listen to how far they're taking this on the today's show.
We all know about a pay gap that exists for adult men and women
in the work world. But they're surprising new numbers this
morning revealing that that gap actually begins during childhood
with the allowances we pay our kids in a new survey. 70% of
boys say they get an allowance that's compared to just 60% of
girls.
Okay, it's true, even though another study finds that girls
spend more time doing chores. So basically, girls are doing more
for less. This sounds kind of familiar, right?
The shock sounds kind of familiar. I
think this is gonna shock a lot of you. We asked you on our
Facebook page. Do you think a gender gap exists when it comes
to kids allowances? 87% of you saying no 13% saying yes. We had
a whole discussion about allowances and
we pay our kids the same amount boy girl, but I will be honest
with you. My daughter does more for her landmarks in terms of
chores.
So you know me I've got the no agenda mindset. I'm like, Well,
what study was this? This is a study done by junior
achievement.org Oh, yes. Another fine nonprofit organisation.
Junior achievement.org Junior Achievement is the world's
largest organisation dedicated to educating students about
workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial
literacy through experimental hands on programmes sponsored by
HSBC Microsoft city foundation Accenture AT and T Capital One
what's in your wallet? Thank
you it's really men and women are different I'm sorry there's
different this is why there's more men in prison if you want
equality we really want that I'm getting a little tired of this.
Women make less money for more work which it's been proven to
be very very close to not true. But we just continue to
propagate
work you get different money for different jobs looking for
anything on this Junior Achievement site that tells me
who runs his operation there's no about us
yeah there is yeah there is where the way you do that as you
always if you go down to the bottom I'm looking at the bottom
see on the right about
being involved allowed to have the person there. Do you have we
have we have alumni let's look at alum. alum is no good. That
means people that work once worked there, but that'll help.
No, I'm looking at this and Hall of Fame.
Business Hall of Fame. No, there's this
Chicago outfit. Oh, there we go.
It's another it's another Chicago outfit. I'm telling you
it says
on one education way Colorado Springs California, Colorado. So
that doesn't jive with that. seitan here's a good one. This
always works. Well here it is leadership. Finally,
where's that area's worst leader Jack
caza kowski a, a Jackie
because of kowski number two,
the Thibodeau buzzy. Like I can't you looks like but a guy
named buzzy is a really old guys. Tim are me, Joe. Hey man,
how
you doing? How are you? Better Good to meet you.
The bookkeeper?
Well, let's, let's move straight into something that I think
you'll really dig. Common Core
we need a theme for this. Somebody has got to remain calm
and cordial. I know I know. A segue jingle for common core
because this is going to be a topic conversation for the next
year. Certainly. So
I love it when we get emails from kids in high school. Ah,
we'll listen to the show because that is our future and at least
there's some kids who are awakened. And this is from
Leland. Bo in the morning I'm a recent addition to the no agenda
community and thought you might appreciate the scale of the
LGBTQ que IAP Common Core stem takeover I'm experiencing as a
junior in a California high school. So this is a two parter.
Beginning on Monday of this week, you can find these see
attachment photos posted in every hallway on an every
bathroom. I didn't check the locker room but I wouldn't be
surprised if they're there as well. Now I'm going to open
these up and I should have emailed them to you I'm sorry,
my mistake. So there's one and this is a it's a piece of paper
tacked onto the wall. And it's it's an announcement and the
announcement is cheers for queers Wednesday. And then on
the girls restroom. I got to zoom in on this is not that easy
to see it's a sign that says I won't say which High School High
School is committed to protecting all students regret
regardless of gender identity. All students who identify as
female are welcome to use this restroom I found that pretty
interesting. Now in STEM and commerce
and by the way, you guys you know this is an issue. There are
mysteries. I believe men floating around that decided to
identify as female just to identify as filmin not to do
anything female like not to get a sex change and hang out in the
bathroom not to exist. identified as female today.
Female on queer
Wednesday I identify as female to hang out in that restroom.
Yeah, that's by the way, it's no fun in the in the girls, and let
me and the girls let me tell you. You've done this. Oh, yeah,
I would. I would love nothing more than to be in the women's
restroom because men's restrooms are disgusting. I hate them. You
know if you're in the at the airport, just for the women who
listen. And you can ask your man you go in there guys. This is
the this is the sound of the men man's Russia
Am I right? You know, I don't hang out that much in the
restroom of an airport.
They're always talking loogies they're farting?
No noisy group of guys. Oh,
I hate men's restroom. I really do. You're gonna ask makes it
Mickey. I will wait until we're home to go to the bathroom. I
don't want to go. I don't like it. Okay, I'm uncomfortable. But
I need your point. I made my point. In stem and Common Core
news. My school's district has recently signed a contract with
a company called New Tech Network. And who are partners
with how's that spelled? Well, hold on. The Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation my school is being
invaded. So his email I copied his email in the show notes but
I went to that you got to see this. This is fantastic. The new
tech network. Okay. You can find this John at ninja, how to spell
it. Oh, and November echo, Whiskey Tango echo, Charlie
Hotel network.org. And I have a little clip because I have lots
of video and lots of interesting things to learn about. Here's
the new tech network. This is their promo video. And they
apparently have some this is all common core. They have some
fantastic new system of how to learn. Picture this,
if you can completely reimagine what high school is. What would
it look like? This right here right here is new tech Zions in
nice To one of over 100 new tech schools across the nation. Yo,
yo, yo, here we are in Zion, Illinois, right in Chicago's
backyard. Yeah, here we really get something cooking
it starts with 333. Number three, learn
to speak to your manager. Doesn't sound like radio labs. A
little bit. Yeah, this is project based. I can't even play
this whole thing. It's so horrible project based learning.
So and I'm like, this is very um, you're looking at the
website, I'm sure, John by now. And so I'm looking through this
and it turns out this is not the mothership. Oh, no, no, this is
a subsidiary of knowledge works. And knowledge works. All this is
and these are all nonprofits. Knowledge works. I pulled their
form 990 a nonprofit organisation, of course, mainly
financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. What do you
think their total assets were at the end of 2012 $20 million?
$190 million?
Holy mackerel. My number is
this this out, listen to this this outfit is you gotta go
knowledge works.org. Just listen to the salaries. This the
founder and director not even the CEO, the founder, Chad P
wick makes $500,000 a year. The CEO makes $450,000 a year, the
board members are making $300,000 a year. This thing is a
monster a monster now, but they used the worst. This is what's
great about them. They were a student loan company that
converted and they still pay out over a million dollars for
student loan consulting. So the way I see this thing working,
they have this big organisation that helps schools implement, I
guess project based learning. And they also help you with the
financing. It's a this is a this is the epitome of what I hate
about nonprofits. This is salary, their payroll is almost
the number you're almost $20 million tax free. Just flush
flushing money through the system grabbing government
federal money, state money and listen to the the VP of
strategic planning. Oh yes, Meredith Meyer, an up talker to
the max. Listen to the bullshit coming out of her piehole.
