Episode 1911 · Sunday, 11 October 2026

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A military firing squad date is set for Nidal Hassan as the Trump administration prepares a massive CIA restructuring and a controversial energy pact with Russia.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 1911

About this episode

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hassan will face a military firing squad on December 3, 2026. The execution, scheduled for the anniversary of the 2009 attack, has sparked international condemnation from France 24 and CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who criticized the Trump administration's plan to potentially live-stream the event. The Department of Defense confirmed Hassan received nearly $300,000 in military salary during his incarceration, fueling domestic debate over military justice and state-sanctioned transparency.

President Trump teased a major October surprise involving OMB Director Russ Vought and a potential dismantling of the CIA, following reports of mass workforce buyouts at the agency. Internationally, Trump announced a diesel fuel agreement with Vladimir Putin to stabilize global markets while criticizing Volodymyr Zelensky for strikes on Russian refineries. In Siberia, the death of scientist Daria Shepilova at a plague research institute has triggered quarantine protocols and warnings from the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense regarding Russian lab safety. Meanwhile, Navi Pillai received the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize as the U.S. simultaneously sanctioned the International Criminal Court.

Rob Dew joins Adam Curry in the new Onion Studios to deconstruct the "shittification" of Adobe software and the rise of AI vibe cloning. The duo remembers the late Mike Ditka with classic audio clips and analyzes the bizarre Fly Dubai axe attack involving pilot Hammam al-Hammami. From Walmart's digital price tags to Mike Tyson's Syracuse rally appearance, the broadcast captures a world shifting toward dynamic pricing and high-stakes political theater.


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CHAPTER 01 / 44 Discussion

Adam Curry and Rob Dew Open Episode 1911

Adam Curry opens episode 1911 of the No Agenda show from Fredericksburg, Texas, located in FEMA Region 6. Guest co-host Rob Dew, also known as Sir Ducefer, joins the broadcast to provide a weekly dose of media deconstruction. The introduction features custom musical mixes and a high-energy welcome for the Sunday morning audience.

adam curry· rob dew· fredericksburg· texas hill country· no agenda· media assassination

00:00 They just got Mike Ditka. Adam Curry. It's Sunday, October 11th, 2026. This is your award-winning Kip On Nation Media Assassination episode 1911. This is no agenda. Coming to you from the heart of the Texas Hill Country, Fredericksburg, Texas, FEMA Region number six in the morning, everybody. It's time once again for your weekly Your Sunday dose of media deconstruction. We've got a special guest once again, a guest co-host on the best podcast in the universe. He will join us in 90 seconds from now. Mr. Ducefer, Rob Dew, up next Sunday, baby. Turn it up. Sir, Rob Dew is back. What's up? By Father Adam running the show.

00:44 Kick down the door. Here we go. Spin that story, twist that truth. Bob's got questions, Adam's got through. No script, no filter, no corporate line. Just a couple of legends having one hell of a time. Hey, hey, hey, Sir Juice. Sunday's getting amplified. Turn it higher.

01:22 Trap yourself in for the wild ride. The Pyfather, King of the Sound. Rob's rolling in, gonna shake this town. Hey, hey, Sir Juice. Sunday's back, and we're on fire. Trump and moving, the media spin. Everybody's talking, let the chaos begin. Follow the money, follow the lies. Russian the story, open your eyes from the Sunday mics of the worldwide stage. Robin, Adam, turning another page. Podfather Belt and Dew brings the spark. Sunday's getting loud on the leave. Sir Ducefer. Yeah, back again. He's back again, everybody. In the morning, Sir Ducifer.

CHAPTER 02 / 44 Discussion

Rob Dew Origin Story and Infowars Studio Update

Rob Dew explains the origin of his nickname, Ducefer, which was given to him by a former Infowars employee named Morales due to Dew's loud management style during news production. Dew provides an update on the transition to the new Onion Studios, noting that live broadcasts are scheduled to begin on Tuesday. The hosts briefly discuss technical equipment including the TriCaster and the Curry Caster interface.

rob dew· infowars· tricaster· alex jones· onion studios· ducefer

02:05 God is great. Let me just say that first and foremost as we aim to get off on this. Amen. God is great. All right. Look at you. Look at you coming in. Nice. Or as our friends say that are bombing, using, I guess, our missiles to bomb airports in the Middle East. Aloha, Akabar. Hey, all right. Off the rails already, he goes. Hey, good morning, Rob. How are you doing, man? I'm doing great. You know, I'm listening to this, these amazing mixes that are being made. And I don't know, I don't know if you know this. Do you know how I got the name Ducephur? No, I can't say that I do. Yeah. So, well, first of all, Sir Ducefer, I picked, but I got the nickname Docefer from one of the first guys I hired over at Infowars.

02:49 His name was Morales. And that's why I'm out. I'm outing him. He's a good guy, but he doesn't work here anymore. However, good guy, however, but there's a big but. We were setting up the nightly news, and it was there were three guys I hired, and we were all kind of figuring out how this gear works, working with TriCasters. No, are you guys working with the TriCaster? No, can't. Well, we call it the Suck Caster at this point, but yeah, we don't use it anymore. No, but I guess I had a habit of belittling them and kind of getting loud and yelling at them. So I can't hardly imagine. I can't imagine you doing that at all. No. And so one day there was a little

03:32 where we had our cubes. We had little name tags, and somebody removed mine and put Ducefer. Okay. And it stuck. And it just stuck. Yeah. I think Alex Archina goes, Docefer, huh? Yeah, that's pretty good. How is that? Everything good over there in the new studio, back in the new old studio, I guess. Yeah, we're going live next week. Oh, live Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. We start going live. We've been taping things out of there, and I think he went live on Saturday to do a test. And then Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, live. And then after that, I think we're live the rest of the next week after that. It's going live in the Onion Studios, I guess is what they're calling it.

CHAPTER 03 / 44 Discussion

Adobe Software Rot and AI Vibe Cloning

A discussion regarding the perceived decline of professional software focuses on Adobe's subscription model and the "shittification" of features since 2012. The hosts highlight a developer named Tommy Jailbreakers who is building a "UFO editor" to replace After Effects and Premiere using AI-driven refactoring. The conversation explores how AI "vibe cloning" and tools like Claude are enabling the creation of free, high-quality alternatives to corporate software suites.

adobe· claude· software· subscription model· artificial intelligence· content creation

04:13 Really? That's funny. Everything's funny at this point. But I like the Curry Caster. I got the new interface here. This is good. Thank you. I actually just tweeted out a picture of because it's so cool with the live stream and the recording and everything. And it's got the guest up there. I'm probably going to give it away. I'm just going to, you know, these days with vibe cloning, that's the new thing. Yeah. You know, it's like anybody could just look at it and say, oh, build one of those for me. Have you seen the Adobe stuff? Yeah. And in fact, I have a clip for that sort of related to that. Actually, it's not a clip, more of a, oh, I don't see where I put my

04:58 maybe I put them over here. It's a guy, and he's got like 125 followers. And it's Tommy Jailbreakers, is his name. And he basically, I want to read his tweet. He's got 125 followers. He started in 2025 on X. And he said, basically, last week someone cloned Adobe software and made it all free. But next-gen software is on the horizon. My standards are high, and I'm building a UFO editor to replace After Effects, Premiere, and Photoshop. Super intelligence for content creation. I'm telling you. That's where it's going. And then he goes, and here's his gripe, though. This is why he's doing this. He's not doing this because these are great programs. I've used professional software like Adobe CS since the early 2000s.

05:38 Motion graphics are my thing, and the software has rotted around since 2012. I think I tweeted out the other day, 2015, some guy's bitching about his printer. He'd have a subscription to print something. And because of adding junk features and rushing releases driven by corporate incentives, it has reduced things to shite. Most humans made human software's brittle patchwork quilt of dependencies that need a total refactor forever. New software being made overnight. And so he says, Claude Co basically builds it from the scratch. That's why it's going to be better because now we know what we need. Yeah, essentially. Basically, everything's been shittified. Yeah, totally. And it's the whole subscription model that they launched. And like, oh, now you're going to pay, you don't have to pay it all up front, but we're going to screw you every year.

06:21 And then we put out a new release which hides all the features you used to use in some third-level down menu. And people are just, people are sick of it. And this is exactly, this is what they need, honestly, these software manufacturers. Well, no, I think they don't need it and they're not needed. In fact, all of Microsoft's office has now been vibe cloned as well. And it was time. I was talking to my daughter every Sunday we call for the See the Baby, right? So look at my face. Remember my face. I'm your grandpop. I'll be there in January. And I was talking to Kevin. And he's like, hey, man, you know, like, you know, is it going to be okay for our daughter?

CHAPTER 04 / 44 Discussion

Major Nidal Hassan Firing Squad Execution Announcement

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hassan will be executed by a military firing squad on December 3, 2026. The execution is planned to take place at Fort Hood at 1:00 PM, the same time the 2009 radical Islamist attack began. The hosts discuss the potential for live-streaming the event and the historical significance of the first military execution since 1961.

nidal hassan· pete hegseth· fort hood· firing squad· death penalty· department of defense

07:01 Because, you know, the AI is going to kill us all. I'm like, oh, brother. Like, dude, I got no time to go through all this with you, but no, no. And just listen to the last 10 episodes. Right. I think we're at a golden age where we are about to enter an amazing age of personal productivity. And you know what? Let's get to that in a minute. The first thing I got to step back because for a decade, a decade, I have advocated for the televised. In fact, I not only advocated, I wanted the rights to televise the death penalty.

07:44 I've always said that, you know, if you want to kill people with a death penalty, which is like, okay, that's the government's job. That's not my job. Then you might as well show everybody what it is. And Dvorak always agreed with me. People always thought it was, yeah. And I'm like, you know, I already had Brunetti lined up a year ago. I was like, man, one of these days we're going to get this. We're going to produce this. We'll turn into a Netflix special. But no, no, they have to usurp me and they're just going to go streaming. Execution by firing squad. Army major betrays his country. Radical Islamist kills a bunch of Americans at Fort Hood.

08:22 Of course, we're going to do it at Fort Hood. Gonna do it on a Thursday. We're gonna do it at one o'clock, which is when he did it. And it's gonna be soldiers with rifles executing the fiery squad. It hadn't been since World War II since we've done that. Well, I kind of like the mentality we had in World War II, which was when, which was, you understand, when the enemy attacks you, you need to stand your ground. So it was radical Islamist terror attack. Remember what it remember what Obama called it? Workplace violence? And that's what we're up against. I remember that. It's workplace violence. CVE. We know what it is. It was a radical Islamist attack in uniform inside the ranks. And so he's going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be. And we'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public, because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things.

09:09 Has Major Hassan made any final requests, reached out to the president, anything like that, to your knowledge? Don't care. He wants some Apple Pie. I'll see him on December 3rd. December 3rd at Fort Hood. So this is, of course, a topic right before the midterms, as it should be. We need lots of little October surprises. I thought Jake Tapper, you know, really leading the charge on this. Before we leave this, before we leave this topic, I've applied for press credentials for this. Of course, yeah. I mean, it's right up the road. I think that the idea is still salvageable. I'm thinking pay-per-view may be the way to go. Because even the president, let me see.

09:52 I think I have the president here. He seems to be worried. waffling a little bit about the live stream. Do you want the execution of the Fort Hood shooter to be live streamed? And are you worried that the video would be used as propaganda to radicalize? I think it's a determination about that, but he will be killed. He will be through firing squad. He killed 13, 14 people, badly wounded 20 some odd people, and he's totally nuts. So I really don't care how he goes as long as he goes. And I think that the death penalty is a very worthy way of going, man. He seems to be waffling a little bit. I don't know. You know, he talked about he wants Zelensky to have elections now, too.

10:36 Wait, you're going too fast. You're going to. No, that's jumping ahead. But let's, yeah, you got Tapper on deck. Here he is. A public execution by firing squad live streamed to the public. I'll get my pearls. Doug It Up has a good idea. Let's do it on Election Day. Yeah. Ooh, there you go. The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hag Seth, just announced he thinks should be the public spectacle surrounding the execution of the convicted Fort Hood murderer, former Major Nidal Hassan. He's going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be. And we'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public, because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things.

11:20 A few things to contemplate about this all. Number one, the other countries that do public executions are the Taliban in Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, Somalia, and Yemen. That is the company in which the United States now finds itself. And speaking of. Do they also live stream it? I don't think that they all live stream it. I don't think I have a feeling that they won't have a whole crowd coming. You think they'll have like a rent-a-crowd, have bleachers? I think it's going to be a stadium. I think there's a stadium nearby. Keep.

CHAPTER 05 / 44 Discussion

Jake Tapper Criticizes Public Execution Plans

CNN anchor Jake Tapper criticized the Trump administration's plan for a public execution, comparing the United States to regimes in Afghanistan and North Korea. Tapper questioned the recruitment potential for terrorist groups and highlighted Pete Hegseth's decision to announce the news to an independent influencer rather than legacy media. The segment includes historical context regarding the last public execution in Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1936.

jake tapper· cnn· pete hegseth· nidal hassan· public execution· legacy media

12:02 Number two, Secretary Hegseth gave that interview to a right-wing extremist influencer, a former Pizzagate conspiracy theorist whom civil rights groups have long denounced for his anti-Semitic and white nationalist ties. Oh, there you go. So keep that in mind next time Pete Hagseth attacks members of the legacy media. What does it have to do with the live streaming to now members of the legacy media? This is very convoluted, Jake Tapper. Number three, it is unclear as of now how any of this will even happen. Will YouTube allow it? Meta? YouTube? Who's going to live stream this?

12:42 Number four, Nidal Hassan was inspired by a terrorist Islamist group, Al-Qaeda. What do we think terrorist groups are going to do with the video of the U.S. government killing Nidal Hassan, in their view, martyring him? Do you think that it could be used for recruitment? Has anyone thought that part of this through? Recruitment. You know, I don't understand that logic, to be honest. And then he continued with a comparison, which I which more people are now bringing up. Number five. Five. Hegseth said that this is going to happen because people need to understand the serious consequences for these kinds of things.

13:26 Do we really think terrorists don't understand the consequences of their mass murders? I mean, don't a lot of them kill themselves in the process of killing thousands of innocents? Does that even make sense for the reason Hagseth states? Number six, American public executions are usually really only the stuff of dystopian fiction, like the Hunger Games. There is a reason why there has not been a fully public execution in the United States since 1936. That one in Owensboro, Kentucky, was such an ugly spectacle. It marked the end of public executions, I guess, until now.

14:10 Now, I had to look that up. The trial, or the execution in Owens, what is it, Owensboro, 1936? Did you know that this was quite the spectacle? I had no idea. I mean, were they live streaming it? No, they were not live streaming it. So this guy raped and killed a 70-year-old woman not long after he had gotten out of jail on parole. So it must have been a Democrat president at the time. And so they actually the jury, because you couldn't. It was weird. You could only sentence. sentence someone to death for rape

14:54 in that state, not for murder for some reason. So the jury only chose, he was only charged with rape. And so there was a crowd. People were selling hot dogs. Wow. I wonder if they have like big foam finger number one and hats, kind of like a convention. And the guy who was supposed to pull the trapdoor, it was a hanging. He showed up drunk, but he was wearing a white suit and a white straw hat and he, you know, puke staying on the sun. He didn't even do it ultimately. But it's like, okay,

CHAPTER 06 / 44 Discussion

Nidal Hassan Military Pay and Christian Perspectives

Reports indicate that Nidal Hassan received nearly $300,000 in military salary between the 2009 shooting and his 2013 conviction, a fact confirmed by the Department of Defense. Vice President JD Vance addressed the controversy, emphasizing the brutality of Hassan's crimes while sidestepping questions about the morality of live-streaming the execution. The hosts debate the transparency of state-sanctioned death versus the hidden nature of modern executions.

nidal hassan· department of defense· military pay· jd vance· christianity

15:35 we've had weird stuff in our country. I mean, what do you think, Juicifer? What do you think about this? I'm all for the execution. I don't know the public execution streaming it. You know, I'm kind of waffling. I definitely don't mind. I think it should have been done a long time ago. I saw something that said this guy has made $300,000 since he's been locked up. Doing what? They're paying him. OnlyFans? What was it? I don't know. I mean, they're still paying him his salary. I'm like, how is that even like the Arnold? Let's talk about that. Yeah, let's talk about that. 300 grand. I didn't. It was an ex post, so it could totally be fake.

16:13 But I guess, or maybe that's what he would have earned. But I think it said something he's earned this much since the killings, and while the families have received nothing. And I'm like, whoa. Here's our vice president weighing in. Vice President, you have to learn about your Christian faith recent. How does that mesh with the Pentagon's announcement that they wish knives to eat the... Okay, so they're asking about his Christian faith, and how does that jibe with this? Firing score and execution of the shoot. Well, first of all, I've seen his announcements. I don't know that that's actually going to happen.

16:49 Let's sort of see what I think it's going to happen in December when he's executed. But what I try to remind people is: look, this is a guy who committed, in my view, the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside of 9-11. The people that he was meant to treat, the Army soldiers that he was meant to treat for mental illness and other problems, he took them at their most vulnerable and gunned down these people where they live. So whatever the controversy is about the method of the execution, I hope that people don't forget that this is a guy who brutally murdered a lot of innocent people. Now, that said, I mean, look, if it's ultimately live streamed, I'm not going to be watching it. Okay, thanks for not answering the question. Now, I'll be talking about Rock did get in here and he said

17:33 Hassan from November 5th, 2009, the day of the shooting, till 14 days after August 28th, 2013. He was still getting paid. So they were paying him up until he got convicted, and it was monthly rate, $7,000, confirmed by the DOD. So nearly $300,000 by the conviction. So they were still paying him. And I don't know if he had to return that or what happened, but that was going in his accounts. For a view on how Christians think about this, Pastor Jimmy and I will talk about it Wednesday when we get to do this because there is a real answer. And it's the same one as the Tennessee lady.

