1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,180 John C Dvorak: hook line and sinker. Adam curry Jhansi 2 00:00:03,180 --> 00:00:03,690 Devora. 3 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,360 Adam Curry: Sunday March 12 2023. This is your award 4 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:10,860 winning combination media assassination episode 1537. This 5 00:00:10,890 --> 00:00:16,140 is no agenda, observing Daylight Savings Time and broadcasting 6 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:18,810 live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country on average and 7 00:00:18,810 --> 00:00:21,750 number six in the morning, everybody. I'm Adam curry 8 00:00:21,810 --> 00:00:25,110 John C Dvorak: and from Northern Silicon Valley where it's wet. 9 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:26,700 I'm Jhansi Dvorak. 10 00:00:31,350 --> 00:00:34,170 Adam Curry: Thank you for that exhilarating weather reports 11 00:00:34,170 --> 00:00:37,080 from Sun northern silicon. It's wet. What's weird in Southern 12 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,440 California too. That's gonna screw up the Oscars. 13 00:00:42,990 --> 00:00:45,150 John C Dvorak: Oh, that's right. The Oscars are today. Tonight. 14 00:00:45,150 --> 00:00:45,540 Yeah, 15 00:00:46,230 --> 00:00:49,860 Adam Curry: I have a report of the Oscars but I have a pre 16 00:00:49,860 --> 00:00:51,240 report Hold on a second. Well, I can 17 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,480 John C Dvorak: tell you who's gonna win the Best Picture. Tom 18 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,740 Cruise. Everyone everywhere, everything all the time. That 19 00:00:58,740 --> 00:01:03,060 movie Who's Who is that by? By this Chinese used to be a 20 00:01:03,060 --> 00:01:04,950 Chinese film. Listen to this important 21 00:01:04,950 --> 00:01:07,890 Adam Curry: report from now this was interesting. This is who and 22 00:01:07,890 --> 00:01:12,420 so it's the Indian news service. Your friend but they cut to an 23 00:01:12,420 --> 00:01:17,730 Indian dude. Reporting on behalf of Voice of America. Which is 24 00:01:17,730 --> 00:01:19,380 kind of concerning. 25 00:01:19,590 --> 00:01:22,260 John C Dvorak: Oh, yeah, that makes it sound as though wi O 26 00:01:22,260 --> 00:01:23,640 and maybe a front. 27 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,850 Unknown: You know, this year's Oscar preparation is very 28 00:01:26,850 --> 00:01:29,970 hectic. Because of the past few days in Los Angeles. It's been 29 00:01:29,970 --> 00:01:33,240 raining nonstops. So actually, yesterday, they have a lot of 30 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:37,110 buckets lying on the floor to capture rainwater. And Oscar 31 00:01:37,110 --> 00:01:40,530 statues as you can see behind me like there was covered in a rain 32 00:01:40,530 --> 00:01:45,450 jacket to prevent rain from like damaging it. And you know, this 33 00:01:45,450 --> 00:01:48,180 year, as you mentioned, is very different for the red carpet 34 00:01:48,180 --> 00:01:51,210 because it's actually champagne color. Now according to the 35 00:01:51,210 --> 00:01:54,990 academy CEO Bill, he said that the reason for this change of 36 00:01:54,990 --> 00:01:58,800 color is because he wants it to be more luxurious, while Jimmy 37 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,860 Kimmel mentioned that they wanted no blood to be shared in 38 00:02:01,860 --> 00:02:04,770 this year's Oscar obviously referencing to the last year, 39 00:02:04,980 --> 00:02:09,360 last year slap when Chris Rock was slapped by Will Smith. Now 40 00:02:10,230 --> 00:02:13,560 it's time that the Academy Award has changed its color from red. 41 00:02:13,740 --> 00:02:18,780 In fact, before in 1961, before that, it was actually green. And 42 00:02:19,020 --> 00:02:23,370 carpet itself is actually 152 meters long, and about 285 43 00:02:23,370 --> 00:02:27,000 kilograms. So it requires 18 people to actually set up and 44 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,150 about 900 hours now the Hollywood stars will make their 45 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:35,130 way not gray carpet but this champion colored carpet all the 46 00:02:35,130 --> 00:02:38,790 way here all the way towards the Dolby Theater on my left I just 47 00:02:38,790 --> 00:02:42,030 Adam Curry: love the stats that the commentators have I love all 48 00:02:42,030 --> 00:02:45,030 these little nuggets of information to let you know that 49 00:02:45,030 --> 00:02:47,670 the red carpet was once green. 