Now let's work started in 2000. And it was a student lending
business conversion,
student business lending conversion. Yeah, what does that
mean?
Do it just play it again? You you mute? You've missed your
maximum mix. The words have been confused me.
Now let's work started in 2000. And it was a student lending
business conversion.
Student business lending,
Miss had mixed up his student lending business conversion.
Now let's work started in 2000. And it was a student lending
business conversion.
student lending business conversion. Yeah, what is that?
That they pick up the student? This is what I think it is I
tested look it up and I'm just going from what I believe it to
be. You pick up a bunch of student loans that somebody else
has consolidated, you convert them into a note and either sell
it to somebody or it's just like the whole mortgage thing as far
as I can tell.
They lend money for student loans, John, they're a fucking
bank. Yeah. And they made six and a half million dollars in
interest on student loans in 2012. So they they sell this
bullshit about oh, yeah, we're gonna help you project based
learning whatever. Meanwhile they're they're gouging.
Yeah. Well, they're all gouging, the government's gouging. Now
listen to her.
Knowledge work started in 2000. And it was a student lending
business conversion. In the past 10 years, we've expanded to over
40 states, and we now act as more of a social enterprise
social enterprise.
Now, I got after hearing the whole thing in context, I
believe what she meant was student lending business
conversion. She was as they were student loan people. That
converted, correct that's converted. Yes, yeah. It has
gotten to do with with consolidating loans.
No, no, but they have not converted. They have only added
on because they still they still have they're still making six
and a half million dollars in interest. That's why they have
such Chuck huge cap table is great. They have $190 million in
assets because it's all the student loan business, all
nonprofit. Thank you.
In the past 10 years, we've expanded to over 40 states, and
we now act as more of a social enterprise. So enterprise fee
for service subsidiaries policy work, just a lot deeper
portfolio of work than when we started. Knowledge works works
with over 200 schools and communities around the country.
Over the past almost 15 years we've touched nearly 200,000
Students
don't touch students that don't start today.
KnowledgeWorks manages a portfolio of three subsidiary
organisations. So we have new tech network and ad works which
are school development organisations, which is selling
technology Ed works basically it goes in and consults to sell you
Microsoft shit. And then
we have Thrive network, as well as describe Partnership, which
is focused in Cincinnati and strive network is a cradle to
career initiative,
cradle to career initiative. Can you believe this? Cradle to
Career initiative? Cradle to Cradle to Career we got you
don't worry. Just give us your kid cradle to career initiative.
This looks like oh, what can you be you can work at Walmart.
So we have new tech network. And Ed works which are school
development organisations. And then we have strived network, as
well as the stripe Partnership, which is focused in Cincinnati
and strive network is a cradle to career initiative. A number
of our subsidiaries are focused on first generation college
goers, foreign minority students, students in rural
areas who may not have access to the quality of education that
they and their parents would like. So really the over the
history of knowledge works, we've been focused on these
underserved populations. And that's a really important part
of our mission and purpose.
No, I bet it is, it's like you would like to take all the
minorities you'd like to cradle to career just it's just slave
farm,
along with our work on the ground knowledge works is also
very much engaged in thinking about the future of education.
So since 2006, we've created three future forecasts of
learning, we were actually the first organisation in the
country to think about in a comprehensive way, what the
future of education looks like. And we've actually shared
200,000 copies of that forecast with stakeholders around the
country. So that's really put knowledge works on the map
nationally, in terms of our thought leadership, was sitting
in Cincinnati and cooking this, it's
like Silicon Valley only with your kids.
Oh, no, this is this is all this is all the contamination from
Silicon Valley and blood, largely, I believe, from Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation. Yes, totally contaminated
everything. Now that you bring this up. And the fact that we
don't know about any of this stuff on any other media, I want
you to play this clip. This is the affirmative action clip that
has Brooks, the Brooks and shields are the two guys that
Brooks guy is the is the suppose that represents the conservative
Republican side, David Brooks, The New York Times columnist,
and then shields represents the the Republicans or the
Democrats. But this is there's a little thing in here that nobody
bothers to bring up ask I would have thought it was a red flag
as far as I was concerned. This is Brooks talking about what
happened was a court case overturned a lot of these
affirmative action programmes because they're discriminatory
in a very obvious way. But just play this into a
black and white solution, when democratic processes have the
advantage of more flexibility and get some moderate solutions.
So I I'm glad, I guess I'm glad they deferred to the Democratic
majority. Now as for how it's going to affect colleges, I do
think we're already in an evolution, I think colleges are
already moving away from race based and toward more class
based systems. And the second thing they're doing in
particular, is they're recruiting more. And you can
recruit, there are lots of places in African American areas
and Latino areas where there are a lot of very smart kids who
just don't apply. They don't know they don't know the
process. It doesn't occur to them, they apply to some of the
other schools. And so a school say the University of Michigan
can really, and I'm sure they are much more heavily recruited
and all the schools I'm affiliated with much more
heavily recruiting. Okay.
All the schools I'm affiliated with
Is there a conflict of interest somewhere?
Now, when I hear that the first thing that comes to mind is Oh,
hold on a second. What do you mean? Well, the schools you're
affiliated with what what schools are these and what is
your affiliation? But does that happen? The guy next to him say
anything does. There's the Blondie that's on the NewsHour
saying anything? No, no, it just goes. Just keeps going. Well, it
falls. What is he affiliated with as a reporter from the New
York Times columnist.
Oh, yes. You need to point that out. Yeah. Well, it's like
what's his face? Crooke. Paul Krugman who won the all those
emails that that got published about his PhD at CUNY.
Yeah, what about it?
Like 30 $300,000 A year and that literally says you won't have to
do anything, right? Yeah, I just wear just wear the robe. From
the knowledge works 990 certain knowledge works foundation board
members are also members of the boards of certain knowledge work
foundation affiliates. These overlapping board memberships
constitute a business relationship as defined by the
form 990 instructions. This falls under the the heading of
oh, what are they? What are the John I've lost it. What are the
journey of this stupid journalist say when they told us
told disclosure, full disclosure. Full disclosure
disclosure is good for the school use disclosure. But it
doesn't mean that you're not slanted or that it's not Bogut
IV. And of course, if you go look into the structure of the
people on the board in this and this is a great board, by the
way. And this knowledge works. Have you gone to the knowledge
works.
I haven't looked at the board. Okay, let's
let's look at the board. A couple of interesting people
show up like Barry Schuler, you remember Barry Schuler?