CHAPTER 07 / 44 Discussion

International Reaction to US Firing Squad Execution

International media outlets, including France 24, have labeled the planned live-streamed execution of Nidal Hassan as "childish" and "disgusting." Legal experts note that while there are international treaties banning public executions, the United States is not a party to them in a way that carries the force of domestic law without an act of Congress. The discussion touches on Hassan's apparent desire for martyrdom and the mechanics of military firing squads.

france 24· international law· nidal hassan· firing squad· human rights

18:14 It's the same answer. No, we're not supposed to murder, but government. We're going to let Lindsey Clancy do it. No. Isn't that what Jill said? Wasn't that not me? That was Brunetti. Brunetti's sick guy, sick guy. He's like, oh, I'm just staying on my ranch. He feels so free in California. He's just like, oh, yeah, I'm going to stay on my ranch. Here's a report from Fox. Now, the military has said that the rightful punishment is for him to die by firing squad on December the 3rd. Yeah. When it comes to ideological extremists, whether it's, you know, Hassan who killed my father or the shooter in El Paso who went after people because they were Hispanic or the man who shot Melissa and killed Melissa Hortman,

19:01 they don't feel sorry. That is not their goal. It is to get attention. And the firing squad is a little weird to me. I don't quite understand that. I think that just makes the circus and brings attention in a way to him that is not needed. And I don't think people out there probably remember he's paralyzed from the waist down. I'm not exactly sure how a firing squad would function. It's a little awkward. And I just, you know, I'd rather him just, it just, if it's going to happen, it just happened at the prison where he's at and be done. Let's be done and we can find a way to heal. Yeah, see, this is what I'm against.

19:41 This is the one thing that bothers me about our country. The same thing with the. abortion. Because we don't really see it, we don't really know what it is, how horrible that is. It's like the only death we see is in the video games and on TikTok. Well, not even that. If you go through enough, if you get into the algo hole on X, you'll get it to be falling off thing. It's so removed from reality. It would be good for us to see this, I think. Well, one, it would, I think, show the importance of life and death, for one. And talking about abortion, you know, why can't we have the great abortion debate where both sides come together?

20:24 You know, the people that want to, you know, I think now they're celebrating they can, if the abortion's botched in Minnesota, they can still get the baby. Yeah. Have both sides come together and televise that and televise both sides talking about it and why, you know, the one side can say why they need to kill babies and the other side can say, well, it's a bad thing. And we can go on and on about it, which I think we need to have. We need to have that big debate and not some fake debate where people are, you know, just go as long as it needs to go. Does it need to go six days? It goes six days. And people can tune into the highlights on X. I'm thinking this is something that should be broadcast live from the Onion Studios.

21:02 There you go. I would have no problem leading a debate like that because it should have happened 20 years ago. Excellent. No Agenda Millennial. Charlie Kirk getting shot was live streamed. It was everywhere over and over and over and over again. You could not get away from it on YouTube, on X, on Facebook, everywhere. Yeah. I have a very good point. I posted a picture saying, you know, pray for Charlie. It was a video, a clip. And at the time, we didn't know if he was dead or not, but you can kind of tell. I mean, it was pretty bad. Pretty bad wound. I'm not kidding. Let's wrap it up with the European take from France 24.

21:44 It's about how that came about. The Trump administration is used to courting controversy. But aboard the USS Lincoln, Defense Secretary Pete Hegset took it one step further. What it is. It was a radical Islamist attack in uniform inside the ranks. And so he's going to get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be. And we'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public, because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things. On December the 3rd, the United States plans to execute Nidal Malik Hassan and broadcast it live. It's set to take place at the same military base where in 2009, the former Army psychiatrist killed 13 people and wounded 32 in a shooting spree.

22:25 It would be America's first official public execution since 1936, its first firing squad execution since 1945, its first military execution since 1961, and the world's first ever official live-streamed execution. Definitely don't think it's. You know, that's now that I think about it. No, Charlie Kirk was executed. That was the world's first live-streamed execution. The world's first ever official live-streamed execution. It wasn't official, though. That we know of. Good point. Good point. It wasn't official that we know of. Definitely don't think it should be broadcasted live. What he did can be considered a horrendous acts of violence. That doesn't mean we double down into one as well. It's disgusting. It's childish.

23:10 What's next pay-per-view? I mean, this is ridiculous. Yes, it nailed it. Nailed it. What's next? Pay-per-view. Yes, exactly. One legal expert says there's little to stop it actually happening. The U.S. not being party to the international treaty banning public execution. Why don't we just admit that we are a bloody country? We were born out of blood and a war. That's what we are. We like war. Well, you know, but it's like war itself. Vietnam, man, everything changed when they really started televising what was happening in Vietnam. What have you seen of Iran? Nothing. Nothing. Not a single thing.

23:52 We don't know anything. We just see pew-pew, boom, boom. You know, it would really change people's opinions, I think. Well, the daughter was concerned about how it was going to be done. I could tell you how it's going to be done. They line up, I think, five guys. Maybe two have real shots, or one has a real shot, and the rest are blank. So they don't know who actually fires the shot, the actual kill shot. They aim for a target right over the heart, and that's what they aim for. All of them aim there, and they fire at the same time. So you don't know who doesn't have the actual shot, who did the actual shooting. And that's how it's done. Is that really true? I've heard that. I don't know if that's exactly what happens. Well, I read that and I think Boys' Life. Okay. Wow. Callback.

24:35 Boys' Life. I used to love reading Boys' Life. Maybe it wasn't Boys' Life. to get me a canoe and I need to go out into the woods. I read Boys' Life. Continue with this from actually. Yes, I definitely read it before the Internet existed. I remember when I was a kid looking it up and reading it. Because I was interested in how they did a firing squad. How would a firing squad work? That sounds like you. I'm always peering behind the curtain. Let me listen to this continuation. One legal expert says there's little to stop it actually happening. The U.S. not being party to the international treaty banning public executions and Hassan wanting to die for his cause.

CHAPTER 08 / 44 Discussion

Fly Dubai Pilot Axe Attack and Security Failures

An Omani pilot for Fly Dubai, Hammam al-Hammami, allegedly attacked his co-pilot with an axe in an attempt to crash a plane carrying 170 passengers into Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport. Investigators are scrutinizing al-Hammami's social media history, which included AI-generated videos of Islamic holy sites and derogatory posts about women. Questions remain regarding how the pilot passed security checks despite having known radical views.

fly dubai· ben-gurion airport· israel· hammam al-hammami· aviation security

25:17 The U.S. position is that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights only applies or has the force of law if Congress implements it by an act of Congress. And Congress hasn't done that. He's given every sign that he is looking for martyrdom. And if that's his goal, it would make no sense for him to try to overturn his conviction or his death sentence. Yeah, the martyrdom thing. So now we move on to the Fly Dubai pilot, which I still have a lot of questions about this. I got two clips on it. Okay, well, I'll play mine then. Actually, go ahead. You play yours. They might fit right in. No, no, no. I think yours might be better. Okay.

26:01 Where's my clip here? Here we go. Why is it not? Why is it not coming in? Oh, maybe the Curry Castro details about the Omani Fly Dubai pilot who allegedly attacked his co-pilot with an axe last week. Sources tell CNN that the suspect likely wanted to crash the plane with more than 170 passengers into Israel's Ben-Gurion airport. Okay, so I have a problem with this. You know, it's like, oh, we got to do 9-11 style attack, going to crash into Ben-Gurion airport. So why does he decide 1,300 miles from Ben-Gurion airport to first try and kill the pilot?

26:44 Well, that's how you do a test run. That's a test run. And then you do the real thing after you succeed in the test run. Well, what do you mean? Is he going to kill the pilot? No. It doesn't. If that is your goal, if you want to kill as many people as you can by crashing into, I guess, the airport terminal, then what you do is you say, hey, Cap, let me do the landing. Okay, you do the landing. Right. And then you just veer over. Cut off the engines, veer over, game over. That would be the way to do it. You mean you mean the squad? And boom, there it is. So

27:22 it just doesn't make sense. There are a lot of things that don't make sense about this, especially the videos and everything being posted after the fact. The second video he posted is AI generated showing Islam's three holiest sites from the sky. The videos appeared on LinkedIn and Instagram nearly nine hours after the incident, well after Hammami was detained. We don't know if the posts were scheduled in advance or if they were published by someone else. CNN has reached out to LinkedIn and Meta for comment. We looked at earlier posts, more than 3,000 tweets from a deleted account bearing his name. They were published between 2021 and 2022. These portray a mercure mindset, one obsessed with women.

28:06 Nearly half the posts reference women, including this one. The post brags about putting women through quote-unquote slut tests. In other posts, he refers to them as quote-unquote banging machines. Banging machines? Wow. Did he go to Cornell? Now it's still too early to tell what the possible motives were, but the findings raise many questions. Namely, how did Hamam al-Hammami pass his security checks? And how did he end up flying a plane on one of the world's most sensitive routes? These are questions security officials in the region will be asking as they try to understand what happened. I get emails from people saying, here, he told his lawyer that he meant to do it because you can't wrap your head around it, Curry.

CHAPTER 09 / 44 Discussion

Larry Johnson on Mossad and the Fly Dubai Incident

Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson appeared on Judge Napolitano's program to discuss anomalies in the Fly Dubai incident, noting that the pilot's name translates to "bathroom attendant." Johnson claims that Israeli security services receive crew manifests 48 hours in advance, suggesting a potential intelligence failure or a staged event. The hosts discuss the presence of two qualified pilots on board who were able to subdue the attacker.

larry johnson· mossad· israel· fly dubai· judge napolitano

28:50 I'm like, no, it just doesn't make sense. Well, it's going to get weirder because I have former FMR CIA Larry Johnson on who is he on with Judging Freedom. So he's on with Judge Politics. Judge Knapp. Yes, Judge Knapp. Okay. All right. Clip one? Yeah, clip one. Larry, you have done some extensive research with pilot friends of yours on the Fly Dubai incident. What's the latest that you found? Well, no, one, let's start with the pilot's name. He was basically named Mr. Bathrom. Okay, his name, Al-Hamami, translated.

29:34 translates into bathroom attendant. Wow. Okay. And he's taken out by a plumber. Oh, that's just a happy coin. Okay. Okay. I'm just. No, no, no, no. No, okay. I just have to stop right here. I got to stop right now. Oh, yeah, baby. Oh, yeah. I got to rewind that. Judge Nab delivers that. Finally. Okay, his name, Al-Hamami, translates into bathroom attendant. Okay. And he's taken out by a plumber. Oh, that's just a happy coincidence. I'm not making this up. And

30:16 the Israelis knew about this. Under existing procedure, Israel is notified 48 hours in advance of the names of all the crewmen, including the pilots, and the names of all the passengers. So we're supposed to believe that Israel's security service is so damn incompetent that they miss Mr. Bathroom, Mr. Hammam al-Hammami, the bathroom attendant. That's his first and last name.

30:54 And then they miss that. Again, this is a guy who was not allowed to fly in Oman because of his radical views. He's allowed to fly in Dubai, which requires that you get a visa. And last time I checked, UAE just doesn't pass out visas like flyers at a football game. You have to go in for questioning and background check and investigation. So somehow this guy magically slips through the whole thing. And then they just happen to have two qualified pilots on board to take control of the plane once Al-Hamami is subdued.

31:36 Do you think maybe the hacking of the pilot was not in the script? Like he was ad-libbing, like, oh, I'm going to make this even a little bit cooler. I'm going to do it a little bit better. Because I'm on board with this. Or maybe he fell asleep and then he woke up like he had one of those catnaps. He's like, oh, my God, how long have we been flying? I got to do that now. And he just goes nuts, meow, meow, rough, rough. And just starts hacking away. You know, I don't know because I have seen pictures of the Indian pilot. Yeah. And they're very accurate with all the AI depictions. I'm like, oh, wow, that's the AI pilot. That's the guy in all the AIs.

CHAPTER 10 / 44 Discussion

Allegations of Netanyahu Involvement in Aviation Plot

Larry Johnson suggests the Fly Dubai axe attack may have been an elaborate setup designed to benefit Benjamin Netanyahu's political campaign. The theory posits that Netanyahu hinted at an imminent attack days before the incident to bolster his security credentials. The hosts express skepticism toward "ex-CIA" sources while noting the convenient timing of the event for the Israeli administration.

benjamin netanyahu· mossad· larry johnson· israel· political campaign

32:12 It looks the same. And it's a picture of him in the hospital, which also that could be AI too, but it looks like the guy that they, the model that they use for all the AI stuff. He's got a nice tight beard and he looks Indian. Well, kind of looks like, oh, God, what's his name? He used to work for CNN, Oliver Darcy. Kind of looks like Oliver Darcy. Oliver Darcy. Kind of got that look. Yeah, I mean, obviously, Netanyahu benefited enormously from this. Oh, well, this leads us into clip two. Here we go. A pilot buddy of mine, he wrote his explanation because he was involved in a staying with six undercover DEA agents where the DEA agents got his boss, the guy that had hired him to fly the airplane, got the boss

33:01 to smuggle drugs into the United States. Guy was completely set up by DEA, but they wanted to have a scalp to hang on their belts. So he's looking at it from that standpoint that he thinks this was an elaborate setup designed to help Bibi Netanyahu and his political campaign. Did Netanyahu make some eerie comment a few days before suggesting that maybe the state of Israel would be victim of some sort of an attack? Oh, yeah, yeah, no, he did. And he's saying that they had intelligence to that effect.

33:45 And one of the first times, Mossad comes out and goes, no, we don't. He's not telling the truth. And then when this happened, he said, see, I told you. Yeah. Well, to me, it sounds like the guy just went too far. He's just ad-libbing. It wasn't meant to happen that way. Really, it makes no, if you're a pilot and that's your stated intent, then you're doing it all wrong. You're holding it wrong. That's not the way it's 1,300 miles. That's, you know, that's. You got to fly in a corkscrew around the target and then hit it like six feet off the ground. That's the right way to do it. No, not even that. Just on final approach and just cut the engines veer off.

34:26 There's no recovery. There's no recovery. There's no. plumber. No plumber can jump in real quick. The whole thing is sketchy. So in that post, I did find one guy said, no, that actually means dove. And another guy said, no, it actually means sauna. So he could be the sauna attendant, which I think is close to bathroom if you're in a sauna. So we don't. That's Larry Johnson. He's made the rounds. He's sort of like Ray McGovern. I'm always suspicious of someone who's ex-CIA. It's like, I don't think that really exists, you know, to be ex-CIA. We've definitely interviewed him before. He's not a big pro-gay, but definitely anti-Obama guy.

35:07 But even if you're ex-CIA, you can't just go on television. You can't just write books. I know my uncle, he wrote a book called Pot Shards, Donald Gregg, and he had to send it to the pickle factory. Code word. He had to send it to the pickle factory. And they said, okay, but you can't write about this. And I think it was his time in Japan or something. And they said, no, you can't write about that. And so he had to take it out of the book. He's definitely ex-CIA. He's 99 now. So God bless him. Interesting show note for the Judge Napolitano show. Napolitano's audio was super low. I had to raise it up manually. I don't know what's up with that.

CHAPTER 11 / 44 Discussion

CIA Workforce Buyouts and Russian Intelligence Risks

The Wall Street Journal reports that the CIA has offered a buyout to its entire workforce, providing eight months of pay and benefits to employees who resign. This move is part of President Trump's initiative to downsize the federal government. Critics, including sources speaking to CNN, warn that mass firings could create a pool of disgruntled former officers who might sell state secrets to foreign intelligence services.

cia· jesse waters· donald trump· buyouts· federal government· national security

35:48 But anyway, show note for those guys. Since we're talking about CIA. Show note. I have some notes for Judge Knapp. Okay. Yes. All right. Your audio got to wake up. Yeah. Fox Waters, Fox Waters on the CIA. It's like a before and after. So it's one of those shots where it shows him from 2025 and then Waters from 2026. But I cut it up into two parts. Okay. Just so we could compare. Now, what exactly is this about CIA? Well, it's about the CIA. So since we're on the CIA, might as well. All right, here we go. But Intel doesn't like being told what to do. When they saw Musk with the chainsaw dozing foreign aid, they started leaking to CNN.

36:31 If you doge us, there will be consequences. On the CIA's seventh floor, home to top leadership, some officers are also quietly discussing how mass firings and the buyouts already offered to staff risk creating a group of disgruntled former employees who might be motivated to take what they know to a foreign intelligence service. The CIA is telling CNN that if their funding gets cut, they're going to sell state secrets to Russia. Who the hell hired these Benedict Arnolds? The CIA is supposed to be filled with patriots, not sellouts. No, Catholics in action. That's what it is. And that was October 2025.