50 00:02:48,630 --> 00:02:51,930 John C Dvorak: Oh my 900 hours because union 51 00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:57,929 Adam Curry: Right exactly. It's champagne not based champagne, 52 00:02:57,929 --> 00:03:02,669 champagne. It's champagne. Yeah. It's my way a sponsor if you 53 00:03:02,670 --> 00:03:05,010 John C Dvorak: had a color if you had a champagne with that 54 00:03:05,010 --> 00:03:08,220 color of liquid in the glass, you'd think somebody pooped in 55 00:03:08,220 --> 00:03:08,400 it 56 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,450 Adam Curry: oh Ma'am, did you think that the MO a Shawn Dawn 57 00:03:15,450 --> 00:03:18,510 is a sponsor? Is that why it's champagne champagne even though 58 00:03:18,510 --> 00:03:22,140 it's beige? There's gotta be some tie into this Come on. 59 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,220 John C Dvorak: Maybe this guy really? Got to be well, they're 60 00:03:26,220 --> 00:03:30,090 all they usually serve champagne. Well actually not at 61 00:03:30,090 --> 00:03:32,610 this event. They're the new tables again are going to have a 62 00:03:32,610 --> 00:03:33,900 seating what's how's it going to be? 63 00:03:34,050 --> 00:03:36,690 Adam Curry: By you asking me like, like, I know, like, like 64 00:03:37,230 --> 00:03:40,050 to report it Entertainment Television all of a sudden, like 65 00:03:40,050 --> 00:03:48,330 I'm Ryan Seacrest. No, no. No. And for those of you tuning in 66 00:03:48,330 --> 00:03:51,570 from around the world, as many do live on Thursdays and 67 00:03:51,570 --> 00:03:54,900 Sundays, big changes afoot here in the United States. 68 00:03:54,930 --> 00:03:57,390 Unknown: And it's that time of year again, get ready to lose an 69 00:03:57,390 --> 00:04:00,870 hour of sleep. Daylight Saving Time is upon us clocks. Go ahead 70 00:04:00,870 --> 00:04:04,740 spring forward at 2am but there is an effort to make the change 71 00:04:04,740 --> 00:04:07,950 permanent. A bipartisan group of senators has introduced 72 00:04:07,950 --> 00:04:11,280 legislation that would keep the same time throughout the year 73 00:04:11,310 --> 00:04:14,280 Adam Curry: over 15 years we've been doing this merry little 74 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,760 podcast together and it's the same report every year. Well, 75 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,190 we're gonna we're gonna make it permanent. We're gonna stop this 76 00:04:20,190 --> 00:04:20,940 insanity. 77 00:04:21,570 --> 00:04:24,000 John C Dvorak: Yeah, every year before that, 78 00:04:24,210 --> 00:04:28,650 Adam Curry: every and before that every year. I actually 79 00:04:28,650 --> 00:04:32,040 didn't feel too bad this morning. Usually I feel much 80 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,010 worse. I don't know why. But how did you feel getting up? 81 00:04:36,180 --> 00:04:41,160 John C Dvorak: I felt okay. Yeah. Now you have an hour later 82 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,100 though. I mean, I was I've had to do the short 10 instead of 11 83 00:04:44,100 --> 00:04:48,150 that kind of kept me short on my pre show rituals. 84 00:04:48,180 --> 00:04:49,830 Adam Curry: But what do you mean you didn't you didn't get up an 85 00:04:49,830 --> 00:04:53,460 hour earlier? No. Oh, you just wake up when you feel like 86 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:55,650 waking up. You don't set an alarm and you just wake up 87 00:04:55,650 --> 00:04:57,390 John C Dvorak: an alarm for the same time I've always set the 88 00:04:57,390 --> 00:05:01,710 alarm and I just offset the the target time for the show. So 89 00:05:01,740 --> 00:05:05,220 Adam Curry: preparation be damned. Like screw no agenda 90 00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:08,610 I'll just work an hour shorter. Is that what I'm hearing? So you 91 00:05:08,940 --> 00:05:11,040 John C Dvorak: know what you've heard? Yeah, no yeah, no Yeah. 92 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:16,710 No. You are saying to me yes, you should get up earlier and 93 00:05:16,710 --> 00:05:20,280 ruin the pacing and everything you've developed over the years 94 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:23,520 a screw up to show for me so you can show some you know, you 95 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:23,850 could be 96 00:05:25,830 --> 00:05:28,080 Adam Curry: Yeah, that's what I'm that's what I'm angling for, 97 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,960 John. That's, that's exactly. Actually I'm very happy that you 98 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:34,380 woke up at your at your normal body clock circadian rhythm 99 00:05:34,380 --> 00:05:37,770 time. Because you're not as grouchy in previous years. 