You know the name rings a bell from AOL. Oh, okay.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. And this is a fantastic board. Jazz look at
this, the Honourable Nathaniel R. Jones. Lucinda pomsky, PhD.
Barry Schuler, an acclaimed internet pioneer, very shrewd,
as developed emerging technologies and successful
enterprises, really. And there's Chad P. Wick. innovator who
seeks to create equity of education. Oh, that's a great
line. Chadwick is an innovator who seeks to create equity of
education opportunity in order to prepare learners to thrive in
the 21st century. Wow. Yeah. Yeah,
well, he's the founder this making over a half a million
bucks just sitting justice.
Now, he comes from this all boils back to act, which is part
of achieve which is the mothership of common core. This
thing is so big and so intricate, and it is just a
sinkhole of money. And I'm a little torn because you did say
something a couple episodes ago. He made a good point like this
is not unique that that economies and countries have
decided, well, we need to create a pipeline of our children into
jobs. But it's it to me, it's just so it's become a little too
apparent yet you have the companies who want to suck the
slaves into their system sponsoring this stem and project
based project based learning to me is like the military, you
know, it's like everybody is segregated. What's the word?
Brainwashed di D compartmentalised.
Let me just say something, and I didn't, I don't know what you're
referring to, they said in the past. But I want to point
something out here. When we look at these things. And we look at
a lot of these. And you go, we look at this board and all these
people making all this money. This has been a trend. I think
it's part of a bigger trend that took stuck began way before the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation began. And it was the
the stuffing, the expansion, the bloating, of middle management
in the educational infrastructure. And it began in
the 70s. From what I can tell where you'd have bigger and
bigger management systems in between the teachers and the
students in this the schools and the and the superintendent and
the school district. And all these layers and layers of
middle managers that had nothing to do with teaching kids. This
entire Board has got nothing to do with teaching kids anything.
No. And then they have people working for them. And it's
almost as though these things kind of exist on their own. Oh,
yeah, we got this little thing we got to teach these kids
something once in a while. Let's deal with that after we divvy up
the money. And this has been a this is the problem this the
whole Common Core being a bureaucracy that it is. This is
the problem.
Yes. Well, if you look at and this is why these nine nine
these are so much fun to look at. If you look at the money
they're dispersing, each to I mean, probably 100 Just on this
from this company alone. Nonprofits live I'll just, I'll
just give you let me just read a couple. So that this is
knowledge works, but then they have knowledge works
intermediary, kW, SSL Ed works, strive. There's a new tech
networks but then they have knowledge funding, student
lending more works. Go down the list here. It's it's obscene and
all of these organisations, all have their own boards and all
have their own management. Let's see poll again International is
like the intro alliance of Greater Cincinnati, the research
foundation of State University. Teach For America that
are getting money from these. Yes, yeah.
And we're talking 100,000 75,000 St. Lucia orphanage Foundation,
powerful schools. grant makers forum 37, whatever that is. Napa
learns Napa Valley Unified School District. Myerson
Academy, High Tech High as where I should have gone, High Tech
High. Lighthouse youth and everyone is everybody is making
money every single step of the way. And to your point, here's
an email from producer Andrew. In the morning Adam and John. I
just finished listen to episode 611, where barcodes on scrap
paper handed out to students during Common Core standardised
testing. I currently work a temporary job at a testing
company based in Denver, Dover, New Hampshire. That is also a
nonprofit. I work in the department where we receive
boxes filled with completed tests, booklets and scrap paper
from schools and states we have contracts with so far this year,
I have worked on contracts with Massachusetts, New Mexico, New
York and Nevada, my main job is to sort through all of the paper
the school send us so that it can be stored in a warehouse and
ultimately destroyed. At the end of the day, I'm required to fill
out a timesheet where I build my hours directly. So the states
whose contracts I worked on, I earn $10 an hour. This nonprofit
has a lot of brand new BMW and Lexus is in their parking lot
during business hours. Meanwhile, our break room has a
vending machine from which you can buy instant mac and cheese.
Thank you for hitting me in the mouth and making me see my own
status as a slave for the Common Core Cabal.
Hello, slave,
I was late. But now there is good news. Do you remember in
bloom the this is the company that another 100 Million Dollar
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation outfit that was going
to store all of these students records and their data and
became a big cloud in the cloud. And this became a big focus,
particularly New York State. They are closing down. Good. So
but the ease with which $100 million investment just closes
down. That's that's the thing that scares me. It's great that
the New York State educators and legislators were you know, onto
this and said, Hey, we're not going to let to we're not going
to let you store this stuff in your in your cloud there. But
wow, the fact that they have no problem shutting down $100
million investment. Let's see I have a part of his Thank you New
York Times for popping up some kind of video ad. We're crazy
for video man. Here's his. Let's see, we stepped up to this is
from the chief executive officer. We stepped up to the
occasion support our partners with passion but we have
realised that this concept is still new. And building public
acceptance for the solution will require more time and resources
than anyone could have anticipated. Therefore in full
alignment with the inBloom board of directors and funders, I have
made the decision to wind down the organisation over the coming
months. It wasn't an easy decision. And the unavailability
of this technology is a real missed opportunity for teachers
and school districts seeking to improve student learning. I want
to thank you for your partnership and our endeavours
and look forward to speaking with many of you in the coming
months. Yvonne strike and burger but they shut it down. That's
good.
Yeah, one out of the 1000s Yeah.
But wow is isn't it's just incredible when you see this
organisation this student lending organisation
now this whole thing is a bottomless pit we could just do
a we could stop doing that. No agenda show calm come on our
show. That would last forever cradle to career even get to the
bottom of it. I
think we should right that should be our show title.
What common core forever.
No. Cradle to Career
crane. Is that a bad one? I have a better one. I think okay, well
don't don't tell me yet. But I like cradle to career. Yeah, but
the ease with which that said, Does anyone cradle the career
they
when they have this there was a special on the baby preschool?
Yeah, there's a school in New York $30,000 a year. You drop
your baby off. You Your baby, and they teach the baby stuff
like learning to explore is one of them. And the baby the baby,
which means you take the baby out of the bassinet and you let
them wander around $30,000 A year and people are flocking to
this because they think it may give the kid an edge. Because in
New York and private schools and all the rest are parents in New
York City in particular, especially Manhattanites are all
freaked out about get their kid and like not getting in the
right school not getting in the right fraternity, and all this
other kind of crap that makes these people neurotic. So and,
and also, you know, the cradle to career includes your shots.