37:14 And then the next clip is him October 2026, which is this month, essentially. Fox News Alert, The Wall Street Journal is reporting the CIA has reportedly just offered a buyout to its entire workforce. Everyone in the agency is telling employees late today they can quit their jobs and receive about eight months of pay and benefits. It's a part of Trump's push to downsize the federal government more as we get it. Wow. How come I didn't hear? I didn't hear about that. That's crazy. Hidden in some Jesse Waters clip. Now, which that brings me to, we've got Trump,

CHAPTER 12 / 44 Discussion

Trump Teases October Surprise and Russ Vought

President Trump teased a "big surprise" involving Russ Vought, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Speculation suggests the announcement may involve the total dismantling or significant restructuring of the CIA. The hosts characterize these potential moves as "October surprises" intended to influence the upcoming midterm elections by demonstrating a victory over the "deep state."

donald trump· russ vought· omb· october surprise· deep state

37:53 big October surprise. Yes, very big. Director Russ Vogt, who's going to be making a tremendous announcement soon. Ross Wizrus, he's going to be making a big. Oh, I'm sorry. I played it out of order. Oh, they're basically the same thing. But go ahead and play the other one. One's at a rally, one's at a. Okay, I'll play this conference. We're going to elect a Republican House and Republican Senate. Stop the Democrats and the Communists. And we're going to do a number like nobody's ever seen. They have a big surprise coming. All right. So what's the big surprise?

38:30 Well, he's talking about this Russ Voigt guy who's office of OMB, Office of Management and Budget. Yeah. And maybe this is the buyout for the CIA. He's going to, I got rid of the CIA. They're done. Vote for me. I destroyed the deep state. I mean, that could be. That would be a pretty interesting October surprise that the CIA is taking buyouts from people and then going to drop by half or something. I don't know. It seems like we're going to have a lot of little October surprises and surprise lits. A little surprise list, like stocking stuffers. Not a huge present, just a stocking stuffer.

CHAPTER 13 / 44 Discussion

Trump and Putin Diesel Fuel Agreement

President Trump announced a deal with Vladimir Putin for Russia to supply over 300,000 tons of diesel fuel to the American and global markets immediately, with more scheduled for November. Trump claims the deal, combined with control of the Strait of Hormuz, will lower prices for farmers and truckers. The announcement has raised questions about the status of U.S. sanctions on Russian energy sectors following the invasion of Ukraine.

donald trump· vladimir putin· diesel fuel· russia· sanctions· energy market

39:11 This is the latest. They're going to go back to Eamon Jabbers in Washington, D.C. with some more breaking news. Amon. Brian, we've got a significant announcement here from President Trump who says he's just been on the phone with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. and he's agreed to a diesel deal with the Russian president. Here's what the President Trump says: I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 tons of diesel fuel to the American and global marketplace, another 500,000 tons during the month of November and 1 million tons immediately thereafter.

39:51 Additionally, based on the condition of their diesel refineries, Russia will then deliver within a short period of time 3 million tons of diesel fuel. The president goes on to say, between our total control of the Strait of Hormuz and this great announcement on Russian energy, diesel prices for Americans and indeed the world will be coming down in record numbers and fast. Lower prices for Americans, especially our great farmers, ranchers, and truckers, is my greatest priority. I want to talk about this in a second. First, here's the president with his announcement. I think you heard about the oil deal with Russia. That is a big deal. That is massive amounts of oil coming into our country. And I want to thank President Putin, to be honest with you.

40:34 We have massive amounts of oil being coming into our country, and it's diesel, which is what we want. So thank you. Well, we need oil for the world. And diesel, which is what we need. So we're very happy to get it. So, you know, I listened to this and I found the metric so strange. 300,000 tons. I'm like, why aren't they saying barrels, gallons? And if you go do the math, and it is diesel, so it doesn't have to be refined. It's like half a day of an American diesel usage.

41:16 And that's what I saw. But I had to search. And I'm like, CNBC, come on, CNBC. They just should throw it out. Oh, 300,000 tons, 500,000 tons next month. A million tons. Is that a lot? So go look it up. And I could only find one guy, I think. So the president here suggesting that he has cut a deal with Vladimir Putin of Russia to increase Russian diesel exports into the global marketplace, including Brian, to the United States. He says specifically here that the 300,000 tons of diesel fuel will be exported to the American and global marketplace.

41:54 Now, of course, the United States has put sanctions on Russian energy as punishment for Russia's invasion of Ukraine and as recently as last month passed the Lindsey Graham sanctions bill imposing additional sanctions on Russia. So what I'd like to understand, and we just haven't had time since the president has posted this, is exactly what the president's contemplating here with regard to U.S. sanctions. Is he lifting U.S. sanctions on Russia for this sector of energy, or is this some other arrangement that the president has come to? We're going to have to get a lot more detail on how this is going to work, Brian. But clearly, Russian energy has been sanctioned since the beginning of the Ukrainian war.

42:37 That's been a key part of geopolitical tension and geopolitical stream since the Ukraine invasion. And now the president's saying he's cut a deal with Vladimir Putin for the export of Russian diesel ahead of the U.S. midterm election. I put a big mute button on a huge mute button, man. I have three tabs open, and I'm like, where is it? I actually have six tabs open. Believe me, I can tell you've got six tabs open. You're already crackling. It's obvious. Let me close some of it. So what did happen immediately, diesel prices went down about 4% to 5%. And, you know, the question is, and that's kind of, you know, that's futures, but really future for this coming week, because it's just not going to make that much of a dent in supply,

43:24 particularly when you know the real reason for it, which the president did say. Zelensky could have settled this war many times, many, many times. And he chooses not to. Very difficult. It's a war that should have never been started. If I were president, if the election weren't rigged, I would have been president, and that war would have never started. But he could have settled it many times, and he chose not to. We said you can do whatever you want to Russia. Don't hit the refineries because that's a world problem that's caused. And he wants to make problems for the world. He wants to make problems for our farmers, our ranchers, with diesel fuel, because Russia supplies a large portion of the diesel fuel throughout the world.

CHAPTER 14 / 44 Discussion

Zelensky Criticized for Targeting Russian Refineries

President Trump criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for ordering strikes on Russian diesel refineries, claiming these actions exacerbate global energy shortages. Trump argued that Zelensky should have settled the war and held elections rather than creating problems for international farmers and ranchers. The hosts discuss the impact of these strikes on global diesel supply and the resulting price volatility.

volodymyr zelensky· ukraine· diesel refineries· energy crisis· donald trump

44:08 And we told him, do whatever you want, but don't hit the diesel fuel because there's a big problem, big shortage. And what does he do? He goes and hits the diesel fuel. He can do whatever he wants, but he can't do that. because we have a world problem. And the problem is caused by the lack of refineries for diesel fuel. So what does he do? He goes and hits refineries. Yeah, when he says he, he means the European Union, the UK. That's who's behind all this. I have the first part of that clip that I guess yours got cut off on you. Trump calls for Zelensky election. Well, I think he should have an election. And he could have settled this thing many times. And he should have an election.

44:49 Is that it? And he should have an election. Well, it keeps going, but it goes into your clip. He should have an election. So he thinks they should have an election. I think when he had Zelensky on a couple of years ago, he's like, oh, you're kind of a dictator. You get to have a war and then there's no elections. He's like, that's a good idea. But there's different tones whether it's metric tons or regular tons, but they say if it's metric tons, it's 310 to 318 million gallons. And we use about 123 million gallons a day. So it's two days. I was going to say, here's another CNBC guy. Let's just start with the news. I just get your reaction to it. I mean, obviously anything that's deemed to be positive in the energy complex is going to be well greeted by the market, whether it's a play for midterm votes or what.

45:33 Market doesn't particularly care as long as it sees the price of oil and gasoline go down. Yeah, I mean, very honestly, I don't like that it looks like Trump cut a deal with the devil, which is what I referred to, Putin. And politically, I'm not in favor of that. However, and I did see that it was a 20 cent per gallon reduction in the futures market in diesel right at that point, which helps 4 or 5 percent. The spokesman Anand, you know, the previous show said it was maybe two or three days worth of diesel.

46:13 Of course, it's supposed to be increased. It's not a permanent solution at all. It's sort of a short-term band-aid and cutting back on or eliminating sanctions on Russia for the invasion in Ukraine, I think is a very unfortunate consequence. I was watching the Promethean Action Ladies, who I really like. I respect them. But they connected this to the ICC Nobel Peace Prize, which I agree that Trump is hitting back and that

46:55 the rules-based liberal international order is doing everything they can, including making shipping insurance for one very large tanker. It's like $79 million a day, which of course is that's directly related to the price, even though there's enough oil flowing now. But I thought they fell short on this. I'm like, no, that's not a lot of diesel. They're like, well, look what Trump's doing. It's not a lot. I just don't see how that's going to do much more than this coming week. Well, you would think we have an... How much diesel do we produce here in the United States? I don't know.

CHAPTER 16 / 44 Discussion

Trump Sanctions International Criminal Court

Hours after Navi Pillai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Trump administration announced sweeping sanctions against the International Criminal Court. Senator Marco Rubio defended the move in a speech, stating that the U.S. does not recognize the court's jurisdiction over American citizens or service members. The sanctions aim to ban transactions with the court and protect U.S. sovereignty from "globalist experts."

international criminal court· donald trump· marco rubio· sanctions· sovereignty

51:13 But the subjectivity is baked right in. They're determining what genocide means. And there's a real definition of genocide. I just consider them all criminals, all these world United Nations people. I read a book about the United Nations a while back, and basically these are people that run drugs in the United States under the cover of diplomatic immunity. That's basically 90% of the book is drug running. Here's the president, obviously not pleased. I don't know what their decision is going to be. They have a reputation for maybe

51:52 not giving it to people like me, but whether I get it or not, I have done far more, and I think it would be a great discredit to them. And I'm not saying that out of scorn. I'm saying that when you settle eight wars and nobody's ever, I'll bet you if you look at the Nobel Prize, look, Obama got it, and he didn't do anything. He still doesn't know what he got it for. Here he is. Here's the. A former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Navi Pele dedicated her award to survivors of international crimes as well as to defenders of international justice.

52:29 Pele is a former judge of the International Criminal Court against which the Trump administration announced sweeping new sanctions just hours after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Pele with the prestigious prize. Today they gave out the Nobel Peace Prize to a person. I never heard of the person. Nobody did. It's a mystery person. How about this, though? I settled eight wars with letters being sent from every president and prime minister from all of those countries that I helped to stop. They sent them to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Norway, and I'm about to settle or win two more, Iran and Russia, Ukraine. We're going to get them. Okay. Russia, Ukraine. Hurry up with that.

53:17 And that's happening quickly. And I will tell you what, Iran will be very quick one way or the other. Either they give us everything or they don't exist any longer. They know that. Because that's how peace works. That's how it works. But incinerate you. The big thing was Rubio's speech in Athens. This was, hello, I want to be your next president. Did you see the styling of that thing? Oh, yeah, with the Acropolis in the background. The golden hour, the birthplace of democracy. And he was defending the West. It was the tone of his speech. Absolutely. But also, Greece is important for the Mediterranean, you know, keeping an eye on what China is doing.

54:03 But he, of course, also mentioned, like, ICC? No, I don't think so. For decades now, both Republicans and Democrats. Democrats have rejected the idea that the International Criminal Court has any power to prosecute American citizens, to prosecute military service members or political leaders, because America never joined the court. We don't need that court, and we don't want it. But now, globalist experts that are an ocean away, they don't care what you think. They want the International Criminal Court to do more, including the prosecution of American citizens and service members that are defending their country. They want to prosecute border patrol agents that are protecting our nation's borders, and they want to prosecute our elected leaders that are ensuring our national security.

54:45 They want more power, and they want it at the expense of our sovereignty as a nation. And President Trump will never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute Americans. And that's why today the United States is sanctioning the International Criminal Court. We will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling their ability to operate against us. This is Buffalo Besant, where he just kicks them off the dollar system, I guess. So they can't get any drug money. Because our message is clear: the United States and the American people are not subject to the jurisdiction of this fake ICC. I wonder how if you just go out on this. This is something you should do, Rob. Go out on the street.

CHAPTER 17 / 44 Discussion

Barack Obama Midterm Election Pitch

Former President Barack Obama released a video message urging Americans to get involved in the "most consequential" midterm elections in history. Obama's pitch focused on the concept of hope as a call to action rather than blind optimism, encouraging voters to support Democratic candidates. The hosts analyze the tone of the video, noting its laid-back presentation and questioning its authenticity in the age of AI.

barack obama· democratic party· midterm elections· hope· political activism

55:29 Yeah, go ahead. Go out on the street and ask people: you know, what do you think of the International Criminal Court? What do you think of the international rule of law? I wonder, I bet a lot of people just think that there is some international rule of law. Yeah, and they think it's good. They're like, of course it's good. It's international. Man, this is such a new speak. You were going to say something. This wasn't actually his Acropolis speech. Okay, that's what I was going to ask. Was that his Acropolis speech? Because it sounded like he was inside. No, no, that wasn't the Acropolis speech. I only watched the first, like, I was looking at him like, oh, that's a great shot. I saw him talking. It was, you know, the West, we need to defend the West with all our might. It was the basic premise of it. And I'm like, oh, that's a good speech there, Rubio. I don't see Vance doing that. I have his here.

56:11 Oh, but I do know why Obama got it. Oh, you do? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We have Obama Hope in midterms. So you can play that clip. Hold on. I got it. I'll be honest with you. I never imagined. I miss him. I miss him. I miss his oratory. I'll be honest with you. I never imagined some of the stuff that's been going on in our country lately. But I am energized by the millions of Americans who are taking a stand and demanding change, even when it's hard. That's what hope is all about. It's never blind optimism. It's grounded in a clear-eyed recognition that tough things happen and the world is deeply imperfect, but we have agency.

56:56 We make choices about what we stand for and what we believe in. So I'm asking you today to use that hope to make a difference. Get involved and help Democrats win one of the most consequential elections in our country's history. Because the most powerful office in this country has always been citizen. And right now, every one of us can help turn hope into action. Is this new? This is his pitch for the midterms? Yeah, that just came out. That was a midterm speech. And I was like, wow, this is kind of him sitting down. It's very laid-back. And at first, I'm like, is this AI? Did somebody put this together? Because now when I see anything, I'm like, is this AI?

CHAPTER 18 / 44 Discussion

Marco Rubio Acropolis Speech on Western Greatness

Senator Marco Rubio delivered a high-profile speech at the Acropolis in Athens, calling for a revival of Western strength and a rejection of national guilt. Rubio criticized modern ideologies that prioritize safety and mediocrity over excellence and achievement. He argued that the West has become ashamed of its exceptionalism and must reclaim the "fire of passion" inherited from ancient Greek civilization.

marco rubio· athens· greece· nationalism· western civilization· acropolis

57:39 I start looking at it. And you're not even talking to me. Adam's in bed still. Yeah, exactly. You were texting me this morning. I mean, your robot was, but we won't go into that. Deuce of Ferris, like. I said, I gave him the new link for the Curry Caster. It's Curry Caster 2. He says, oh, you mean, oh, I thought it was next Sunday or something like that. Oh, you were doing a funny on me, man. Yeah, I was doing a funny. So here's Rubio in Athens. Compare that to what you just heard from Obama. Now, I know that to modern ears, what I just described, this way of life may sound odd. It may even sound cruel.

58:19 The ideal of many ideologies in our time is frankly become a world of perfect safety, a world devoid of risk or failure, where neither the glory of victory nor the shame of defeat. Too often, these days, we build downwards. We design our standards to ensure that no one will lose. We preoccupy ourselves more with the comfort of the worst than the potential of the best. We hold the most exceptional things among us hostage to the average, the ordinary, the mediocre. The men who made the Parthenon, they built upward. They held that the highest and most noble aspiration in life was to surpass all others, to strive to be the best in all things.

59:03 The ancient Greek city city-states states. were filled. They were filled with intense passion and rivalry and faction and conflict. But from that constant struggle for distinction, from that came the great flowering of art and philosophy and political and intellectual energy that would transform a collective of Mediterranean cities into the birthplace of the greatest civilization in the world. The Thumas, as the ancient Greeks called it, the fire of passion, strength, courage, pride, is the heart of great civilization. And without it, without it, nations lose their will to fight, the will to strive, the will to survive.

59:45 The only thing wrong with this speech was the sound. He sounded tinny, there was no low end. It didn't sound like he was outside. It doesn't sound forceful. You know, the no like could have used a little compression. He continues. And maybe too much of the was that? Maybe a little reverb too to make it sound bigger. A little reverb. Today, too much of the West has forgotten. I need to build a reverb button into Curry Castle. I'm going to make a note. Over time, we in the West came to feel ashamed of the very things that made us exceptional. We felt embarrassed that our achievements set us apart from the rest of the world. Our prosperity somehow became a source of guilt.

1:00:28 We no longer believed we deserved and had earned our greatness. The word nationalism became a white people bad. And it earned our greatness. The word nationalism became a dirty word. And so we tore down our monuments. We condemned our own history. And in too many places, we taught our children to be ashamed of the countries they would inherit. That's right. In the process, we opened our borders and outsourced our industry and allowed our militaries to wither and to decay. See, this is the speech that Vance did in Munich. Was it now a year ago, almost a year and a half ago? But, you know, but I don't know, man. I don't know if. Does anyone care?

1:01:09 Does anyone really care about this? Am I the only one that looks at this and goes, wow, okay, he's really swinging for the fences? Well, I don't think anybody's going to care until two years from now. That's when people are going to start caring. Or a year and a half from now. Maybe. Actually, when it starts kicking off. Last clip, then. It is from the Greeks that the West inherited its sense of duty, an unbreakable loyalty to one's code, one's cause, one's country. Our heroes. The heroes of the West are those who choose to remain faithful to their duty precisely when it is most difficult and painful to do so. The man who is bound by his word, the soldier who will not abandon his post, the captain.