100 00:05:37,770 --> 00:05:40,320 You're like really a bit old 101 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:40,860 John C Dvorak: brother. 102 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,930 Adam Curry: And mind you. This is now one of the most dangerous 103 00:05:45,930 --> 00:05:50,370 vocations in the world. That's us being podcasters. 104 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,070 Unknown: Now to that horrific crime near Seattle, Washington, 105 00:05:53,130 --> 00:05:56,580 a podcast her and her husband allegedly killed by a stalker. 106 00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:59,940 Police say a 38 year old truck driver from Texas broke into the 107 00:05:59,940 --> 00:06:02,850 couple's home and shot them before turning the gun on 108 00:06:02,850 --> 00:06:06,600 himself taking his own life. The woman had filed a protective 109 00:06:06,630 --> 00:06:07,620 order against him. 110 00:06:07,650 --> 00:06:09,360 Adam Curry: Why are you chuckling it's not that funny. 111 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:10,530 It's a dangerous a dangerous 112 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,900 John C Dvorak: no I'm not chuckling at that I'm chuckling 113 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:16,470 at the fact that what good does it do you to go shooting 114 00:06:16,470 --> 00:06:19,440 somebody and then shoot yourself nobody knows anything? 115 00:06:20,550 --> 00:06:23,100 Adam Curry: Well that's not I mean, I have a longer report if 116 00:06:23,100 --> 00:06:26,340 you're really interested but this this guy was it here's what 117 00:06:26,340 --> 00:06:28,530 scared me a little bit about it and I'm actually I'm gonna play 118 00:06:28,530 --> 00:06:31,410 Unknown: it for he said i Police say this. eight year old Ramin 119 00:06:31,410 --> 00:06:35,820 Hodaka rom res he stopped shot and killed podcaster Zori 120 00:06:35,820 --> 00:06:39,390 Sadeghi and her husband before appearing to take his own life. 121 00:06:40,170 --> 00:06:47,100 Appearing hostage situation. Shooters not. A neighbor says 122 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:50,130 their security camera caught the commotion overnight there was 123 00:06:50,130 --> 00:06:53,250 blood curdling to hear investigators say Hodor Quran 124 00:06:53,250 --> 00:06:56,550 Reza, he listened to today's live podcast for people who 125 00:06:56,550 --> 00:07:00,450 speak Farsi looking for jobs in the tech industry and befriended 126 00:07:00,450 --> 00:07:03,630 her through a chat app. They communicated but things quickly 127 00:07:03,630 --> 00:07:04,290 escalated. 128 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:09,150 This is the absolute worst outcome. You know for a stalking 129 00:07:09,150 --> 00:07:14,100 case. This is every victim every detected. Police Chief's worst 130 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:14,640 nightmare. 131 00:07:14,910 --> 00:07:18,390 ABC News has learned just a week before her death, Sadeghi filed 132 00:07:18,390 --> 00:07:21,720 a request for an order of protection against the suspect 133 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,110 alleging and chilling detail a pattern of behavior that made 134 00:07:25,110 --> 00:07:28,410 the 33 year old fear for her safety now pay attention 135 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,430 according to the orders today. Laughter voicemails more than 10 136 00:07:32,430 --> 00:07:35,970 times a week sending flowers even sending her husband more 137 00:07:35,970 --> 00:07:39,780 than 20 messages a day writing he won't let me go. 138 00:07:41,550 --> 00:07:44,970 Adam Curry: There are many people who EMAIL ME 10 times a 139 00:07:44,970 --> 00:07:50,070 day who send gifts to the PIO box. Who who say they won't let 140 00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:56,010 me go. You don't have that not like that. I don't know. But 141 00:07:56,010 --> 00:07:58,530 it's any any one of these people could flip in a heartbeat? 