Now make sure you get all your all your vaccinations, make sure
you get them all. Yeah. Now, of course, that what we're
discussing right here, you will not hear this conversation on
your national treasure. Because the billet this is the this is
the corruption of a model of advertising or sponsorship,
underwriting, whatever you want to call it. The corruption is
when you have the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, paying
NPR and PBS our national treasures that you will not
have, of course, they will do once in a while they have to do
something, but it'll be very scripted, very managed. And it
will probably be set up in advance. But to what we just did
here showing you how this works and the what's the word?
deconstruction is one,
just the disgusting nature of it. The filth, it's filth. Well,
it's
corruption breeds corruption. So when you have a corrupt media
that is corrupted by corrupters, I sound like a lunatic, but
they're the same people involved in corrupting the educational
system and everything else. They're corrupters. Yeah. And
the media will not just as they're all in the same boat.
What are they going to do? They're not going to go after
any they're just not even we're not even going after anybody.
All we're doing is telling you what's going on reading a
document like we're Wow, this guy's is douchebag. And this way
we that goes without saying with a lot of these guys, but we're
just saying look at here's what's going on, if we read a
few things from some what kids are observing out there, you
know, who have to put up with this crap. We don't. But we have
to put up with it as taxpayers and responsible Americans are
responsible Europeans responsible, whoever you are. We
have to be aware of the of these people stealing our money. Yes.
All monies Yes. Theft. It's theft
to the State Department who have their own version of corruption
when it comes to the media because of course, you know,
it's on the social media, in the newspaper and on the telescreen.
So therefore, it must be true. They have press freedom week.
Press Freedom week, John,
where are they going to hold that Mexico City?
And again, I and you know, one day I hope to shake this guy's
hand. You know, I'm talking about don't you? Clooney?
I hope to do more with Clooney than shake his head. No, Matt
from AP.
Oh, Matt. Matt. He probably has a bunch of fans, and he probably
just seems like a dick. That would be
nice. He seems like a guy you could drink with a lot. He might
be Yeah, but he probably has a lot more stories than you do. So
well. I mean, you know, it's, I don't know, he just I like, I
like him. Well, I like his role.
I like Yeah, so I like yes, indeed. I like putting him in
the spotlight. And this is he's one of the few guys who actually
asked the questions that we always want to ask now it goes
nowhere. It's not like he like he writes this down in the in
AP. But at least he's He's entertaining himself, which is
what I would do if I were sitting there listening to Jen
Psaki spout off about how great the State Department is with
their press return one more
announcement for all of you. With World Press Freedom Day
around the corner on May 3, the department will launch its third
annual Free the Press campaign later this afternoon in New York
at its annual Free the Press campaign Free the Press. Are
they in prison? Well listen, the US UN mission beginning on
Monday and all of next week. We will highlight and emblematic
cases of imperilled reporters and media outlets that have been
targeted, oppressed, imprisoned or otherwise harassed because of
their professional work.
There's your answer. So targeted, suppressed, or
otherwise harassed because of their profession,
just on that jerk reporters who are harassed,
I'm sorry, oppressed, imprisoned or otherwise harassed,
otherwise harassed, does that include those who may have been
targeted, harassed in prison or otherwise whatever, by the
United States government.
I know you're familiar with our Free the Press campaign.
So it does not include those who might have been And
as we often do, where we see issues with media freedom around
the world, I
understand but you but you would say that you don't. The US does
not believe that it has a problem with press freedom. Or
if it does, that it's not nearly as severe as the problems in
other countries enough.
I think we can look at many of the problems rests on media
press freedom,
overall, in general, the administration does not regard
attempting to prosecute American journalists as as an
infringement of press freedom.
I'm not sure which you're what you're all there's several
cases that are out there right now, I don't want to come
springs to mind is that James risin case? Where, where the the
Justice Department has is attempting to prosecute you?
Don't I just want to? Well, I just want to know, if you regard
that as infringement on press freedom or not, I might suspect
that you do not. But I want to make sure that that's the case,
as you know, and I'll of course refer to the Department of
Justice, but the leaking of classified information is in a
separate category, what we're talking about here, as you all
know, unfortunately, we have to talk about on a regular basis
here is the targeting of journalists, the arrests, the
imprisonment, for simply exercising, their their ability
to tell a story,
right. I understand that and we're all I'm sure myself and
all my colleagues were very appreciative of that. But the
reporters in question here have not leaked the information. They
simply published it. So is it correct then that you don't
believe you don't regard that as an infringement of Pressman?
We don't have anything more to say on that case. We have a new
topic
Okay, that's clip. Oh, thank
you. That's very kind. I was ready for it. Dude, oh my
goodness, but
the audacity the hubris to have a press press freedom Free Press
Free the Press, they Free the Press. Well, we're, we're the
most restrictive. non transparent government in our
history is laughable. But have we found that aeroplane yet?
They're still looking. Yes, they are.
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Are you going to tell I have more details?
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elites, as one does.
I have a couple of interesting clips.
Well, I'm glad because that makes the show that much better.
First of all, there was a lot you know, there's a big deal I
happen on Monday, probably the very important where the
government has been told that they have to release the memo.
rationalising? Yeah, the drownings to drownings and I
have a few clips about this.
By the way, can I just say I'm so happy that you did this. And
it's and this is the this is the bayou happy? Well, because it's
the beauty of our show. I was working on some other things. I
was working on the Common Core, I got another thing I want to
talk about. And you know, you didn't get to it. I know there's
only so much time in the day. And I'm like, and I literally
thought well, you know, maybe, maybe John and yeah, and there
you are. I
want to start this off with a clip. This is the old Gibbs clip
when Gibbs was Kearney. Oh yes. And there was this girl who if
they didn't identify her, this is her grilling Gibbs outside at
a press conference, kind of a mini press conference. This
woman whoever she is, I don't think she's worked another day
in her life in the press corps and she definitely doesn't get
into the big meetings. But this is her grilling Gibbs about the
droning of it. Allah Joaquin is and his 16 year old son to their
truths three days later.
Do you think that the killing of Mr. Locky 16 year old son who is
an American citizen is justifiable?
I I'm not gonna get into Anwar lucky son. I know that Anwar al
aulaqi renounced his
citizenship son was still an American citizen, bring
harm to people in this country, and was a regional al Qaeda
commander hoping to inflict harm and destruction on people that
share his religion, and others in this country. And it's an
American citizen that's been targeted without due process of
law without trial and he's under age, he's a minor,
I would suggest that you should have a far more responsible
father if they're truly concerned about the well being
of their children. I don't think becoming an al Qaeda jihadist
terrorist is the best way.
Wow, I forgotten about this clip. This is first of all, for
him to say. He cause great harm to America is a lie. And an
overlook the fact that he spoke at the Pentagon as a lunch
luncheon speaker. And then to say, you know, oh, well, you
know, if your dad is a douchebag you know,
tough shit if you get killed.