1:01:51 The troll room. Like, he needs a couple of John's noisemakers. Or are you talking about you? I don't know. I think Ruby's great if Ruby just had a noise mic. Anyway, it looked good and blocked the game. It definitely looked good. Great shot. It was a great shot. Yeah, you can't beat that. But him talking about heroes, we lost a hero this week. Do you even know the hero we lost great American hero? Who did we lose? Coach Ditka, Mike Ditka of the 85 Chicago Bears. No, Death didn't get any play. Do you have a clip? Oh, of course I have a clip. I have Mike Ditka ass whoop enhanced. Oh, excellent. He's fired almost as many verbal attacks as his team has wins.

CHAPTER 19 / 44 Discussion

Death of Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka

Former NFL player and legendary coach Mike Ditka passed away at the age of 86. Ditka was famously known for leading the 1985 Chicago Bears to a Super Bowl victory and was one of the few individuals to win a Super Bowl as both a player and a coach. The hosts play a classic clip of "Iron Mike" confronting a radio caller to commemorate his fiery personality and impact on American sports.

mike ditka· chicago bears· nfl· dallas cowboys· super bowl

1:02:36 He's publicly ripped his quarterback, a newspaper reporter, and now a fan who had some choice words for Iron Mike during a radio talk show. Why did it appear that Mike was holding back, trying not to cry like the baby that he is? Well, no idea what you are, I can't say on the air. But I tell you what, I'm 53 years old, and my office is at 250 North Washington. Anytime you want to meet me there, you call me back on the air. You tell me what time and when, and I'll whip your ass.

1:03:15 You got that, big boy? It's easy to hide behind a microphone, son. Let's get your face out in public and let's live where people have to see you every day, and we'll see who the gutless wonder is. Wow, the days before the days before social media. Big time. I did put the original in there so you could hear how bad it was, and Adobe cleaned it up very well. I was impressed. Fired almost as many verbal attacks. Where'd you get that from? That's a VHS recording. From the Wayback Machine. Okay. But yeah, he died. I think he was 86. And he won.

1:03:55 Yeah, big time. He won a Super Bowl as a player and then two as a coach with the Cowboys and then the 85 Bears, which were just dominating. If you remember that, that was like the Super Bowl shuffle. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the fridge. And yeah, the fridge. The fridge scored a touchdown. I mean, it was, it was, you know, the fridge lives near my in-laws in South Carolina, too. He's a, he's owns a brick playing company. And his house is the ugliest brick you could ever find. But I think it's like he was doing a house and they said they didn't want that brick. So he's like, all right, my house will be made out of this brick that you paid for. One more surpriselet, October Surpriselet, which I think you and I were on it really quick before the M5M had done anything with it.

CHAPTER 20 / 44 Discussion

Russian Biolab Plague Leak Allegations

Reports from Siberia indicate that a 28-year-old scientist, Daria Shepilova, died at the Anti-Plague Research Institute, sparking fears of a laboratory leak. While Russian officials claim the cause was pneumonia, local hospitals have been placed under quarantine with checklists for plague symptoms. The World Health Organization is seeking transparent information from the Kremlin, which has dismissed the reports as "fake news."

russia· siberia· plague· biolab· world health organization· daria shepilova

1:04:39 And this, of course, is the biolab leak. And here's ABC. The story of a Russian lab worker mysteriously dying. With a Brit, always suspicious. With a Brit on ABC. Why, why, why? The story of a Russian lab worker mysteriously dying of a suspected plague case is understandably attracting a lot of attention and worry. And a lot of the worry is coming from the lack of transparency from Russian officials. So what is it that we know at the moment? This began when local media first reported that 28-year-old Daria Shepilova, a scientist at the Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia, had suddenly died last week in a hospital in the town of Shelikhov in the Irkuts region.

1:05:21 Those reports suggested the cause was plague. Russian authorities then put out a statement that she had died from pneumonia from an unknown cause. That is obviously vague. At the same time, quarantines were imposed in several hospitals, which remain in force. Russian officials have denied that Shapilova's illness was related to her work or that there was an accident at the Anti-Plague Institute. They're generally downplaying the situation and still won't say what the illness was. But a patient at one of the quarantined hospitals shared this screening form with us that she says she was given. It says it's a checklist for plague symptoms. It says.

1:06:02 It says. So that's ABC, CNN ratchets it up a little bit higher. You worked directly with the number two in the Soviet biological weapons program in the 1990s, Ken Alabak. Now, he defected, and you worked with him. And you say that he specifically talked to you, Marshall, about the Irkuksk Institute, where this lab technician worked. Okay, so that means you know more about the history here at this place, this facility, than most anyone. What did he tell you? Well, we talked quite a bit about the Soviet and then the Russian biological weapons program. Ken, as you point out, was the number two in the clandestine program, and he did defect.

1:06:43 After working with Ken when I was in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff, I then had to deal directly with the head of their biological defense program when I was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for negotiations during the Bush administration. And what I can tell you is that if it's an organism that is able to kill human beings or even agricultural products, the Russians have looked at how to weaponize it. Yeah. They have weaponized all types of things. What's particularly concerning is the plague bacteria, which this lab worker is alleged to have died from. Now, so it went from pneumonic, not bubonic, but pneumonic plague to just plague. We're just shortening it now to plague. Yeah. Well, that sells, that's you sell tickets that way.

1:07:28 Plague. October surprise. That was one of their two main strategic weapons, the other one being smallpox. So any outbreak involving plague at a facility that was once associated and may still be associated with their warfare program deserves the international community to be demanding answers. Aaron, I will tell you one last thing on that. The team that the Trump administration has working this issue with the Russians is top-notch. Okay, of course. I don't think this guy's name was Ken. Can I just say that? The guy's name wasn't Ken. I can tell you that right now. Global News Canada. They got something to say.

1:08:07 The WHO says they don't yet have the full picture of what has transpired since last week when initial reports surfaced about a lab technician who died. The organization says they want more information from Russia so a proper risk assessment can be conducted. Timely, complete, and transparent information. There's our boy under the international regulations. A new local media report of a potential second case has been. This is it, Rob. We need the video. We need TikTok videos of the second case, the third case, get the tickers ready.

1:08:48 WHO officials say they need details. Dude, even I'm verified. Yes, especially since nearly 200 people were recently on. isolated. What tests were done, the results of those laboratory tests, the specifics around that? What further analysis is being done if the cause is not yet known? What contacts were put under quarantine or under follow-up? What did that involve? If the quarantine period is over. So far, the official assessment from Russia remains unchanged. What we have been told is that they had no case of plague registered in this area and that no high-threat pathogens were detected. With Russian officials casting doubt on how the media has portrayed recent events. Fake news.

CHAPTER 21 / 44 Discussion

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense Warns of Russian Labs

The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense at the Atlantic Council highlighted the lack of enforceable international standards for biological research facilities. Experts noted that Russia ranked poorly in a 2023 global biolabs report regarding oversight of dangerous pathogens. The segment explores the voluntary nature of the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention and the potential for AI to be misused in creating biological threats.

atlantic council· biodefense· russia· biological weapons· international standards

1:09:32 The vast majority of what the media are reporting about the situation is false information, says Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, saying people instead should refer to information from their national public health agency. The WHO's offer of help to support in the investigation remains on the table. And then finally, the New York Post, who just love a sensational story. A shocking suspected demonic plague outbreak from a Russian lab has left biosecurity experts scrambling to figure out what was wrong and reignited deep concerns about biolab safety. What's with the 70s porn music? Biosafety. Hey, biosafety, baby.

1:10:13 How secure are biolabs? Who is regulating them? And could AI help speed up life-saving research or cause mass destruction in the wrong hands? What? I'm JT O'Brien. I am AI. The associate director of research with the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense at the Atlantic Council. These labs and the oversight of that. There are international standards for these things, but they're not necessarily enforceable. So we're all vaccinated. Wait, can't the International Criminal Court enforce these standards? Come on, people. But they're not necessarily enforceable. So a country like Russia, there's no external entity that will validate whether or not they're being safe or secure or handling their dangerous research appropriately.

1:10:58 There's actually a global biolabs report that came out in 2023, and Russia was ranked toward the bottom in terms of their oversight of dangerous biological research or biological research in general. There is the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention. You could kind of think of it as the international organization that is supposed to oversee all of this, but it is completely voluntary. There is no verification mechanism, and there has not been one in place since it was formed in the 70s. Okay, so we'll see. We'll see. It's on deck. Anybody can grab this and use it. Oh, yeah. No, Plandemic 2 Russian Boogaloo is coming your way. I've got some analysis clips of the plague from Brett Weinstein.

CHAPTER 22 / 44 Discussion

Bret Weinstein Analyzes Potential Plague Pandemic

Biologist Bret Weinstein discusses the suspicious nature of the reported plague death in Russia, suggesting that a global outbreak would imply either a psychological operation or gain-of-function enhancement. Weinstein argues that wild-type plague rarely becomes a global pandemic in the modern era. He posits that if the incident scales, it may be a coordinated effort to manipulate public fear using a disease with a high fatality rate.

bret weinstein· plague· gain of function· siberia· pandemic potential

1:11:39 And this could be a very good thing. Analyst got anals. I got some anal. Brett Weinstein plague anal, which that seems to be the type of anal would be plague anal. A plague researcher who either with a vial of something. Oh, tell me Heather's on this as well. Is Heather in this? She just has a little bit. She gets a little bit. Yes, this reminds me of COVID. Do we have to mention that? Labscable or something that you brought up. Let's be COVID cautious, everyone. And Mascot back from the field had broken it. I think would immediately have gone onto Doxycycline or whatever the most appropriate antibiotic is, and certainly at the point of symptom onset would have done so.

1:12:24 Likewise, also the idea of, you know, yeah, people screw up, but, you know, in general, I think this was a fairly, it's like a BSL3 lab. You know, you would be handling these things, you know, carefully under a hood so that, you know, if you did break something, it wouldn't escape into your lungs. Anyway, there is something weird about the idea of broke a vial, contracted plague, died days later. That story doesn't quite add up. There's too much casualness. Yeah, it's just very just too, just too casual. I left her tag on there. It's very good. I like it. Yeah, I mean, put yourself in, you know, man.

1:13:03 I've been bitten by bats and the rabies becomes a... What is this revelation? Brett's been stay away from Brett Weinstein. He's been by bat. He's patient zero. You know, I've been bitten by bats and the rabies becomes a very prominent feature of your thinking. And, you know, it's just hard to imagine somebody being cavalier who works in a plague studying institute. We need some more information on this bat-biting incident, Brett Weinstein. How come Heather didn't go, yeah, I remember that. Yes, you were acting. I remember that. I was sucking out the poison. You were acting very strange for months. Yes. The question is, what should we in the outside world be thinking about? Yes. Is the fact that this shows up in our newspaper?

1:13:45 We should be freaking out. Is this the next we're not thinking right? COVID is this some kind of did he just use the C word? He did. He did. He makes an excellent point, though. You're going to like this point out. COVID is this some kind of pure nonsense? Is you know, is the fact that this comes out of a lab was it gain of function enhanced in some way that should worry us? So, what I wanted to say is, in general, you can be certain if this incident results in a plague epidemic that is of global concern, you can be certain something is wrong with the story.

1:14:32 And what is wrong could be one of a couple things. It could be that somebody is taking advantage of the social environment and they're going to use plague as an excuse for something, even though plague has no risk of becoming a global pandemic. I think we can say that for sure with respect to plague, you know, wild-type plague. Why? Because plague shows up. As you point out, there was a plague outbreak in Madagascar. It's not the only one. Madagascar is one of the more likely places for a plague outbreak. Plague outbreaks happen. How is one person contracting plague in Siberia any different than any other one person in any one of those outbreaks?

1:15:12 So the point is, if this one person in Russia, where we know immediately who patient zero is, turns into a global thing, it's one of two things. And it could be both. One is psyop. Wait, it's one of both things, but it could be one of two things, but it could be both. It's a global thing. It's one of two things. And it could be both. One is PSYOP, right? Somebody's using their fear of a disease with 100% fatality rate to manipulate us, or gain of function. There it is. Yeah, there it is. Yeah. Gain of function. Well, we just heard the Russians at the top notch.

CHAPTER 23 / 44 Discussion

Spike Protein and mRNA Vaccine Immune Suppression

Bret Weinstein explains a theory regarding IgG4 antibodies triggered by mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which may turn down the body's immune response to the spike protein. He suggests that a bad actor could theoretically engineer a pathogen with a spike protein "flag" to exploit the suppressed immune systems of vaccinated populations in the West. The hosts also note a recent surge in severe flu cases among public figures.

bret weinstein· mrna vaccine· igg4· spike protein· immune system

1:15:50 And the Russians said, that is all fake news, what you're getting. Fake news. Or as President Trump says, artificial news now. He calls it artificial superintelligence news. If you were going to modify a pathogen to make it into something with real quick. Let me set this up. So now he's like, okay, now if you were going to modify something, you would want to add this one little thing in there. And what's the one thing a lot of people have gotten around the world that are still living? Spike protein. There you go. You nailed it. You actually nailed it. Of course, Joe. If you were going to modify a pathogen to make it into something with pandemic potential, plague is a candidate with several things that would

1:16:37 lend to that. And if you were going to do it, enhancing its antibiotic resistance would be an obvious mechanism. It's still not a slam dunk that it would spread very far. Weinstein knows too much about this. He knows a little too much about how to do this. Did he get it? I'm assuming. I'm assuming he's sitting and thinking about this. But yeah, he could be the ringleader of all this too. The other thing, and I want to call people's attention to this, I do not think this is likely to have happened here. However, because we live in an era of psyops and gain of function and all of this, you think back to what I've said multiple times about the COVID shots and the fact that the COVID shots, especially if you had two or better yet, three of them, better, the

1:17:31 mRNA-based ones, trigger the production of IgG4. And you'll remember, IgG4 is the immune system's own mechanism for turning down an immune response. So basically, IgG4 is an antibody that turns down the recruitment of other white blood cells, like natural killer cells. Hey, whatever happened to everyone should be dead by now who got the shot? Remember that was like the big thing? Like by 2025, 2026, everybody who got the shot will be dead. Granted, a lot of dead people. They just got Mike Ditka. What do you want? So it's paradoxical that those shots, which were supposed to increase immunity, actually turned down immunity in response to the spike protein.

1:18:15 Now, what I said about it in prior discussions is that it is interesting that China and Russia did not vaccinate with mRNA-based technology. They did have COVID shots. They were not mRNA-based, so presumably did not trigger the production of IgG4 in response to the spike protein. So a bad actor who decided to install spike protein on a pathogen could, I think, rely on immune systems of people who were vaccinated. That is to say, people in Europe, people in the United States and South America who got the mRNA shots, you could trigger their immune systems to turn themselves down by just simply putting the spike protein on them as a flag.

1:19:03 I see. So, you know, okay. I don't know if his wife's buying it. No. You know, it's interesting. So many people now have flu, like bad flu, influenza A flu. Like Horowitz was out for. Horowitz. Yeah. He has fever for three days. Tallarico out for at least a week. And, you know, it's just like they did such a great job with that in the pandemic. Remember, there was no flu? Right. No flu, no flu deaths at all for 2020. And then it slowly came back. Yeah. And another interesting thing. Well, did Horowitz get a flu shot this year? I think, you know, I'll have to ask.

1:19:47 I think so. I think that's a lot of it. I think he's a flu shot. I think it's a big shot guy. Yeah, it just attacks your immune system. And, you know, you're better off just taking some vitamin C or something like that and just sweating regularly. You got to get out. Getting the flu. Yeah. Or you get a mild case of the flu. And okay, who cares? Yeah. But I thought that was, I did meet Brett Weinstein a few years ago at the Tucker Carlson event that Alex was at. And I did bring up, because I'm always listening to the No Agenda show, I did bring up the dog food aspect of his.

CHAPTER 24 / 44 Discussion

James Tallarico Flu Absence and Ken Paxton Criticism

Texas Senate candidate James Tallarico faced criticism from opponent Ken Paxton after canceling campaign events due to a flu diagnosis. Paxton and President Trump amplified rumors about Tallarico's absence, with Trump jokingly suggesting the candidate was sick from being forced to eat meat. Tallarico eventually re-emerged at the Austin City Limits music festival to dispel rumors and resume block-walking efforts.

james tallarico· ken paxton· texas senate· midterm elections· flu

1:20:27 I said, did you really try that dog food? And he started laughing. He goes, it looked pretty good, though. The dogs really like it. So here's the Tallarico story, which I thought was very poor form by that the president does it, but Ken Paxton is a very poor form what they're doing with this story. On Wednesday, September 30th, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate James Tallarico canceled an in-person appearance with the U.S. Hispanic Business Council. I was starting to feel kind of under the weather a few days ago, and last night it got so bad that I went to the urgent care here in Dallas and I was diagnosed with the flu.

1:21:07 Tallarico completed the hour-long event virtually and has not appeared at a public campaign event since. At President Donald Trump's San Antonio rally on Wednesday night, Tallarico's opponent Ken Paxton questioned Tallarico's extended absence. One, two, three. Where is James Tallerico? Dude, that's not a chant, man. Wow. That was really, he's running scared. He's doing that stuff. And I'm, you know, I think it's his people caught up in it. Like, go ahead and do a chance. That's what people want. Yeah, I've met this guy and he's wishy-washy. It's just, yeah, I don't like, I don't like him.