142 00:08:02,370 --> 00:08:04,560 John C Dvorak: You never know. Yes. And you never know why. I 143 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,920 mean, I can see that the I didn't know the background of 144 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:11,610 this. But she's doing a farsi podcast. This is already Middle 145 00:08:11,610 --> 00:08:16,020 Eastern politics, which is the most dangerous sort of politics. 146 00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:21,540 Yeah, it was nuts. A shame. 147 00:08:22,350 --> 00:08:25,890 Adam Curry: It's horrible. It's a bad day for podcasting. Very 148 00:08:25,890 --> 00:08:28,440 bad day for podcasting. That's okay, because we're going to 149 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:34,170 crack down on crime. And I'm just going to I'm not going to 150 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:41,490 actually spike it. But I'm pretty sure that the ball I'm 151 00:08:41,490 --> 00:08:46,860 going to reference here is President Biden resurrecting the 152 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:51,450 1994 crime bill, which he was as Senator Biden was the 153 00:08:53,310 --> 00:08:54,600 John C Dvorak: was the co sponsor. 154 00:08:54,660 --> 00:08:57,000 Adam Curry: I think he I think he he introduced it, I don't 155 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,300 think he was just the co sponsor. And this went hand in 156 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:04,380 hand with front page, I think was it was Newsweek or Time 157 00:09:04,380 --> 00:09:07,440 Magazine, even New York Times little yummy. It was the 158 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,020 predators, the nine year old predators and we had to crack 159 00:09:10,020 --> 00:09:12,930 down on him. And then we got this whole Corrections 160 00:09:12,930 --> 00:09:17,250 Corporation of America, the real crackdown arresting hundreds of 161 00:09:17,250 --> 00:09:20,940 1000s mainly black men. And wouldn't you know it 162 00:09:20,969 --> 00:09:25,649 Unknown: so folks look Magga Republicans are calling for 163 00:09:25,649 --> 00:09:27,149 defunding the police department. 164 00:09:27,180 --> 00:09:30,600 Adam Curry: Now. This is beautiful. I have to say when it 165 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:35,010 comes to twisting the truth, there's lying and lying, lying. 166 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,350 There's nothing better than saying hey, it was actually the 167 00:09:37,350 --> 00:09:41,160 Magga Republicans who wanted to defund the police. It wasn't it 168 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,770 wasn't the crazy squad or anything like that. No, it was 169 00:09:43,770 --> 00:09:49,500 the Maga Republicans and he ties it into the investigation of 170 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:52,740 FBI. So he's like, Oh, it's law enforcement. It's really the 171 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:56,430 Maga Republicans whoever wrote this concept for him, which he 172 00:09:56,460 --> 00:09:59,430 somehow was able to get out. It brilliant. So 173 00:09:59,430 --> 00:10:03,960 Unknown: folks, look Okay. Magga Republicans are calling for 174 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,560 defunding the police departments and to funding the FBI. Now 175 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:13,080 that's a good one. I like that one. Well, guess what? Gary 176 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,720 tries to provide funding that is going to keep community safe and 177 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:21,240 secure. We talked about how about crime was outraged. My 178 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:25,050 budget invests in public safety, and includes funding for more 179 00:10:25,050 --> 00:10:30,270 training, more support for law enforcement at a time and expect 180 00:10:30,270 --> 00:10:34,710 to pay men play many roles. We expect our cops to be social 181 00:10:34,710 --> 00:10:38,190 workers, we accept them to be psychologists and mental health 182 00:10:38,190 --> 00:10:42,360 counselors. You know, more cops are killed responding to 183 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:46,470 domestic violence calls than