We have to remember that the kid the 16 year old minor as she
points out, under age, she says, was sipping coffee at a cafe.
Yes, a a frappuccino.
So he's killed at a cafe. And so this brings into question all
these kinds commentaries and let's start with that we have,
as of, I think, three or four clips here, and this is on
Democracy Now which will delve all in on Obama. But they do go
after these. They don't get it that this is the saint, you know
that this is not a good person in that regard. So let's start
with the background on what happened with the drone legality
one,
we turn now to new developments surrounding the secrecy of the
Obama administration's drone wars. On Monday, a federal
appeals court in Manhattan ordered the government to
release a legal memo that provides the rationale for the
targeted killing of US citizens. The three judge panel
unanimously ruled the government had waived its right to keep
them mo secret, following public statements in defence of the
killings by top officials as well as the release of the
Justice Department white paper on the subject.
The Obama administration has admitted killing four US
citizens abroad, including Anwar al aulaqi, in Yemen in 2011. Two
weeks later, his 16 year old Denver born son of the Rockman,
among the officials who spoken at length about the government's
report, the right to kill its own citizens are Attorney
General Eric Holder and President Obama.
When when a US citizen goes abroad to wage war against
America, and is actively plotting to kill us citizens.
And when neither the United States nor partners are in a
position to capture him, before he carries out a plot. His
citizenship should no more serve as a shield and a sniper
shooting down on an innocent crowd should be protected from a
SWAT team. Yeah,
that was a great clip.
Yeah, and of course, you know, sitting at a coffee shop,
drinking coffee is just the same. Yes. As shooting down the
crowd, Sniper.
Well, honestly, frappuccinos are pretty gay, John. I mean,
well, I guess reason enough to blow him blown to smithereens.
Of course, they bring on this woman from the ACLU as part of
the suit that made this happen. And every once in a while, it's
interesting to listen to the right wing commentary taters go
on and on about the ACLU being a bunch of douche bags. But in
fact, the ACLU does serve a useful purpose in cases like
this, because a lot of this stuff would never get that
accomplished, because the same douchebags are generally
speaking, I'm talking about the talk show guys on the radio.
They're generally pro drawl. And yeah, they're all
in they're horrible people, then yeah, they just have a nice
conservative pitch, and they're religious and all the rest of
it. But these are not people that give you good information
or good insight. So let's play. Now. This is a long clip. And
this is the woman kind of explaining the case what they're
going to have to go through and what this all means. How
significant
is this federal court ruling, Hannah?
Thank you, Amy. This is a very significant federal court ruling
because it is the first time that court has ordered the
government to disclose a memo it has wanted to keep secret. The
memo lays out the government's legal justification
constitutional analysis for killing a US citizen even when
he is far from a traditional battlefield one a
second. She sounds like Jane Seymour. She likes smokin hot
this girl you know she's really attractive. I know what
she's multicoloured he's got she's very She looks like an
actress of some sorts and the ACLU yeah she's the ACLU She's
the head of this division that that's that filed this case.
And what is that accent where she from?
She looks like you know she could be Asian she could be says
she's so much these classic multicultural you can tell she
could be Italian. She could be Greek
multicoloured Lady of the future. Yeah, we love these.
Okay, great. Sorry to interrupt.
How do you know it exists?
We know it exists for a couple of different reasons. First of
all, there were leaks about the existence of the memo.
Government officials launched what one quarter is called a
public relations campaign saying that they'd done legal analysis
and concluded that the targeted killing programme by the Obama
administration and the killing of US citizen would be lawful.
And this is what is a big deal about the court's decision. So
on the one hand, you have a PR campaign by some of the highest
officials in our land, saying targeted killing programme
killing of US citizens lawful, effective wise. On the other
hand in court, the government refuses to provide the basis for
its conclusion so that the American public can judge for
itself, whether the government's arguments are legitimate or not.
And now the Court has said that with this campaign, and also
with the government's disclosure of a cliffnotes version of its
legal memo, that means the government network now has to
provide its actual legal arguments, and it has to
describe to us the other documents in its possessions,
and we can seek to challenge their withholding. This is
really
and this is a great little package you put together here,
John, because this does come this is the crux of the issue.
First of all, someone really messed up You know, in the In,
however, whoever made the decision to put out that, that
kind of cliffnotes version, which I know we talked about it
on the show that they messed that up. But what's also
interesting is that, you know, there's no we're talking about
the legality of killing American citizens. We can go the weekend
we just killed 50 Yemenis, you know, we don't know
that actually. That's part of the I don't have the clip for
that. But that's part of this package that they put together.
I mean, it's just it's, it's out of control, gut wrenching to
think that it's so easy, like, oh, you know, they're America.
So you know, when we came in, but it killed everybody to stop
the killing.
The irony of this is the fact that the government's hubris and
bragging revealed that the man who existed Yeah, and also put
them in jeopardy to show them ammo because of the way they
handled it in public, including what Holder said and I have a
clip of that coming up. And hold her was just, you know, just as
cold blooded as you'd expect is at the end of that one clip.
Yes. And I'd like to remind people that hold her. He's the
guy that pardon Mark rich for Clinton. You know, holder is a
douche. Yeah, real. He is a real card. This guy is no good.
Yeah, he's a tough cookie. Now, here's the clip three, which has
holder giving his rationale, which which was used against him
in the court. And
this is where the this was at the university. I think when he
is that what this is from,
might be easier that way. I think they set it up. So it's
someplace where he was chatting in. I think it's set up
properly.
This is Attorney General Eric Holder in March of 2012,
outlining the reasons why the US would target a US citizen.
So yeah, can you I cannot discuss or confirm any
particular programme or operation. I believe it is
important to explain these legal principles publicly. Let me be
clear, and operation using lethal force in a foreign
country, targeted against a US citizen, who is a senior
operational leader of al Qaeda or associated forces, and who
was actively engaged in planning to kill Americans would be
lawful, at least in the following circumstances. First,
the US government has determined after a thorough and careful
review that the individual poses an imminent threat of violent
attack against the United States. Second, capture is not
feasible. And third, the operation would be conducted in
a manner consistent with applicable law of war
principles.
Right? Yeah, we discussed that in great detail at the time and
laughed about it.
There was one little thing we didn't discuss and it was
brought out in the next clip.
This week, I authorised the declassification of this action,
and the deaths of three other Americans in drone strikes to
facilitate transparency and debate on this issue, and to
dismiss some of the more outlandish claims that have been
made.