1:21:50 I don't like him. I don't like, I like Tallarico less for a whole bunch of reasons, mainly his inversion of Jesus and God. But this is such poor form. You know, there's a lot of. The only reason I like Paxon is because the Democrats who are actually Republicans here in Texas, the kind of the Senate's run by Democrats, but they put Republicans in. They went after him. And I'm like, well, if they're going after him and the guys leading this are not, they're not good people and they've never voted in Texas, I think. I think, well, I go, well, Ken Paxton must be doing something right if they're going after him. But I've never met him.

1:22:29 Well, he put a friend of mine in jail for 10. And the guy just, you know, ER doctor worked every day during COVID, made like $100,000 a year on the side with, you know, and he was recruited by his own recruiting firm. You know, it was Medicare approved. And then Paxton, you know, he makes a couple hundred grand on these medical braces. You know, he was looking at charts that were sent to him. But they put out a press release. Oh, yeah, $75 million. This doctor did it. By the way, Laura Logan just interviewed him. You should watch that interview. Oh, check it out. She went into jail. First time they've ever allowed an interview

1:23:11 in prison in Bastrop. Anyway, let's listen to this again. Tallerico's extended absence. One, two, three. Where is James Torrico? Perfect. Maybe we'll get an excellent job. The next day, Paxton's campaign asked for Tallarico to give, quote, proof of life, such as a doctor's note or a video of him holding things newspaper. You know, and they're saying he's in a mental institution. Of course, he shows up at ACL the next day. Actually, those videos look pretty AI to me, to be honest about it, but I'm sure he's alive. Rico's campaign said, quote, After holding more than 100 public events and meetings with tens of thousands of supporters, James came down with the flu, but will be back on the campaign trail soon.

1:23:55 That did not stop President Trump from amplifying Paxton's questions, posting on True Social: Bad rumors are coming out. He should immediately report to a debate stage against Ken Paxton, who is ready, willing, and able. And the president made it much funnier. Oh, he's got all this bad stuff. Now he's making it up. Now he says he loves meat, but he's a vegan. See, Milani, I got that right, vegan. He's a vegan. He wants to eat a piece of lettuce, a little piece of lettuce, please. But he's been seen. You know, you haven't seen him in a couple of weeks. I hear the guy's disappeared. Nobody knows. You know where he is? He's sick because he's been forced to eat meat for political reasons. And he's throwing up all over the place. He's sick.

1:24:42 See, that was a good idea. Trump's attacking the meat industry. Hilarious. Nobody can find the guy. He's gone for two weeks. See, that's okay. From the president. All right. That's shtick. But Paxton made it unfunny and lame. Well, yeah. I mean, Paxton doesn't look like he has a comedy bone. Now, is there anybody else we can vote for besides besides Paxton? You know, I should ask him. No, I don't think so. There might be a Green Party candidate. Let me. Why don't I ask the Book of Knowledge? There's a Libertarian. Let me see. Book of Knowledge. Who else besides Tallarico and Paxton can I vote for in the Texas Senate election in November?

1:25:26 Let's see what the Book of Knowledge says. I got to vote. Kiki Friedman. Kiki Friedman. Kiki Friedman. According to the Book of Knowledge, beyond Tallerico and Paxton, the ballot also carries asterisk Joshua Kane. Cayman Shafford asterisk. What? Stop with the asterisk. What is this? And Hans Trulson asterisk. All running as independents. This ruins it. There is also Ted Brown asterisk to risk, the Libertarian, a retired insurance adjuster from Austin who previously ran against Cruz in 2024 and pulled 2.4% of the vote.

CHAPTER 25 / 44 Discussion

Texas Senate Independent Candidates and Protests

The Texas Senate race features several independent and third-party candidates, including Libertarian Ted Brown and independents Joshua Kane and Hans Trulson. Meanwhile, a joint campaign event for Donald Trump and Ken Paxton in San Antonio drew significant protests. Trump claimed many of the protesters were "paid" by national enemies, citing the professional quality of their pre-printed signs.

texas senate· kiki friedman· ted brown· donald trump· political protests

1:26:14 Thus, it has darkened. You know, the Book of Knowledge has been hitting the bottle, I think. Asterisk. I got to talk to the Book of Knowledge about that. Asterisk. Okay, so there's other people. Who's this Ted Brown? Libertarian. Well, the flight tracker on people on X were saying that there was a flight out of Austin that went to Ohio for a week. You see that? To the Looney Bin. The mental institution. All right. Here's Tallerico, who re-emerges. State Representative James Tallerico, the Democrat running for U.S. Senate, is shutting down rumors about where he is. He attended ACL Friday afternoon, shaking hands with festival goers and posing for photos.

1:26:55 Republicans have been on the attack, saying Tellerico was missing because his last public appearance before ACL was virtual on September 30th. At that event, he shared that he had tested positive for the flu and his camp told. He tested positive. He was taking time to recover. Who takes a flu test? Tonight, Tellerico told us he is feeling well. I'm feeling great. It's great to be back here at ACL. The vibes are great. The music is great. And the weather is beautiful. So it's a good night. The vibes are great, man. And then they went door knocking. Well, State Representative James Tellerico is spending his Saturday on the campaign trail in Austin. The U.S. Senate candidate greeted supporters in East Austin this morning before they began block walking.

1:27:39 Now, it comes a day after his surprise appearance at Austin City Limits Music Festival. Before that, his last in-person public appearance was on September 29th in New York. Now, he was set to be on an event in Edinburgh on September 30th, but appeared virtually instead. Tellerico later revealed a flu diagnosis. Today, less than two weeks from the start of early voting, Tellerito Rico talked about the importance of door knocking. This is the most important thing you could be doing with your time right now. The political science is very clear. TV ads don't make much of a difference. Mailers don't make much of a difference. Even text messages don't make that much of a difference.

1:28:20 What makes a difference is neighbors showing up at their neighbor and telling them why this election is so important. Now, Tellerico did not speak to media afterwards. His team told us he had to get to another event. Those Republican champions. challenger, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, also made an appearance this weekend. He spoke Friday at the Texas Youth Summit near Houston. That's an annual gathering of influential conservative politicians, candidates, and other public figures. Now, he also spoke at a rally with President Trump in San Antonio earlier this week. Early voting in Texas for the midterm starts October 19th. So there were a lot of protests at this

1:29:01 Trump-Paxton event. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Yeah. Here, let's see. Let me ask you, is there anything like the Trump rally? Is there anything? I don't think. No, he's gone back home to mom right now. He's going to get the hell bowl. That's still about Tall Rico. Because what he doesn't know is that his mom voted for Trump. So this terrible fake. And he is a fake. He said all of a sudden he's a vegan. You know, my wife told me, sir. You have to do me just. Is that vegan? It's vegan. I don't know about that stuff. I'm not into it. And he said, it's vegan. My wife said, sir. Okay.

1:29:43 Here's the probe paper. You know, many of these protesters are paid, you know? Because you come in, and you know, they have like this perfect shirt on made by the best printer money can buy. And they all have, I love where they all have the same exact signs for pink and purple and blue and all different colors. And they're perfect, made by the same printer. Very expensive signs. They don't make these are paid protesters. They're paid by enemies of our nation. Professor Magdalene. Now, I'm telling you, they pay him for this. But do we have a good time? Okay.

CHAPTER 26 / 44 Discussion

Citizen Journalist Confronted by Protesters

Citizen journalist Charles Downs filmed a confrontation at a political rally where he was harassed by a protester calling him a "Nazi." The segment highlights the extreme vitriol and profanity present in modern political discourse. The hosts discuss the trend of labeling all political opponents as Nazis and the use of pre-printed "Impeach Trump" signs at midterm events.

charles downs· protests· nazi· midterm elections· political polarization

1:30:25 Speaking of printed signs, I have a clip from, it does have some language, though, though. I guess he's a citizen journalist, Charles Downs, and he's showing, he's doing, he's a selfie journalist. So he's got himself in the shot. And behind him, there are these pre-printed signs, and there's like six of them about impeaching Trump. But next to him, there's a guy with his finger about two centimeters away from his face, his middle finger, sticking it in his and calling him an effing Nazi. So I don't know if you want to play. Yeah, yeah, sure. It does have some language, though. Fair warnings about the printed signs. Yeah, fair warning. As President Trump says, he's literally on the ballot. You get to vote to empower these losers by allowing the Democrats to win the majority.

1:31:08 You're a Nazi. They will impeach you. You're a fucking Nazi. Nazi, Nazi, Nihil. Everything is a Nazi these days. You know, you know, Omachi? The OMARCH? Yeah. The operating system, GNU Linux operating system. So now I hear people like James Cridlin, who does the Pod News Weekly Review. He's like, well, I tried Omachi, but the Nazis can't get it to work on the Mac. Everything's the Nazis. Come on, man. Nazis! Nazi! Nazi! Nazi! Nazi! Nazi!

1:31:49 Nazi! Nazi! Nazi! Nazi! Nazi! Nazi! Nazi! Hey, what I got is the Nazi! Fuck you! See? This clip has no content, Rob. It's only language. You're going to hear the point. He finally gets to make his point because he's being shouted over. Okay. Yes. Impeach Trump. Impeach Trump. That's what they want. The African midterm election. Get out the vote, MAGA, or else you're going to be empowering this. Fucking sorry.

1:32:31 Oh, will we? Show your friends. Fuck this video. Show your friends this big bastard fucking Israel. Fuck you. Out to vote. That's all I can say. Oh, man. People are so mad. Yeah, a lot of anger. And all he was doing was showing some pre-printed signs. This guy wasn't yelling at anybody. And he's a definite. He's like a, you know, he's a Chudley Magatard type person. He's going to follow Trump wherever. Chudley. Chudley. Chudley Magatard. Okay. That's the new. Well, have you seen these Magatard videos of this kind of guy on his mobility scooter and stuff like that?

CHAPTER 27 / 44 Discussion

Mike Tyson Endorses Donald Trump at Rally

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson appeared at a Trump rally in Syracuse to offer his endorsement, stating he has known Trump for 40 years. In a subsequent interview with Piers Morgan, Tyson expressed respect for how Trump handles adversity and legal challenges. Tyson's support is noted as a significant cultural endorsement for the Trump campaign ahead of the elections.

mike tyson· donald trump· syracuse· boxing· political endorsement

1:33:12 Yes. Well, they actually found an actual guy that he's riding down as a big fag out of Red Mobility Scooter. Poor guy. Now he's getting roasted and he didn't do anything. He's just trying to live his life. But we did have Mike Tyson at one of these rallies. Did you know about that? No. Oh, he gave a really long speech. No, he didn't. I've got a clip of it from Trump or Tyson at Trump Syracuse Rally. Thank you. Thank you very much. No, that's not Tyson. I'm just happy to be up here with my president. And there's no way in the world I would ever be here if it wasn't for a president like Donald Trump. Thank you. Wow. Thank you very much.

1:33:57 I don't want to fight him. Okay, so how long were MS now? Says Tyson, wife beater, is a Nazi. He's not cheap. Not cheap. He's not cheap. Now, was Tyson on Pierce Morgan? He was on Pierce Morgan two days before that. And I thought, I'm like, this has got to be an old clip because somebody posted it. So I did the Grok. How old is this video? Yeah. Underneath that. There's been about 20 videos. Here's how you do it. At Grok, without spin and completely truthful. You've got to preface it by that. And with one word. Yeah, like I'm five. Another figure in the documentary, and actually he was the guy that put on the Michael Spinks fight, is Donald Trump, now President Trump.

1:34:41 You've known him a long time. You've known him 35, 40 years. Can you believe he's become president twice from the guy? I can't. You can't. That's why I can't because I voted for him. I ran the streets for him, you know, and getting votes. Yeah, I believe it. Tell Arico. What do you think of Trump? I'm very proud of him. He's somebody that everybody should be proud of for where he came. He started off bankrupt. You know, when he went for president, he was bankrupt. You know that, right? Yeah. He owe taxes. He owes so much money. Listen, if you didn't know who Donald Trump was and you didn't know his name, you would think he's black.

1:35:23 All his sex abuse and all that stuff that he went through. People don't normally go through that well. They normally have a nervous breakdown. He handled it. And that's why everyone has to respect him just from that alone. Just from the way he handles his court procedures and all his adversity. I respect that. I don't care if he behaves, guts, your race. I don't care what it is. You have to respect that just off the back. I did not expect to hear a Mike Tyson endorsement and going out there and stumping for him. That's a big fan. They actually had a moment before, you know, but you couldn't really hear near the helipad where the helicopter's blaring and they're trying to talk. Yes.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle Ethics Scandal in Greece

Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. Ambassador to Greece, is facing calls for resignation following allegations that she asked a donor to pay off a $100,000 American Express bill. Text messages suggest Guilfoyle offered access to senior administration officials in exchange for the payment. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while visiting Athens, declined to comment on the authenticity of the reports, which Guilfoyle's attorney disputes.

kimberly guilfoyle· marco rubio· greece· ethics· american express

1:36:04 Trump, we have really important questions for you. And all you hear is, but he was standing right there. He didn't really say much. I think he just stood there next to Trump, but they got on Air Force 2 and then took off to Syracuse. But Mike Tyson, and he did put up, I think the Michael Spinks fight was the fight where he won the championship for the first time. Well, now this is good because we're going to need a new ambassador to Greece. Oh, did she leave? Is she resigning? She's going to have to. I mean, this sounds so true to me. Tonight, new demands for President Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, to be fired over growing ethics questions.

1:36:48 A star in the MAGA world for years, she's the ex-fiancé of his son, Don Jr. Donald Trump will never stop fighting for you. Tony, that topic. I think that was the moment when Jr. went, babe, no. No. The screaming, it has to stop. Donald Trump will never stop fighting for you. Tony, that's how she orders dinner. Donor alleging she asked him to pay off her $100,000 American Express balance days before her 2025 confirmation hearing, offering to help the donor access senior administration officials.

1:37:27 She said to me she would be my ride or die. I mean, she was begging and pleading that I pay that $100,000. Legal consultant Eric Dieters said he had offered her $1 million for help drawing the administration's attention to a legal case he was involved in. Dieters shared hundreds of text and signal messages with NBC News that he says were with Guilfoyle. He says in this message, Guilfoyle sent payment instructions, writing, it won't show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express, but that he did not send it. She was so desperate for that $100,000. Guilfoyle's attorney has not responded to a request for comment from NBC News, but told the Wall Street Journal the ambassador, quote, disputed the authenticity of the messages without providing specifics.

1:38:11 Secretary of State Marco Rubio on a diplomatic visit to Athens, where he spent the day with Guilfoyle, dodging questions about her conduct. I don't even know if what you're reporting is true. You guys somehow walk around thinking that because some source told you something and you reported it. it's the gospel. It's not the gospel. But Democrats demanding Jill Foyle be fired. She is not qualified to be ambassador to Greece and she should be removed. I don't know. I think the qualifications to be ambassador is you meet with people and you're a representative of the country and you go to parties. Oh, yeah. No, is that what they do? No, no, it's a great gig. Absolutely. Oh, yeah. And Greece, it's got they got great beaches.

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Democratic Socialists of America Policy Agenda

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) unveiled a new platform calling for the abolition of the U.S. Senate and the replacement of the Supreme Court with a body subordinate to Congress. The agenda includes defunding the Department of War, implementing wealth taxes, and providing reparations. Senator Bernie Sanders commented that the movement reflects a growing disgust with establishment politics and billionaire influence.

democratic socialists of america· bernie sanders· capitalism· wealth tax· socialism

1:38:54 Yeah. Well, if you want to stay crazy, I've got DSA Crazies one. We might as well stay crazy. Yeah. I'm all for that. All right. Welcome back. The Democratic Socialists just unveiled a sweeping new policy agenda. It calls for a dramatic overhaul of all three branches of the government. They say on the plus side, you probably never have to pay a bill again. Take a listen. Oh. You're able to take a day off and not have to worry. And you don't have to have a job just to pay the bills because you don't have a lot of bills, right? Bills are no longer paying for it. Because there's not for-profit businesses that are constantly trying to exploit you and trying to

1:39:35 put you into debt. We wanted to lift up that demand very clearly and to state, you know, abolish ICE and ICE detention and deportations and punish the brutality of these federal agents. Correspondent Madeline Rivera has all the details for us here in the D.C. newsroom. Hey, Maddie. Good afternoon, Jillian. Besides those things, the DSA also calls for defunding the Department of War, reparations, and wealth taxes. They argue capitalism hinders freedom and that our current political system is not true democracy. Why do we have a Senate? Like a lot of people are going to see that and they'll be like, wait a second, why do I have a Senate?

1:40:12 Like, what's so great about the Senate? I mean, I can, I'm not sure about this, but I'm pretty sure the only popular senator is Bernie Sanders, and it's because he ran for president as a Democratic socialist. Why do we even have a Senate? Why do we even have a Senate? This is so good. They're selling themselves with all this talk. Because they were cutting to clips of people who were Democratic socialists. I guess it has 120,000 members nationwide. So they're like the biggest alternative party at this point, is what they're claiming. The next one has got Bernie Sanders, if you want to hear. Yeah, of course. The DSA is pushing for an expansion of the House, which they argue is a more accurate representation of the population.

1:40:54 And they want the Supreme Court to be replaced by a judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress. The new platform comes as the DSA hits 120,000 members, which they say is now the largest socialist organization in the country. The agenda will essentially serve as a rallying call as they try to build on the wins of left-wing candidates in recent primaries. Democrats are torn about how to tackle the rise of socialism within their party, but Senator Bernie Sanders says it's been a long time coming. We are seeing a real movement of the American people who increasingly understand

1:41:32 that we are living in a moment where never in our history have so few people, multi-multi-billionaires, had so much economic and political power. And all across this country, we're seeing a profound discuss. People are standing up and saying that establishment politics and establishment policies are not working. We need change. Oh, yeah. So, and this is, you know, this plays into AI. So here we are, an hour and 40 minutes. I finally got to it. I'm going to play these two clips out of order because this is where I think SI, I'm sorry, I keep doing it wrong, is going to empower the people to an incredible degree. We just, without quite seeing it yet. And this was on Ms.

CHAPTER 30 / 44 Discussion

Walmart Digital Price Tags and Data Collection

Walmart plans to install digital price tags in all U.S. stores by the end of the year, enabling price changes in seconds. A report from the Groundwork Collaborative alleges that Walmart intends to use these labels for dynamic pricing based on individual consumer profiles and real-time demand. Walmart denied the claims, stating they price products based on market factors rather than individual shoppers.

walmart· electronic shelf labels· dynamic pricing· data privacy· consumer tracking

1:42:17 Now, and it's about dynamic pricing. An explosive new report that focuses on Walmart from the Groundwork Collaborative, which is a public policy organization that advocates for consumer protections, reads in part: quote: Walmart plans to install digital price tags in all U.S. stores by the end of the year. These devices called electronic shelf labels, ESLs, can change prices in mere seconds. Using ESLs, Walmart can deploy price changes remotely in many stores at once, depending on the time of day, demand for the product, or even who is standing in front of the product in the store.

1:42:54 End quote. The report goes on to elaborate. Walmart is building the technology to compile intimate profiles of shoppers and use that data to charge them accordingly. Combined with the miles-long list of personal data it collects on shoppers outlined in its most recent privacy notice. These patents show Walmart building detailed consumer profiles and the infrastructure to deepen them, seemingly so it can cut people, so it can price price people. people, not products. The report alleges that Walmart has filed several patents that will supercharge its ability to track consumers in stores and online by accessing their phones to track their habits and locations.

1:43:33 Here's some of the information the report says the patents will allow Walmart to harvest. Now, I just got to stop here because what he's talking about, it makes it sound like Walmart is in your phone. Now, if you use the Walmart app, yes, of course. I wish people knew more. People don't seem to understand this. If you're using the Walmart app, most definitely they have all your information and your location because you granted that access. You signed the EULA when you installed it. But they make it sound like this is some secretive thing that they're doing. Everybody does this. Facebook, Meta, is the worst. The minute you install an app,

1:44:10 that's their whole business is you installing that app. Social media posts, demographics, your online browsing history, your movement within the store, and your engagement with ads. Now, for its part, Walmart denies that it is intending to deploy the patents in the way that the report alleges. In a posted statement to one of the authors, the retailer said, quote, your public statements repeatedly mischaracterize Walmart's pricing practices and use of technology. We price products, not people. What technology could do is not evidence of what Walmart actually does or plans to do. So I certainly believe that labels will change price labels, like what do they call it?

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Dynamic Pricing and AI Negotiation Agents

The hosts discuss the inevitability of dynamic pricing, comparing it to street vendors raising umbrella prices during rain. They predict a future where personal AI agents will negotiate prices with retailers in real-time, creating a deflationary effect. The segment also covers how consumers can use cost-per-ounce data to challenge automated price hikes at the shelf.

dynamic pricing· artificial intelligence· uber· walmart· deflation

1:44:53 EPL, electronic price label. That will happen, absolutely. However, let's just start with your app. Your personal SI agent is going to negotiate with Walmart. That's where it's going. Well, I can get it cheaper at Target. I can get the same produce. I can get the same products, but they'll get it cheaper. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We'll give it to you cheaper over here. It is going to be deflationary. I truly see this happening. The power that we're going to have, certainly when it comes to your own device locally, and it's not something that is run by the same people who own Walmart, it's going to happen.

1:45:31 It really is. Now, the thing, I played these clips out of order because this numb nut in MS Now gives probably the worst possible example of how dynamic pricing works. Have you ever been to New York, Rob? I've been to New York. Have you not seen dynamic pricing in New York? Yes, you have. Yes, you have. Oh. Because I saw this dynamic pricing in 1987 when I moved to New York to live. I was living there for working at MTV. Were you ever in New York when it rained? Oh, yeah. Okay. So the Asian guys put out their umbrellas and they're on sale for twice as much as they were 10 minutes ago.

1:46:11 Is that the dimension you're shopping? You're already out there starting to rain outside really hard. So you decide you get to get an umbrella. The umbrellas are in a little holder without anything looking like a traditional price tag or a sticker. Instead, the price is digital. $20 for the umbrella. Digital? There's dudes on the streets who are like, I'm brought up $20. $20. I said, it's raining heavily. The goldfront came in. I got a scarf and hat. What you don't know is that hours earlier when the weather was dry, the umbrellas were selling for $10. Yes, we've known this for decades. Because of something called dynamic pricing, which relies on tracking customers' shopping habits and impulses, and in this case, the weather, among other things, the retailer used an automated system to hike the price on the fly.

1:46:54 The same system may lower the price of the umbrella again the next day or even later that afternoon when the rain dies down. How dumb do they think their audience is? This is insulting. And that's probably the most benign version of retailers' potential to deploy technology to manipulate the prices we pay. Technology? We didn't even use the internet when they were doing this. On the other extreme is prices changing for you, not because of what's going on around you, like the rain, but because of you and how much money you make and your spending patterns. And this has happened. I've noticed this for a long time. Uber does it. I've never used Lyft, but Uber, I know that they would just

1:47:34 peak times, but also just Curry. Oh, it's Curry. Okay. Oh, yeah. Oh, he lives over there. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're going to charge him X amount. And if he pays it, then we'll charge him that next time. We'll try a little bit higher. I saw it all the time when I was living in Austin. And now, what is it? Muse will negotiate. It'll arbitrage Uber versus Lyft. That's just the beginning. That's why Amazon blocked access. We can't have that. This is going to be deflationary and very powerful for people. I agree. And I have a low, lo-fi version of negotiation. And a guy was showing this.

1:48:14 this. He was looking at these dynamic price tags and they were going up and down. But what's not changing, the price is changing, but not the cost per ounce of, say, a food item. So that has the cost per ounce at 6.3 cents and then it's 16 ounces. And he's doing the math right there and showing, oh, they're charging you $3 more than what the cost per ounce is. So you take a photo with your camera and then you bring it over there and you go, you're overcharging me. Now you're going to give me this and this for this price. And I want some coupons. Tip of the day. You should have waited. You should have waited. This is the tip of the day. Anyway, things are not looking rosy in SI land. But we begin now with this OpenAI news that is moving the technology market.

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OpenAI Revenue Discrepancy and Market Reaction

A Financial Times report suggests a $20 billion discrepancy in OpenAI's reported revenue numbers, causing a downturn in tech stocks like Oracle and Broadcom. While OpenAI claims annualized revenue is approaching $50 billion, previous reports suggested figures closer to $70 billion. The uncertainty has cooled investor enthusiasm for the massive data center build-outs required to power AI ecosystem growth.

openai· financial times· revenue· oracle· broadcom· data centers

1:48:59 Kate Rooney has the breaking details. And Kate, I know we don't have a whole lot, but they seem, the headlines seem big on the surface. Yeah, and Brian, we did also get a market reaction. So the market has been digesting this headline that we're getting from the Financial Times. Oracle was lower. Broadcom, the entire NASDAQ did hit it on the FT report that there is a potentially $20 billion discrepancy between OpenAI's revenue numbers. They say that this was, according to a single source. We have not confirmed this, and OpenAI has not commented, but it is clearly having a market reaction. They, according to this report, told investors that the annualized revenue, so that is sort of the current month revenue extrapolated out for the year.

1:49:42 It is a common financial metric that we're seeing in AI. They say that's approaching $50 billion at the end of September. You flash back to a couple weeks ago, many have reported it was close to $70 billion. And we'll say from multiple sources, that's what we have heard, that it was around $68 billion when you look at the annualized revenue. We talked to Sarah Fryer just last week. She did confirm on our air that the growth rate was up about 70% quarter to date. So it does sort of conflict with what we have heard. The difference, according to this report, comes down to accounting. And they also talk about growth looking strong, but it is, these revenue figures are overall just critical to this entire data center build out.

1:50:23 So anything that could pour cold water on AI demand, especially as Open AI is such a key player in this ecosystem, you know, there's the demand picture. There's also the fact that most of the major tech companies at this point, some of the biggest in the world, are investors in OpenAI. So you've got Amazon, you've got Microsoft, you've got NVIDIA. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No mention of the $560 billion in contracts they have to pay. And can't get out of. And can't get out of it. This is going to be so good when it's all on your own device. It's going to be great. But will we be afraid?

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Hollywood Films Target Tech Titans and AI

A wave of new films and documentaries is targeting major figures in the tech industry, including a scripted movie about Sam Altman's brief exit from OpenAI. Aaron Sorkin is developing a follow-up to "The Social Network" focused on Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, while Alex Gibney has released a four-hour documentary on Elon Musk. Polls show that such media significantly influences public concern regarding AI and data center construction.

sam altman· mark zuckerberg· elon musk· aaron sorkin· alex gibney

1:51:01 All the pre-programming is out, also part of the midterms, the movies. With the debate raging about dangers of big tech and AI, Hollywood is weighing in with a negative take. The same tech titans discussing how to address the dangers of the AI they've created are now the subject of high-profile films. Yeah, no wonder Hollywood is against it. I wonder why. What are they afraid of? What could Hollywood be wondering about? Artificial, a scripted movie about Sam Altman and his brief ejection from the CEO role at OpenAI, premiered at the New York Film Festival in early October ahead of the film's Christmas Day release. And the trailer has been drawing attention. I did see the movie trailer. I mean, it looks like an awesome movie, but I appreciate people's creativity and I really do support that.

1:51:44 But this is like a big thing, and I get why people have anxiety. And also, if they need to like project that anxiety on someone or have like a little bit of relief in Pokemon, it doesn't bother me. The film's path to the big screen wasn't easy. Amazon MGM was the original producer, but looked to sell the rights a few months after Amazon announced its $50 billion OpenAI partnership, a potential conflict of interest. So then there's also the Zuckerberg and the Musk films. Then on October 9th, a pair of movies take on Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Sony is releasing The Social Reckoning. Aaron Sorkin's take on the Facebook files whistleblower Francis Haugen.

1:52:22 A follow-on Sorkin's Oscar winning hit the social network in 2010. The film follows Haugen's 2021 release of internal Facebook documents, which showed the company's knowledge of societal harm to users. It was really magical getting to see these little moments where like I came in knowing some things for sure and there were other things that we knew were known unknowns. And watching the Jeff character and the Francis character figure out how to connect those pieces together, it brought back really warm memories for me. So I feel like it captured the spirit of that time period. That same day, Alex Gibney's four-hour Elon Musk documentary will be released by independent studio Bleecker Street.

1:53:00 Early showings drew critical acclaim and criticism from Musk. Musk writing on X that the film is a, quote, hit piece and lacks any integrity whatsoever. Elon Musk is one of the most controversial figures in the world. So I decided to make him the subject of my next film. I see these characters as being a new type of stereotype, right? So I see them as replacing the mad scientist character. I call them the capitalist tech messiah. They innovated something, but then they decided that that makes them the smartest person in the room. They're the ones who are going to be able to solve any problem that faces the world.

1:53:39 And, you know, now people are pushing against that. And of course, the propaganda is paying off. Historically, movies, both scripted and documentaries, have been cited as impacting public perception. The 2004 blockbuster, The Day After Tomorrow, and Vice President Al Gore's 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, are both cited as drawing attention to climate change. And 2013 documentary Blackfish was credited with changing perceptions of SeaWorld and marine mammal captivity. Movies are an incredibly persuasive media. Stories are incredibly persuasive. Day After Tomorrow, that did more to raise awareness of climate change than anything ever had.

1:54:21 These films come as the public grows increasingly concerned about AI's societal impact and increasingly opposed to the data centers that power AI. A recent Quinnipiac poll showed 73% of Americans are either very concerned or somewhat concerned that AI could threaten human survival. While a September Pew Research report showed 54% of Americans think data centers are bad for the environment, up from 39% in January. And 65% of registered voters oppose data center construction in their communities. With the growing conversations about the potential harms of AI, these films could play into concerns and influence public opinion even further.

CHAPTER 34 / 44 Discussion

AI Apocalypse Bug Out Bags and Portable Power

New York City firefighter Jason Charles showcased his "bug out bag" designed for a potential AI apocalypse or extended power grid failure. The kit includes a solar-powered EcoFlow generator, tents, and tools for survival in the woods. The hosts critique the practicality of carrying heavy batteries during a city-wide evacuation, suggesting that hunkering down with security is a more viable strategy.

jason charles· bug out bag· ecoflow· survivalism· blackouts

1:55:03 Yes, in time for the midterms. Yes. Yeah. Well, this Gibney guy, I've seen, I guess the BB Files is a movie he did, which I think I talked about it last time I was on. I mean, the corruption charges were: oh, he got cigars and whiskey and whiskey and his wife got flowers. I'm like, really? That's what it was. So I missed a grand opportunity for an exit strategy here. A really big one. I'm kind of mad about it. And the New York Post had the guy who's figured it out. This is Jason Charles, New York City firefighter. And he's showing his bug out bag for when the AI Apocalypse Doomsday comes.

1:55:44 Oh. And I'm like, oh man, this is an obvious one. My name is Jason Charles. I am a New York City firefighter. This is my bug out bag, and this is my solar generator or portable generator, if you will. And I have these devices and bag because if there's an emergency somewhere or there's a blackout, I'm able to sustain myself for a couple of days. This is also to get me out of the city should I need to leave the city. So in the backpack is a tent or a hammock, one of the two, depends on how I feel.

1:56:21 I have food, water, axe, fire-starting kit, things that are going to make my journey a little more pleasurable versus a straight nightmare. If you don't have any of this stuff, it's going to be a straight nightmare. But if you do, it's sort of like you're camping, but on the road. Though I wouldn't stick to the road, I would absolutely probably stick to the woods as much as I can. Here we go. So the EcoFlow is a portable generator, if you will. This charges by the sun, or you can plug it into the wall, or you can use your car charger, which I heard this. I'm like, oh, man, of course. Device against because it takes too long. Call it a generator instead of a huge ass battery. This is going to sustain you for some time without power.

1:57:05 Power. A lot of people are starting to buy these now, especially people who live in a blackout country because it runs silent. You don't have to worry about using gas. You have a renewable source, which is the sun. And this is going to run a lot better. Now, gas. Hold on, hold on, one second. What are you even going to need that for if there's blackouts and everything? There's not going to be any cell phones. You've got to charge your devices, man. Yeah, like what devices? Do you need your projector? Do you need your radio? Yeah, you're going to need all your stereotypes. Your devices. And you know how heavy those things are? This might bug out batteries. It's absolutely better because it's more power, but it also makes a lot of noise. This doesn't make a lot of noise other than the fan kicking off on to cool off the elements inside.

1:57:46 I see these all the time. Does Alex sell these, the Patriot generator? I've seen this one around. We sold a battery one time that would also jumpstart your car, but it was a small battery. It worked. That was cool. Those things were cool. But that was, okay, jump-starting your car, sure. Yeah, that's what you need it for. Ecoflow. You're not getting out of the city, bud. buddy. You know, you better move before this thing happens. Let me just tell you that because you're not going to get out of the city. You're not going to get down the block. It's going to be mayhem. If something, if the power goes out for longer than three days, it's total mayhem. You just better hunker down. And you need a gun. You don't need an axe. Exactly. It's a firefighter. Well, I don't have an exit strategy. Thursday, I will talk about my exit, which is coming.

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Vivian Kubrick and Full Metal Jacket Music

Rob Dew discusses his acquaintance with Vivian Kubrick, the daughter of legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. He highlights her work composing the eerie score for the final scenes of "Full Metal Jacket" and her unique habit of wearing GoPros on her forehead during interviews. The hosts recall her presence at historical events like the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination.

vivian kubrick· stanley kubrick· full metal jacket· film score

1:58:31 Yeah, we have our 19th anniversary coming up. And not the no agenda show. No agenda show is not going anywhere. But I do want to give people a heads up on that. What else you got, Rob? Okay. Well, you know, we did, I guess, one-third of my segment clips that Vivian Kubrick sends me. Is Vivian family of the Kubricks? She is the daughter of Stanley Kubrick. I think the youngest daughter. One of her more notable compositions is at the end of Full Metal Jacket when they're getting shot by the sniper.

1:59:11 Yeah. And they're in the abandoned building. It's got this real eerie music. And she actually composed all that, which I'm like, that's some of the best music I've ever heard for a film. And so she's very talented. She's been to our studio a few times. We met her at the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination. She was hanging out, and at some point she came up and introduced herself. And so I've known her, I guess, since 2012 or 2011, whenever that was. And she's come interesting filmmaker. She likes to attach GoPros to her forehead when she's doing interviews. With the suction shop. And she's talking to you, and she's, you know, but staring at you with this camera right in your face.