That was President Obama about a year ago, Trump's
so the some of the statements that were made by Attorney
General Holder were statements that we cited in our brief to
the appeals court saying that when the Attorney General can
make statements about legal conclusions, and we ought to be
able to know what forms the basis of those conclusions and
look at what the Attorney General was talking about, he
said, one that the killing might be authorised in response to an
imminent threat. Well, you look at what the cliffnotes white
paper says about imminent threat. And it turns out that
they define imminence as not requiring evidence of an actual
plot that's about to happen. So the English language is not you
know, we've gone beyond what the English language permits when
you're talking about immigrants, they do something very similar
with feasible.
Panama is looking great to me right now.
So they've changed the definition so that so the kid in
the cafe, the 16 year old underage kid get blown up in a
cafe because they can't capture him to find this place he
qualifies. He is he's somehow an imminent threat. He is the
sniper, even though he's sipping coffee because they've changed
the definitions how many
times I have to tell you frappuccinos are bad for your
health
most is very interesting now that this has to happen. And now
it's like, Oh, I'm sorry. I'm,
I'm gonna tell you I don't think this is gonna happen. They're
not gonna bring this out. They're just gonna Stonewall it.
I'm not so sure because I was very surprised to see Tony Blair
show up with broth on CNN. And I pulled these clips. I'm like,
I'm not sure why they're not by themselves. I don't know if
they're worth playing. And I'm glad I pulled them because now I
understand. Tony Blair has been brought in and of course he's
paid for this because this is the richest consult In the
universe, and he's running interference to help convince
the American people as to why, you know, we need to have these
types of programmes, because well, what is the what is the
biggest danger in the world, John? Because dangerous, clearly
Islamist.
Yes. And I think you've got to see this as a whole. There's the
situation in Yemen, we obviously have Syria, you've had Egypt
going through a very, very difficult passage, you've got
Iraq, still very difficult. Afghanistan, you look at
Northern Africa, Libya, in a very, very difficult situation,
that spreading down into the northern part of Sub Saharan
Africa. So in my view, you need two things you need, obviously,
in respect of each country, to do what you can, in respect of
the security situation and fighting terrorism, and getting
the country on its feet and to develop, but then we've got to
deal with this wider issue of this poisonous and corrosive
Islamist ideology that is taught to children at a young age. So
are you fearful of another 911? Don't
you love broth? Don't you love broth?
I'm fearful of a growing Islam a threat. What form that takes is
hard to know. But for example, we in the UK now our single
biggest security worry, are our own people, citizens who've been
born, brought up in the UK, going and fighting so called
jihad in Syria, returning to the UK and becoming a major security
threat because they're battle hardened. They're radicalised
and they're angry. Pissed off
the point of the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, all the
trillions that were spent the lives lost if this threat is
potentially in your own analysis even greater today.
I love this. That's that's that is a good question actually from
Rolf, except he should have used blood and treasure. And
here's the problem that
all and that's how you answer a question like that. You don't
answer the question. You say no, here's the problem. Is this even
greater today?
Well, here's the problem. All of this, in my view has has one
central origin. And that is this toxic mix of religion and
politics.
Stop, stop. That was a great circumvention. It was it was
better than Well, that's you're asking the wrong question. Yeah.
One of my favourites.
Here's the problem. So you have not yet the wrong problem.
Here's the problem. So he's saying it's religion, this toxic
mix of religion and politics. This guy is he's the closer he
comes in. And he's gonna you're gonna see a lot of him. I think
he I think he's doing the tour now.
Well, this brings us to the six week cycle. Yes. Because we're
seeing a lot of setups this one does we're seeing him come out
and bitch and moan about the Islamist is a good one, because
that I'm convinced that they're going to have to do something
over the next week. The following
this, it's coming down to it. And the question is Middle East,
or, or middle Europe? You know, the Ukraine. I mean, there's too
many plate there's too many.
It's got to be in this country, because the FBI has got to get
put it in their their budget line items. And it's gonna have
to do relate, perhaps, yeah, that's what I mean. Yeah, that's
so in other words, we can have a Ukrainian separatists or we can
have some goofball from you know, some guy I don't know, who
did, it could be Russian related. I think that would be
kind of interesting. Be fun, you know, trying to cause a ruckus
over our being in hell, you know, doing whatever, I don't
know, a million possibilities. But I think it's going to I
think it's going to be a little bigger than some bonehead you
know, dialling a cell phone to blow up a bank with the FBI in
the car kind of thing. I don't think it's going to be that
lame. Because I don't think they do if I miss not mistaken they
don't do lame, lame, lame, they do lame kind of gets a little
interest or big tries to get big interest like Newton New Town.
So it's got to be at that level. It's got to be a
new town level. Wow.
I think it's gonna be the new town level,
but it has to be al Qaeda or Ukrainian, Russian. Chechnya.
Now, we
want to hand the chest. The Russian thing the I think was I
think that was I think the Boston bombing had something to
do with the little Russian action. And I don't know it's
gonna be interesting, because of course, we've never accurately
you know, we've never predicted exactly, because it's
impossible. These two schemes are very elaborate. I know
somebody sent me an email talking about their DHS is doing
some one of those testing those exercise exercise. They're doing
an exercise in the tunnels around Michigan and Detroit. And
he's kind of fearful. So there could be a lot of different
things. It could be somebody could drop or prevent a bomb
going off in the Lincoln Tunnel, let's say in New York. That
would be a good one. And of course it would the bomb would
not go off. Let's hope this was by accident. But I, I think this
would be a major event that is thwarted. Because here's the
problem that they've been having. We've been
deconstructing these forever. And a lot of them look like just
botched jobs because they because it never gets them. The
let me play you this clip. That's kind of interesting,
right? This is again, Brooks and shields, talking about gun
control on the news hour. And there's a very interesting point
here is called the irony of gun control.
Guns. The governor of Georgia this week, certainly one of the
most expansive gun rights laws in the country, they're, among
other places, you can now take a gun in Georgia into a bar and
airport, a church or a school under certain circumstances,
David, in a church, we'd say when the congregation allows it.
At the same time the NRA is meeting kind of celebrating how
well it's done and getting a lot of gun rights laws loosened
around the country. What does all this say about the success
of the gun rights organisations and frankly, the inability of
the gun control folks to work there well, even in the in the
aftermath of Newtown was
one of the oddities of the NRA positions, they want to have a
more national system of concealed carry, which is a
total violation of any conservative principle of
federalism. It's an amazing act, that it's a reminder that
whenever we talk about federalism and process, it's all
opportunistic, nobody except principles, beliefs, that these
things. It isn't, you know, it's not only the NRA, they have a
base, it's very useful to have a base of support that spread
everywhere. And that's decentralised and passionate,
because they come at politicians at every district. And my view
is if you look at the polling, a majority of Americans support
tighter gun laws. But if you look at the passion, a majority
of passionate people are on the NRA side, and then they're just
dispersed. A lot of the people are most passionate about
controlling guns are in a few metro areas. And it's just a
huge advantage to be dispersed around the country where you can
hit pressure points, a lot of points. NRA takes full advantage
of that.
CBS New York Times poll, Judy do favour a federal law requiring
background checks on all gun owners, a five to 12 in favour
of it among gun owners. It's 84 to 14 in favour of it not
Republicans 84 to 13. So it does, it comes down to intensity
and it comes down to political experience. I mean, Colorado
passed after two terrible tragedies and Aurora and
Columbine, the theatre and the high school. They passed a gun
gun background check and a limit of 15 rounds to magazine 15
rounds to a magazine. That's what passed. And they had two
Democratic senators, including the State Senate president who
was a former police chief recalled first time in the
history of Colorado did Mary call from office, another state
senator facing recall resigned.
Okay. Now, I want to point out a couple of things about this
really bad analysis. First of all, Brooks is supposed to be
the conservative, right Republican guy, and he's anti
guns, you can tell. And so the books show that the host, the
the so called conservative Brooks, David Brooks, columnist
and shields Mark Shields, they're all in on the skill
against the and none of them understand the mechanism that
they're talking about. They're trying to come up with excuses.
And here's what I think is happening. I think this is
reflected in the six week cycle when both the Boston bombing and
the more recent event, which is somebody finally realised this
had nothing to do with the NRA. And these these guys getting
kicked out of the Colorado legislature had nothing to do
with any of this. What happens when you have these events, at
least this is the way I didn't analyse it. You have an event in
Aurora, you have an event at Columbine. And you have the new
town thing was should have really triggered they expected
it to trigger a huge rollback of gun laws and the Second
Amendment and the rest of it. But what really happens the
opposite. The opposite happens because people say jeez, if I
had a gun, or if they had a gun, I should go buy a gun. Because
these people just dangerous out there in the exact opposite
starts to take place and fees. idiots don't see that. They see.
Well, it's because the NRA has got a distributed system of
people who are passionate. That's not it. Koch brothers. So
so the so the as the six week cycle comes around, we're gonna
see less of this gun thing is backfired. Right? Major
backfired and this is Georgia law, these new Georgia laws
which have everybody baffled, right is the best example of it.
And the reason is because people are freaked out and they want to
get guns they want to protect themselves, which is one of the
reasons they have a gun. So we're going to see the next
couple of cycles is going to be about bombs. It's going to be
about knives it's going to be about anything it's going to be
something else is going to be more traditional terrorism, as
opposed to these schemes to get people off Open Arms about gun
laws.
Well, we could do an airline I mean, that would that always
works. That's always a good way to freak people out. Something
with the air with flying
the crotch bomber.
Well, you know, it's not worth guessing it doesn't matter.
We'll see it will recognise it around me first. Yeah.
To get to be creative. That's gonna be probably poorly
executed in terms of the analysis you're gonna get from
the internet. It's good goes all you know, they they're all in on
looking for these things being faked. And it'll be entertaining
to give us a couple items to discuss on the I don't know if
it's going to be the first is like it was Wednesday. I'm not
sure. The first is like the is the is the due date, but it's
going to be anywhere within the next week. My next Sunday.
Hopefully, not hopefully, but for hopefully. Yeah, hopefully.
You're doing a twit today? Yeah. Yes. Okay, I have to rehearse
you, then I gotta get you ready for the show. Okay, because, you
know, I'm
not talking about Coachella.
But if it comes up in conversation, just say, Hey,
what is that thing these kids are talking about? Coachella
stolen to know, I gotta rehearse you because I'll give you a
preview of what is going to happen on the show. And now a
twit has been very, I think the show was no good without you. I
think you've saved that show. You make that show. I'm a big
fan of the show when you're on it. And you and Joey Odell. I
mean, I would pay extra money to watch that. But okay, who am I
gonna be Natalie today? Wow, I'm
glad I'm rehearsing you because it's going to be very
frustrated. She
in studio or on Skype? I don't think so she's probably on
Skype. This step is going to be extra
frustrating for you. I'm going to play for you a little clip,
which is the general consensus in the tech community. And this
is going to be a major comp conversation point and we are
going to talk about it to get you prepared. Because it's going
to be very frustrating. This is chunk from the young turds
disastrous news. In fact, today from the government, the FCC has
decided that they're not that interested in net neutrality.
That's interesting, because they had made a lot of protestations
in the Obama administration about how much they cared about
net neutrality, and Chairman Tom Wheeler promised, left and right
and all around that he would protect net neutrality at all
costs. Apparently, he was lying. So let me tell you the latest.
The FCC, his plan would restructure the rules Oh great,
that govern online traffic by granting internet service
providers. The ability to give some websites, preferential
treatment, ie faster traffic in exchange for money. Well,
freedom on the internet, it was nice knowing you, because that
allows the internet providers, whoever they happen to be
Comcast, Verizon, whatever. There's internet providers all
across the country. To say, Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and
pick winners and losers. Oh, did you say something against
Comcast? Oh, funny how your website slowed down to a crawl.
Good luck trying to get anybody to go on your website. We're
screwed. Let me give you more details. If such rules were
imposed, activists fear internet service providers would make
bandwidth exhaustive websites think Netflix and Skype, pay
more for smoother delivery, which would theoretically mean
higher prices for customers in turn, okay.
This is the big net neutrality debate, John and I see eye to
eye on this. And it is exactly the opposite of what most people
who even listen to this programme think. And we need to,
I believe we need to continue to explain because we got a lot of
email about this. And you're wrong. You're insane. You're
crazy. But this this has been launched,
he had an interesting argument that you might as well reiterate
to the person about us getting this. Let's stop the presses
here. Right away, which I'll do on the show too. This is about
Netflix. Yes, it is. And bones. They are hogging the internet
and
Netflix, two things about the one. They're the small player in
the game, if you compare them to Comcast, very, very small
passthrough player who have one or two original series, which is
great, but they're the small guys. And by the way, Netflix is
what everybody wants. This is what everyone has Netflix, I
wonder if Netflix is great. Now, if you follow through with the
net neutrality idea, which has nothing to do with the public
Internet, it is purely your your commercial bandwidth provider.
I'm saying that specifically not ISP, but your commercial
bandwidth provider. They need to manage their network to make
their customers happy. So if you truly had regulation that every
packet is supposed to be equal, you could be sitting there with
your waiting to Bri buffering your Netflix stream to see a
movie that you technically have paid for. Because some other guy
is running a torrent, downloading the same movie or
uploading it illegally. And you could be rebuffering. Because of
that, because of the net neutrality argument. That's
insane and makes no sense. It makes no sense to want to have
that.