CHAPTER 36 / 44 Discussion

Tina Peters and Trump Election Integrity Meeting

Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters met with President Trump in the Oval Office to discuss election security and the use of foreign-made parts in voting machines. The discussion referenced a finding by the Department of Homeland Security that machines containing components from China and Russia are compromised. Trump is reportedly considering federal action to secure elections if Congress fails to pass the Save America Act.

tina peters· donald trump· election integrity· homeland security· voting machines

1:59:52 And it's very disconcerting. You're like, I don't even know what to say. You know, you're like, the camera's right in my face. Why not give off to the sun? Get the meta glasses, girls. Check the calendar, please. Well, it was before. That was 2020. She did, it was the election night, and she was there interviewing us on what was going on. And before I think the results had been announced, because it took days to get these results, weeks or months and years and all that stuff, which I do have. Okay, why don't we go to Ed Martin, who is a former special prosecutor for Trump on election security? I have two clips from him. Well, let me break some news. This is a big deal, Eric. And you're the first person that knows.

2:00:34 I'm going to say something. Just hours ago, maybe two hours ago, Tina Peters, you know, from Colorado, was in the Oval Office meeting with the president on election integrity, and they were talking about the plans. And the one thing that they know is that Secretary Mullen of the Department of Homeland Security came out in late August and conceded and said, as a matter of law, a finding that there is the machines for voting, the election voting machines use parts from China and Russia and foreign places and are therefore compromised. That's what Mullen said. That finding, when he finished that finding, he then said, and I have a billion dollars to help you states to do something other than use machines that are compromised.

2:01:16 And again, my point is this: you talk about local. It is a local election. I ran the election board in St. Louis. There's local control. However, the laws that govern the system, like safety and national security, are federal laws. And so when Tina Peters, you know, famous Colorado clerk, was in the Oval Office today, just two hours ago, talking about this question. The president's taking it seriously. If the Congress won't pass the Save America Act, and they won't, then the president's going to have to do what he's going to do. And it is not a local issue when it's national security and it's clearly national security. So what did he just say? Well, she was there and she was talking about an issue and he's seriously thinking about it.

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Fox News Settlement and 2020 Election Litigation

The hosts review the $787 million settlement Fox News paid to Dominion Voting Systems, characterizing the litigation as "lawfare" intended to suppress discovery of business practices. They argue that many 2020 election cases were dismissed on procedural grounds rather than the merits of the fraud claims. The segment emphasizes the role of "artificial news" in shaping public perception of election security.

fox news· dominion voting systems· lawfare· 2020 election· maria bartiromo

2:01:56 I think what they're going to do, they have a task force with the head of Homeland Security. I think they're obviously going to say there's some shenanigans going on if they catch him. But we said there's people that were saying that in 2020, and we never, they're always like, oh, well, they went to a trial. No one ever went to a trial in any of these. And that's the second part of the clip that he talks about because the judges would go like, well, we don't have the merits. We don't have the jurisdiction. There's always a way out for the judge to punt. And so I don't think we ever got any clarification on a lot of stuff going on in 2020. That's what I feel. But that's his, but yeah, whatever happened right there. Whatever happened to the quantum dots.

2:02:37 The quantum dots. There was the watermark. There was the burst pipe in Atlanta. Yeah, now you're talking about it. There's a lot of weird stuff. I think a lot of it, what happened is they mail in ballots, lots of mail-in ballots coming in. And anybody can harvest. They showed people harvesting thousands of ballots for people because they put cameras up on where these ballot locations locations are. were and they were able to access it. And then the other thing was when they're running these cards, if they screw up. And I learned this from a guy in his last name is Favarito, and he's a big investigator in these elections. And Garland Favarito. They run it, and so they get to like 98 of 100 of a batch of 100.

2:03:19 And then they go, oh, we have a bad ballot. And then they're supposed to reset the system. But if they don't reset the system, then they just run them all through again. They run the ballots again. Yeah. So they were just able to keep running ballots over and over again until they got the desired. You know, you don't run out of votes that way. So you could just keep getting Biden votes. So it's going to be another shit show. We know that. I can't, you know, it's going to be awesome. And we'll be at the Onion Studios in Central Austin, Texas. Reporting live. Reporting live. Reporting live. Yes. All right. Clip two. Four weeks from today. We have an election that has to be safe, has to be secure because it's the direction of the country. I'm kind of chuckling because now correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Fox settle a lawsuit for $787 million

2:04:03 because they someone, Maria Bernaromo, even who they've let go recently, said that some of these voting machines were compromised because Venezuela, wherever, but they were compromised and they settled. They lost almost a billion dollars. They agreed instead of going to court. Am I missing this? No, no, look. I mean, that whole apparatus was done, and I would say it was done as a kind of lawfare thing. They rolled up these people and these companies and they settled because they were afraid of what? They were afraid that the legal system was going to manipulate them and expose all their business practices and Fox News emails and all that. And the point here is, underlying it was an actual dispute over the systems, right?

2:04:46 And yet you weren't even allowed to get to that. It's like when people say the 2020 election, it was on the up and up. There were 62 cases and none of them found fraud. None of them got to the merits. And yet the talking point and the artificial news, you know, Trump called the fake news artificial news, has been spinning us to believe a lie. And, you know, Erica, you know, you know, you're a powerful communicator for these decades. People are persuaded. You can persuade them. And in this case, for 10 years, they've been saying something about Trump and about the elections that has just been lies. It's lies, man. It's all lies. It's all lies. Just lies. I want to end

CHAPTER 38 / 44 Discussion

Milan Mazurek Speech on European Migration

Slovakian politician Milan Mazurek delivered a viral speech in the European Parliament, blaming "progressive liberals" for the destruction of Western European cities through uncontrolled migration. Mazurek praised the restrictive policies of Slovakia and Poland, contrasting them with the unrest seen in France and Germany. He called for mass deportations to restore order and protect Central and Eastern Europe from similar outcomes.

milan mazurek· slovakia· european union· migration· mass deportation

2:05:24 with this clip that came from the European Union. You might have seen it. The guy from Slovakia, young guy, like a millennial, Milan Mazurek. And he is telling the, of course, we have France in flames. Germany has tamped it down. The Netherlands, everyone's unhappy. The immigration system is just, it's out of control what's going on. And here is the new generation of politicians in Europe. Send them back. That's for you, progressive liberals. Send them back. It was you who destroyed Western Europe.

2:06:02 Look at the state of Western European cities. They are in flames. Why? Because they are controlled by violent criminals, rapists, murderers, and radical Islamists like Muslim Brotherhood. Who let those people in? Who supported them? Who created all of this environment? Did you see the video from France? Young people of migration descent calling for killing of police in the name of Allah. Are you happy about that? Are you satisfied to finally see such a thing? Why we don't have it in Slovakia? Why we don't have it in Poland? What is the difference? We did not follow your insane migration policies. But you are not satisfied only with the destruction of Western Europe. You want also the destruction of Central and Eastern Europe.

2:06:47 And that's why you are forcing us into acceptance of the same people that destroyed the West. The same people who are raping women and children in the streets of Western European cities. We need to defeat you and start with mass deportations from Europe. There you go. Now, I just wanted to contrast that with how you win elections. They're eating the dogs. That's the only thing you need to say. You don't need to go into all the detail. Just tell them they're eating the dogs. They're eating people's pets. That's all you need to do. Tell me like I'm five years old. That's what he does. All right. I'll let you play the last clip here, Rob. All right, whatever you want. I have two, so I'll give you the ones. No, you can two. Of course.

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Lab-Grown Eggs Approved for US Markets

Federal regulators have approved lab-grown eggs made from gene-edited mold, which are reportedly being sold at major retailers like Walmart and Target. The product is created in fermentation vats using a process that is cheaper than traditional poultry farming. Critics warn that these "factory fungus" products are often hidden in packaged foods without clear labeling for consumers.

lab-grown food· walmart· target· gene editing· food safety

2:07:29 Let's do too manyfake.com. It is now confirmed. Lab-grown eggs are federally approved, and Walmart, alongside Target, are already selling them. The proteins are out of gene-edited mold and cloned on repeat because a steel tank costs less than a hen. They're brewing eggs with no chicken in sight and slipping them onto your breakfast plate. That egg isn't real food. It's factory fungus. They sliced it the gene for egg protein, then dumped it. All you need is... But here's the thing: here's the thing nobody will tell you about into giant fermenting vats and fed on sugar until it swells into a wet, moldy soup.

2:08:10 And it gets worse. That cloudy sludge is blasted into dust ton after ton, padded out with plant filler and passed off as egg white, then buried in packaged food under labels that never say so. At Walmart, two or more of these lab egg products already sit on the shelf. Really? Are they really sure? That's what they say. Are they doing dynamic pricing? One dollar or two dozen. Too manyfake eggs.com. All right. I don't know if they can make the eggshell. So I think what they're using it is like a powdered type egg. That's what you get. A powdered egg slurry that you mix in with your stuff. The other is a memory storage price surge, which will lead into my actual clip of the day.

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Data Center Demand Drives Storage Price Surge

The cost of digital storage media, including SD cards and SSDs, has seen a massive increase due to the demand from AI data centers. A 256GB SD card that cost $74 in February 2024 now retails for over $200, while high-capacity hard drives have nearly doubled in price. The hosts advise listeners to purchase storage hardware well in advance of their needs to avoid "data center inflation."

ssd· hard drives· data centers· inflation· supply chain

2:08:52 In February of this year, I bought a 256 gigabyte San Disc SD card for $74. Okay. The same SD card. Over $200. I mean, this is a major increase. So February purchase this year was $74 and it is now $220. What's wild is I too actually made a storage purchase February of this year. So this is a really good comparison. I bought a four terabyte hard drive and the price was $575 and some smoothie straws. But we're focusing on the hard drive. It was $5.75. And I looked it up and look what the price is now.

2:09:34 It is now $800 for a used one. Mine was only $5.75 and it was brand new. So what is causing the increase in storage drives? Well, of course, it is the data center demand. Because Puppy Fields and all data centers need an enormous volume of SSD drives. So that is what is driving up the cost for everyone else. Okay. No, you don't get clip of the day for that. No, you don't. You don't deserve a clip of the day. What is causing all these fake eggs? Data center demand. All the data out. The data center demands. My clip of the day is: buy your hard drives two years before you need them.

2:10:16 There you go. It's not really a clip, but you can go to memory price trends and see where the price is going. I think one of them is called PCAPartPicker.com. And I'll give you the other one, RamRadar.app. You can look at and see where these are good tips. So you could just see where they're at and go, okay, it's now's the time to buy. Or maybe I can wait a month. I found a drive in my drawer the other day, a five terabyte USB-C external hard drive, the late Lacy Rugged that have the nice orange padding around them. Is it Lacy or Lassie? I always wondered. I always say Lacy. I like Lassie. I like Lassie. Come here, girl. Come on, girl. Lassie. Here he's in the wild. And right now they sell them for $359.95.

2:10:59 Two years ago, I bought it for $160. So buy your hard drives two years before you need them. It's the data centers. We blame everything on the data centers. Rob Dew, thank you so much. I appreciate you jumping in once again. And you'll come on before the end of the month, right? We'll do at least one. Definitely. Okay. Definitely. Thank you, brother. God is good. God is good. All the time. And long live JCD. There you go. We'll be right back with your donations. You keep a yellow pad beside the couch. And let me lay the headlines out. You ask, what did you see and what's the source? Then draw a line between the claim and course.

CHAPTER 41 / 44 Discussion

Value for Value and No Agenda Art Contest

Adam Curry explains the "Value for Value" model that powers the No Agenda show, thanking producers for their contributions of time, talent, and treasure. He highlights the exceptional artwork of Tyler Brown and encourages listeners to participate in the art contest at NoAgendaArtGenerator.com. The segment transitions into the donor thank-you portion of the program, acknowledging the community's support following the passing of John C. Dvorak.

value for value· tyler brown· no agenda art· podcasting· dana brunetti

2:11:41 You know the rumors every polished pitch. But never call a hunch a smoking switch. You let me name the fear beneath the spin. Then ask what would change my mind again. One hand on the volume, one hand on the facts. We take the story apart and put the pieces back. My conspiracy therapist knows the whole parade. The whispers dressed to certainty, the story's tale I made. We sought the signal from the theater, the proof from the refrain. And I leave with better questions than I brought in from the rain.

2:12:33 Maybe power hides, maybe stories grow. Maybe both are true, but how would we know? Show me the record, show me the chain. Let a sturdy question loosen the strain. I'm conspiracy therapist knows the whole parade. The whispers dress to certainty. The story sailor made me sought the signal from the theater. The proof from the refrain. And I'll leave with better questions and a little less afraid. You tap the yellow pad. Start with what we know. I take one careful breath and let the headline go.

2:13:19 There you go. Thank you very much, Rob Ducefer, for helping us out. Let me do a little turtle out here. Let me see. Doceford brings it. All right. 1154, the topper, the topper of all the guest co-hosts. Wonderful. Value for value is still what makes the show go round. It always will. And you are the one to consider doing a show with Brett Weinstein. No, no. Ted Nugent. No. You got to have somebody who knows how the show works. I don't even want to drag people into the donation segment. It's like, no, it's no. We like doing the show with people who understand how the show works. I think that's better.

2:14:01 Which is value for value, exactly where I was going, which means you get the show, you get all the deconstruction, you get the fantastic guest co-hosts. And all you need to do is return it somehow with your time, your talent, your treasure, your boots on the ground. I did want to mention a couple of boots on the ground we got about the meowing pilots on the radio. Let me see. The first one is from Matt, who works at Austin Bergstrom. And he said, he's worked in aviation for the past 30 years for a large FBO. That's where the private jets dock, if you will. Back in 1997, I heard Harrison Ford was at our airport preparing for takeoff.

2:14:42 As he was taxiing to the runway and lining up for takeoff, I played the theme from Indiana Jones for a solid 30 seconds on the ground frequency. Harrison laughed, and so did the tower. We have one about the furries from the anonymous controller, Furry Club at ATC. I don't know anything about that. However, the guard cats happen constantly throughout the day, constantly meowing over emergency guard frequency. There's also the occasional thunderstruck intro or they're eating the dogs. Always on July 4th, someone plays three to four seconds of a patriotic song. Usually on Sunday, some dork is asking for a football score. It typically brings a chuckle to the control and for the controllers.

2:15:24 Tell Officer Dana to holster his weapon and stand down. I'm sure he heard it. So that's valuable. Also valuable is the artwork. Although, man, it's been crazy. Tyler Brown has just been knocking it out of the park time after time after time. I actually opted for a comic strip blogger for the bat signal, even though Tyler Brown had another great piece of art. Dana Brunetti and I, we talked for at least 10, maybe 15 minutes about the title and the art. And we're like, it's, you know, I was like, man, Tyler Brown, he keeps winning. We got to choose somebody.

2:15:59 He's like the new Darren O'Neal. No, it's just so good. The two furries, actually, Adam Furry and Dana Brunetti in the airport as pilot and first officer. It was the guys got it. Tyler, tell me what model are you using? I mean, I know it's coming from your ideas, but it was just fantastic. NoagendaArtGenerator.com. That's where you can participate in this contest. If Tyler Brown doesn't keep winning, and we love to have a selection after every single show, NoAgendaArtGenerator.com, brought to you by the infamous

2:16:39 Sir Paul Couture, who always does that for us and keeps that running. Has been keeping it running for a long, long time, probably about 15 years in different incarnations. We appreciate it. We also thank everybody who supports us $50 or above. If you are supporting us with $200 or more, if you can do that, then not only will we be guaranteed to read your note, we'll also give you the official Hollywood credit of Associate Executive Producer $300 or more, the official Hollywood credit of executive producer. And we'll also read your notes. And of course, we still have the JCD Memorial Challenge coin, which anybody can get a hold of for the JCD attuned price of $388.83.

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Major Donations and Lahaina Fire Analysis

The Archduke of Central Florida leads the donation segment with a contribution of $3,888.83. Sir Harambe from Hawaii provides a detailed note regarding the aftermath of the Lahaina fires and the corruption within the state government. Donors express their condolences for the Dvorak family and share stories of how the show helped them navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and other national crises.

lahaina· hawaii· donations· jcd memorial· scamdemic

2:17:24 And we have quite a number of people who have done just that. However, we have to start off. This is quite amazing. India, hang out, Mike. Stand by. 33, 33, 33. Robilizer out. The Archduke of Central Florida from Winter Park, Florida. comes in with a full-on Rubilizer donation and then some $3,888.33.83. I'm sorry. Thank you so much. What a beautiful blessing that is. Special donation for JCD from the Archduke of Central Florida. Combination of Rubilizer donation 3333 plus.33 plus 550.50.

2:18:09 Next time you have J Cal or Dew or Dana on cover, the all-in discussion about is Claude conscious. Yes, I'm going to have a couple of clips about that, and we'll do that. We should do it next time. I don't know, J. Cal or Dana Brunetti. Dana might be funny or J Cal might be too serious. Coming in from Kapole, Hawaii, Sir Harambe with $467.88. And he has quite the note, but happy to read it, of course. Aloha and ITM ACD Dvorak family and get my nation. Thank you for your courage. I'm very sad and missed JCD. I share the sentiment of other producers who have a huge hole in their heart from a man we have never met.

2:18:53 I will cherish the JCD challenge coin as a crown jewel of my collection. I pray for JCD Soul and his family and want them to know how great of an impact he had on my family over the years. I started listening in March 2020, I believe, at episode titled Toilet Preppers. I was on Kauai with my family for my then elementary school age kids spring break. We were in a hot tub at the Marriott when a masked person ran out and told us we had to get out because we are shutting it down due to the pandemic. Well, I was bewildered because we do not have cable, have never watched the news and had no idea what was going on outside of what I relayed from hearing it on No Agenda at the time. My entire family made it through the scamdemic, fully unvaxed, and none of them took a COVID test except for me just one time.

2:19:37 I'm thankful to No Agenda for guiding me through that insane period of time. I'm also thankful to No Agenda for the analysis on the Lahaina fires in 2023. My family was in Lahaina on Memorial Day 2023 and the place was rubbilized approximately 69 days later. The analysis presented about the censors collecting data on the power grid during the fires was invaluable information in my opinion. Yeah. I have current boots on the ground data from Lahaina as I took my family back during the fall break this year to pay our respects to the victims. The things we saw on the ground in Front Street in 2026 resemble areas of the bombed-out war zones in Afghanistan, which I saw in 2012, to include the mass grave memorials on the roadside on Front Street, which looked very eerily similar to me.

2:20:26 It is sad to see Americans living in a tent or camper trailer in the burned-down lots as mega retail shopping complexes and unaffordable restaurants are popping up all around them after the rubbleization. The entire state government of Hawaii is corrupt to the core and should be ashamed of themselves for what happened to these 102 American citizens on their watch. Just disgusting and shameful. I have attached some memories of Lahaina from Memorial Day 2023 pre-rubbelization. Thank you. Appreciated looking at it. I'm asking for is prayer karma for America, the victims in Lahaina, and for JCD, may he rest in peace.

2:21:07 I would also like to ask for more prayer karma for my mom who passed away 15 years ago on 10-11-11. My total donation amount is $444 plus fees. Our hotel room in Maui was $444, and that is a numerological sign I needed. That was the numerological sign I needed to donate. Thank you for your courage. Very respectfully, Sir Harambe. Well, of course. You've got prayers. Sir Ken of Pennsylvania, and he sent in a written note. Hold on a second. I got to bring up this note. Where is it here?

2:21:48 There we go. Let's see what he says. Hold on. Oh, on grid paper, no less. Oh, that's interesting. Let me see. Is that here we go? ITM. Oh, that's not. Is this it? Is this his note? There's like a couple notes here. Okay. $409.17 plus fees. Enclosed is my monthly V4 V and my challenge coin donation. Okay, that wasn't the grid paper, but I got it. Thank you very much. Sir Ken of Pennsylvania. Alex Boytz, B-O-I-T-E-S, with a challenge coin donation plus fees, $400.91.

CHAPTER 43 / 44 Discussion

JCD Memorial Challenge Coins and Final Credits

Producers contribute specifically to receive the John C. Dvorak Memorial Challenge Coin, priced at $388.83. The segment includes birthday wishes, business plugs for Gigawatt Coffee and Bot Commander, and the "dedouching" of new knights. Adam Curry concludes the donor reads by emphasizing the importance of the community in keeping the spirit of the show alive.

john c dvorak· challenge coin· knighthood· bot commander· gigawatt coffee

2:22:30 No jingle, just want to help out as you have helped me. Thanks for all you do. Noah Jen the team and family miss you, JCD from Alex. Chris Cowen, $400.91. Needed to add this coin to my collection. See you next Saturday in Fredericksburg, Adam. Yes. And I just wanted to mention Sir Ducepher will be there with his wife as well. I guess they finally found one to, or the kids can look after themselves now. And I will be there with Tina the Keeper. That is Sir Chris Cowen, Viscount of North Austin. His birthday is Wednesday the 14th. Would appreciate being added to the birthday list. 65th trip around the sun. You got it. Michael Kern with the challenge coin donation. A salute to John Cedar Warwick for his sharp questions, dry wit, and independent thinking.

2:23:12 Thank you, John, for giving us plenty to think about. And Adam, for staying the course and keeping the spirit of No Agenda alive. Baroness Sandcat in loving memory of John for the challenge coin. Jesse Leonard, challenge coin. Rest in peace, JCD. Please dedouch me. Where are we with the dedouche? You've been deduced. Sir Wilde Bill, Alexandria, Virginia, $400. Thank you, Adam, and all the guest hosts. The shows have been great from Sir Wild Bill, Baron of Bakersfield and the Central Valley, Red Knight, OTA, Liberal, Liberate, California, JCD coin donation plus fees.

2:23:52 And he wanted to hear some Mac and cheese. You slaves can get used to mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Macaroni and cheap shedder melted together. Mac and cheese, mac and cheese, mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Thomas Deliduka, 388.83, the perfect amount for the challenge coin. Thank you. Sir Eric Wilka, no jingles, no karma. And he wants a challenge coin. Then Ethan Boch or Bosch from Scottsdale, Arizona, $333.33. And he wrote a note. This is the one that came in on the lines paper. Please accept my second installment on the way to knighthood.

2:24:33 Like the others, I have been, like others, I have been deeply affected by the passing of JCD. Thanks to Jim and John for hitting me in the mouth many years ago. Call them out as that was for Jim and whoa. Sorry about that. That was for John. ITM, gentlemen. Oh, and he says he wanted ants and fisting nuts. Let me see. I didn't get those ready. JCD ants. Where's the ants? Hold on. There we go. I got ants.

2:25:18 Real short. Okay. And then we might as well do the fisting nuts one more time. Just go for it, John. Tell us peeve about the fisting method of eating snacks on an airplane. I see this on the airplane, and it's very annoying. And I think it will result in fights breaking out because it's just so annoying to watch. Guy takes his bag of peanuts and throws a pile of them into his palm of his hand. And then he makes a fist around the nuts. Around the nuts. And then he shakes his fist to try to bring a nut to the little hole. Stop. And then he throws a nut in his mouth from his fist.

2:26:00 Then he does it again. He shakes and throws and shakes and throws. It is annoying as hell to watch. I do miss my buddy. I do. The Indiana No Agenda meetup in Greenwood, Indiana. I think this was the shoot-up, I believe. And this is a switcheroo from their raffle drawing. It was won by Sir Ohio Bloke. And that is $222.22. Associate Executive Producership credit for you, Sir Ohio Bloke, ITM. Ribbed JCD is what he says. And there's Eli the coffee guy. And I want to thank Eli for another beautiful little care package that he sent.

2:26:41 I think I talked about on the last show with Brunetti. He's in Bensonville, Illinois. He comes in with $210.10 because he always does 200 plus. Well, it should have been 11, but he sent it yesterday. Is it 11th or the 10th? It's the 11th. Yes. Happy anniversary to my wife, Jen. 11 years of marriage. Whoa. And they never had a fight. Two children and six years of being business partners, and every day together is a blessing. By the way, she's the one who makes Gigawatt run behind the scenes, designing our labels and website, running social media, all with a full-time job and mom duties. I truly kicked beyond my coverage when I married her, indeed. If you want to see her handiwork, visit gigawattcoffeeroasters.com.

2:27:22 Use code ITM20 for 20% off your order. And as always, Eli the coffee guy says, stay caffeinated. Oh, and he wants boogity-boogity boogity. Amen. Boogity. Where's my boogity? There we go. There's the boogity. And let's play it. Well, I didn't play. Hold on, what happened? Try that again. Boogity. Come on, Boogity. Boogity, boogity, boogity. Amen. Here we go. Now, why is it failing? I'll try it this way. Boogity. Hey, we go to the mat for you, Eli. We really go to the mat.

2:28:04 Oh, it doesn't want to play. Oh, this is interesting. Huh. Well, the longer version might play. This is so weird. Boogity, boogity, boogity, boogie, amen. Boogity, boogity, boogity, amen. Boogity, boogity, boogity, amen. Phew, finally, Linda Zupatkin is here from Castle Rock, Colorado, with $200, and she wants jobs, karma, as she always does, and says AI can write your resume. The problem is it can write everyone else's too. Linda helps professionals and executives figure out what makes them different, what makes them valuable, and turns that value into a resume that gets results.

2:28:46 To find out more, go to imagemakersinc.com. That's ImageMakers Inc. with a K. And Linda Liu, Duchess of Jobs, and writer of winning resumes, because your resume should do more than just look good. Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. You've got karma. And Scotty K, also $200. He's getting, Scotty, you got to cut down the copy, man. He's from Nissawa, Minnesota. ITM Adam, of course, Bot Commander includes podcast index. Yeah, this is cool. He added podcast indexrobot.com. Anybody can add that to their agent, and he gives a value for value agent away for you to work with and figure out if you like it.

2:29:29 And if you do, then all you have to do is send them some value back. He says it was already added when you mentioned it last Sunday. He actually put a video on X I saw showing how it works. It's very cool. Nothing to set up, though. Just click home and podcast, and there it is. And it will do a lot for you. You can search podcasts, subscribe to them, listen while you work, have it scanned for different types of podcasts or things you might be interested in. Serendipity, you know, surprise me. He is Sir Scotty K, your Royal AI whisperer. He has just dropped a massive update for Bot Commander, the AI Home and Business Automation System. And there's now an optional team version available. And of course, it's still free, free to try, because if you use it, please send some value back to him.

2:30:10 It's the value for value model. Details at botcom.ai, B-O-T-C-O-M dot AAI, bot as in boy, the bot commander, bot com.ai. Act now, he says the first 100 people can get the team version for free. And use checkout Bongino. All right. Our last associate executive producer is CD from Wheelock. And I think we have a note from Wheelock as well. Yes, I am CD from Wheelock Computer Development. I've been listening to No Agenda since I heard Adam on the Tom Wood show, Tom Woods, donation.

2:30:49 I have known of JCD since his InfoWorld columns. Inspired by Linda Lu and Eli, I was planning to donate and put a shameless plug in my donation note just as soon as my killer app was ready. Alas, maybe like JCD's vinegar book, it might be a while, if ever, before the app is ready. Time flies. Rest in peace, JCD. Here's $200. Please deduce. You've been deduced. And he says, here's the nearly senseless, shameless plug. Email CD at wheelockcomputerdevelopment.com to be put on the notification list for my killer app. Oh, yeah. Thank you very much, he says. And thank you to all these executive and associate executive producers.

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Meetup Reports and Show Sign-Off

The show concludes with reports from recent No Agenda meetups in Indiana and Ohio, featuring "pew-pew" activities and community bonding. Adam Curry lists upcoming meetups in Fredericksburg, Long Beach, and Orlando, encouraging listeners to visit NoAgendameetups.com. The episode ends with a final thank you to guest co-host Rob Dew and a preview of the next broadcast.

no agenda meetups· fredericksburg· charlotte· orlando· scottsdale

2:31:30 You will be credited in the show notes for this episode, as it always happens because you, oops, because you have supported us in just the right amounts to get those credits. Thank you. Our formula is this: We go out, we hit people in the mouth. Now, the rest of the support we received, $50 and above. We start with Christopher Ebert from Spartanburg, South Carolina, 105.35. Thank you, Stephen Shoemake in Xenia, Ohio, 64.80. Dame Catherine, the patient of the golden horseshoe in Welland, Ontario, Candinavia, 6106.

2:32:16 That is $90.88 in Canadian Dolorettes for my first anniversary without Bill Walser Saturday night. Glad we got to play a little bit of I've Got Ants, which, of course, he created. Congrats to the other 10. 10-10 wedding No Agenda couples. Dame Catherine, the patient of the golden horseshoe. Think of you often, Dame Catherine, and of Sir Saturday night. Les Tarkowski in Kingman, Arizona, small boob, $60.06. Hey, hey, what happened to Sir Kevin McLaughlin? He didn't come in. Hope he's okay. There's Stephen Shoemake again with $50 now. Tim Delvecchio from Blandon, Pennsylvania, 50. These are the 50s. Gary Mao from Woodland Hills, California.

2:32:59 Dame Rita from Sparks, Nevada. Jason DeLuzio from Miami Beach, Florida. Carrie Jackson from Watertown, Tennessee. Closes us out. Oh, and Dame Rita says, welcome, baby Nora Lawton, Nora Evelyn Lawton, to you. Thank you all so much for supporting the No Agenda Show. If you want to send some value back for the value you received, all you have to do is go to NoAgendadonations.com. It's very simple: noagendadonations.com. Any amount, anytime you feel like it. Whenever you feel that you got value back from the show, that's when you need to send it to us. You can even set up a recurring donation, any amount, any frequency, noagendadonations.com. It's your first day birthday.

2:33:43 Well, a very short birthday list today. All we have is Chris Cowen, who turned 65 on the 14th. So, of course, we say happy birthday from everybody here at the best podcast in the universe. It's your first day. Three eighty-free. Keep a little John in your treasury. The JCD Challenge Coin. Value for value. That's right. The challenge coins, the John C. Dvorak challenge coins go to the following producers who have graciously supported the No Agenda podcast, the Archduke of Central Florida with a massive donation.

2:34:30 Thank you. Sir Harambe, Sir Ken of Pensucky, Alex Boites, Chris Cowen, Michael Kern, Baroness Sancat, Jesse Leonard, Sir Wild Bill, Thomas Deluca, and Sir Eric Wilka. Thank you all for supporting the No Agenda Show. And go to NoAgendarings.com if you haven't already done so. Let us know where we can send this beautiful challenge coin to. I shall be receiving mine in the next day or so, so I'm looking forward to seeing exactly how awesome it looks. And thank you again, Sir Paul Couture, for creating the No Agenda John C. Dvorak Memorial Challenge Coin. Noagendarings.com is where you can find out all the information.

2:35:14 Bombastic music. Woo! There you go. No one should be off. Well, we heard the donation from the raffle. Here is the meetup report from Dame Near Perfect. Hi, this is Sir Mark. This is Dane Maria, co-hosting this amazing event up in Fort Wayne today. We had such a good time. Good weather, good friendships, and so much safety. You wouldn't believe it. Love it. In the morning, Adam and crew. Sir PBR Street Gang, we hosted a wonderful group for Indianapolis and also the Fort Wayne crew. In the morning, Dame Trinity, having a wonderful sun-filled day of pew-pews.

2:35:57 This is Emily, and I really think Dana Bonetti should be the full-time host. Bruski here. Just drink some pew-pew and then some beers afterwards. Sir, Ohio Bloke made it across the state line again from the Buckeye State, enjoying some pew-pew with the gang from Indianapolis. In the morning, in the morning, this is Sir Bove of the Maple attending the best meetup in the universe. Hi, this is Tom from Indianapolis. I'd like to thank our hosts, Sir PBR Street King and Dame Trinity. Thank you very much. Had a great day. Brought my second human resource here, who I think might be a spook. Hi, I'm Sawyer. I'm the so-called spook. I want a bottle of wine today from a raffle, and I'm training to be a dude named Ben.

2:36:41 In the morning, this is a son of a bloke, and I came out for some pew-pew and boom-boom and some brewskis. Hi, this is Xavier. I'm really good friends with Sir PBR Street Gang, and I helped serve everybody today. No noodle boys here. Pew pew poo! Those guys have so much fun. I would have expected some pictures of the pew-pew meetup. There are some meetups coming up. In fact, on Thursday, Charlotte's Thursday, 3rd Thursday monthly one, 7 o'clock at Ed's Turban Tavern in northern Charlotte, North Carolina. Sorry. On Friday, the Scottsdale, Arizona meetup. And then on the 17th, we have the Long Beach, California meetup, which includes

2:37:24 Lee. Leo Bravo, of course. And then on the 17th in Fredericksburg, the big Fredericksburg, Texas meetup. I'll be there with Tina the Keeper, Sir Doosa for his wife, many, I'm sure, Rob the Constitutional Lawyer, Sir Scott, the Baron of the Armory. Lots of people always show up to these. A lot of fun at Bar 1776. The 21st, Orlando, Florida, the 24th, you got two, Los Altos, California, and all the way on the other side of the world, Tilburg, the Netherlands. Albany, California, go see the baby. On the 7th of November on the 14th, North Idaho again, Scottsdale, Arizona on the 17th of November. Charlotte, North Carolina, again on the 19th, Sebastopol, California on December 5th, December 17th. Of course, again, another Charlotte, North Carolina. That's a very, very active group. You can be an active group as well.

2:38:08 It's not that hard. All you need to do is go to NoAgendameetups.com and just set yourself up. There's no cost to making it, to doing it, to registering. It's all just value for value. You get it all. You bring your value. You receive value from the people you meet there. Everybody there will give you a connection that always results in protection. They will be your first responders in any emergency. Noagendameetups.com. Go find one near you on that calendar at noagendametups.com. If you can't find one, start one yourself. They're very easy to do and guaranteed always a party. Sometimes you want to go hang out with all the nights and days. You to be where you won't be triggered on hell lame.

2:38:52 You to be where everybody feels the same. It's like a party. And special thanks to Tim and his son who rolled up to Bridge Church today. Had a little quick impromptu meetup. It was nice to see them. And we'll see you all on Thursday with another No Agenda. Looking forward to that. If you want to get a, for those of you who are Christ curious and believers, check out Wegetto Do This, WegettoDoThis.com. Pastor Jimmy and I bringing it on Wednesday. And of course, we look forward to a couple of meetups and a couple of other cool things in the next weeks to come.

2:39:34 Hey, we've got Planet Range coming up next on the No Agenda stream if you're listening live. Supreme Skunk Lord. All right, that's probably going to be a good one. Also, end of show mixes. We've got Mellow D and another classic mix from Just Baker. Kind of a Mello Techno vibe this time around. See you next time, Get Mo Nation. Until then, please remember us at NoAgendadonations.com. Until next time, adios mofos or hooey hooey and such. Oh, and thank you again, Sir Ducephur. You rock, brother.