Two things also Andrew are Loski, who's always been against
the he thinks that net neutrality argument is bogus.
And who's writes for the register? And I'd recommend
people read him. Well, it's worse, it's
actually asking the government to regulate, which is the last
thing you want. Now, do we have a problem? And do we need more
competition with with bandwidth consumer broadband providers?
Yes, that, of course, is the ultimate problem. We don't have
enough competition. That's the problem. But to have Netflix
hogging the bandwidth, if of course you want, you want your
Netflix, that's what you want.
But they'll be you know, it'll come up it's you. Normally I'm
going to don't mean to be insulting. But your predictions
about what we're going to talk about on the Twitch show, or I
would say, never right. In this case, I think you may be right
it's going to be the whole show is going to be about this could
be I got some other things, some side tracks that are more
interesting to talk about which, but
here's here's the real problem that I have is that the FCC has
a draft of regulations that they have not published. This pisses
me off, they've sent it to, apparently, the Wall Street
Journal, the New York Times, and people have seen it, we're not
allowed to see it, because it's not good, they're going to do it
a third or fifth of May. So that's a setup, you know, that's
not okay to leak this to a certain parties, and let them
start pontificating about what they have posted on their blog.
Finally, the three points that the notice, will propose and
there is something very important here. One is that so
this is what the rules will be. And this is just a summary, that
all ISPs must transparently disclose to their subscribers
and users all relevant information as to the policies
that govern their network. And that's good. By the way, we,
earlier in the show, you were on Comcast, you had got a lot of
jitter. And, and we had to stop the show. So you know, how does
that work do is that Skype is that the network is that net for
what is going on. So maybe we'll find something out about that.
I'm going to pass over number two and go to number three,
because number two is something that is being overlooked and not
discussed. Number three is the ISPs may not act in a
commercially unreasonable manner to harm the internet, including
favouring the traffic from an affiliated entity. That's
actually an interesting one, which means if it's a Comcast
property, they should not be able to favour that other than
an unreasonable manner, ie that there's some kind of accounting
equal to a third parties. But here's the one that I'm worried
about it. Forget net neutrality. Number two, that no legal
content may be blocked. That's what everyone this is SOPA
people, you're you're overlooking the real deal.
Saying no legal content may be blocked is actually saying
illegal content may be blocked. Right. But what is illegal
content?
That Well, that's the question. I have a clip. Oh,
this is an interesting this is an illegal content activity
going on in Europe. And just a premises that is apparently
telling jokes are harmful and should be made illegal at least
the way that Europeans think this is the at human Negro
controversy that's taking place in Spain. The debate
on Spain's social networks after the country's Public Prosecutor
announced that it opened an investigation into the act human
Lego Twitter handle, which boasts a stream of racist and
sexist jokes. The person behind the account which has to be shut
down at the earliest opportunity is also accused of inciting
hatred. Many have taken to the web to challenge the move,
saying the ruling is in some ways, violating Spanish web
users freedom of expression.
Well, this is exactly what it Thank you, John. That's exactly
it hate speech. Anything that is defined as hate speech will
become illegal and may be blocked and that is the danger
of this. Everything else. You know what we knew 15 years ago
that video was going to screw up the internet. And here you go.
You know the public peering switches everything it's
saturated with this stuff so we need to move Netflix into the
the last the you know the last bit there your your your
provider that's necessary to it'll actually free up things
will actually make the public internet better and if you look
at the groups that are that are you know, talking this net
neutrality bull crap it's like how was George Soros funded?
What is the what is it the think knowledge network now what is it
called
data? No, I didn't follow that one. Oh yeah,
no no it's this is all sorrows yeah these are yeah so you know
you if you are and net neutrality is just it's a made
up thing it's it's not what you want and you I
liked the idea of slipping in this legal thing that's fries
that would be a you know, because you can with the hate
speech stuff coming down from the UN and exemplified by this
situation in Spain where the guy essentially is a Twitter
account, telling dirty jokes and racist jokes. Yeah, that's what
he does. Okay, that's what it's just a bunch of a bunch of
jokes. And but it's hate speech by the new definition. And hate
speech can really be you can use that as a great you can. It's
like child porn. You don't get to see it when it when it goes
to court and the guy gets thrown in jail. You don't know what he
was looking at. But somebody did. And you can do the same
thing with hate speech. Hate speech is the new catch all it's
better. Because you said something nasty about somebody
you hurt someone's feelings. That's illegal.
As we know, in the EU, there is legislation against hate speech.
You cannot say something mean. You can't say something mean?
Yeah, that's what it boils down to. You can't say something you
can't
bully. You can't say something mean? That is what you have to
be worried about. Not about your packets arriving or not.
Everything's about freedom
of speech. And so shut up slave. Yeah, yeah.
There was something very cool that an anonymous whoever calls
themselves anonymous, called Air chat. And this is really cool.
What they've essentially done is they've taken the FL Digi
programme that is an open source piece of software that is used
on ham radio bands, to communicate and digital PSK, 31
and 63 all these different digital modes and they put a
front end on it that makes it turns it into a chat so you're
you load it onto your computer. You load the you you've
installed FL Digi programme that kind of runs in the background.
And you do a little web server you bring up your browser and
you connect it to your a walkie talkie essentially a handy
talkie you could even get the GMR what is the what's the the
GR MV licence you know the kind like the walkie talkie things
you
can do those low end licences Yeah,
that's or go ahead and get a real licence if you want. It's
not that hard. It's the questions and answers are
published. And it's essentially you can create a little Twitter
network over over radio frequency it's very I'm gonna
instal it after the show. I can't wait to try it out. I just
heard
about it. Well, well, I'll instal it too. All right. Hey,
that does it we promised ourselves that we would get out
on time for this show. And since everything is wow, like
something's not something doesn't sound right on. Whoa,
you hear how that sounds? That sounds like crap today.
I don't know harmonica skills have diminished Oh,
that's not that no, the the Marriott jazz quintet sounds
like
something's, as you said, your Mac is dying. It's on
its last legs.
How can a computer beyond its last quote unquote length?
Planned obsolescence my friend. That's what it's always all
about.
When you want to cap goes and you'll know. I blew a cap
on my Mac. Like cap. I don't know why this is really bad.
It's never been this bad. I'll bring it to the front. Maybe
that'll help it. No. It's horrible. Anyway, thank you all
very much for tuning in. As usual. We'll be back on
Thursday. I'm sure there's gonna be a lot to talk about. We're
getting close to that six week cycle coming to you from FEMA
Region six here in the Travis heights hideout in the morning,
everybody. I'm Adam curry,
and from Northern Silicon Valley where I remain. I'm John C.
Dvorak.
This is where the C stands for Caps Lock. We'll be back on
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