anything else. To know that. 184 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,000 Well, folks, I don't want to defend them, they need more 185 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,940 help. We don't expect a cop to be everything from a 186 00:10:53,940 --> 00:10:59,250 psychologist to a counselor. These departments need more 187 00:10:59,250 --> 00:11:03,570 investment in this kind of help. And we're going to find proven 188 00:11:03,570 --> 00:11:06,420 strategies for accountable effective community places so 189 00:11:06,420 --> 00:11:11,520 Copson know the communities they serve. In the communities know 190 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:16,920 them. We got to get cops back on the street, back in the street 191 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,670 and the communities they know. Where they know the people where 192 00:11:20,670 --> 00:11:23,130 they stop in and they know the guy who owns the liquor store. 193 00:11:23,130 --> 00:11:27,180 They know the preacher who runs the local school, the local 194 00:11:27,180 --> 00:11:30,210 ministry, they know the person who runs the local grocery 195 00:11:30,210 --> 00:11:34,740 store. Well, we did that in the Biden crime. No crime person 196 00:11:34,830 --> 00:11:41,790 just plummeted. You did that Joey? Because I know, folks, 197 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:45,870 Adam Curry: folks. Yeah, it was very successful. You're 94 crime 198 00:11:45,870 --> 00:11:47,760 bill. Okay. 199 00:11:48,540 --> 00:11:51,270 John C Dvorak: It's a good investment. The here's a good 200 00:11:51,270 --> 00:11:55,290 way. He's describing some sort of small town America, where the 201 00:11:55,290 --> 00:11:58,620 cops are roaming around on Monday to beat Yeah, you know, 202 00:11:58,650 --> 00:12:03,840 yeah. You know, just go to the cab, just roam into the giant 203 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:09,480 Safeway and know who the owner is corporations. Nobody, they're 204 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:11,220 kidding. 205 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:18,690 Adam Curry: Well, yeah. Anyway. It was. I just, it's like, there 206 00:12:18,690 --> 00:12:21,870 you go. He's going into the 94. Crime Bill. And it's like, it's 207 00:12:21,870 --> 00:12:26,520 like, problem reaction solution. And just blame it on Magga. 208 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,650 Republicans. Beautiful. That 209 00:12:28,650 --> 00:12:30,540 John C Dvorak: was just to pick my nose. 210 00:12:30,540 --> 00:12:34,860 Adam Curry: No, I am. I am stunned by it. I have not heard 211 00:12:34,860 --> 00:12:35,040 a 212 00:12:35,970 --> 00:12:38,100 John C Dvorak: lot of factcheck false. I'm sure it was all over 213 00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:38,610 the place. 214 00:12:38,970 --> 00:12:43,140 Adam Curry: No, only on your no agenda show. Sorry, people are 215 00:12:43,140 --> 00:12:46,020 way too obsessed with dying. you've 216 00:12:46,020 --> 00:12:48,900 Unknown: conducted a number of studies on the health impacts of 217 00:12:48,900 --> 00:12:51,870 daylight saving time. What is your research shown regarding 218 00:12:51,870 --> 00:12:54,360 the consequences of this practice on our health? 219 00:12:54,390 --> 00:12:58,020 Adam Curry: Now, what could the consequences of Daylight Saving 220 00:12:58,020 --> 00:13:02,850 Time Time shifting have? We do this every year, by the way 221 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:07,080 makes up this year? It's even a little bit funnier? Because we 222 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,300 have numerous left COVID And we have 223 00:13:09,510 --> 00:13:10,920 John C Dvorak: courage depression. 224 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:13,620 Adam Curry: No, no. Oh, no. Yeah. So 225 00:13:13,950 --> 00:13:16,860 Unknown: basically, our body has a natural biological clock 226 00:13:17,220 --> 00:13:21,180 control processes, different processes in our body, for 227 00:13:21,180 --> 00:13:24,660 example, the sleep cycles, physical activity for 228 00:13:24,660 --> 00:13:27,690 consumption. And what our research found, as well as many 229 00:13:27,690 --> 00:13:31,320 studies from the world is that if we disrupt the natural 230 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,810 biological clock, it can increase the incidence of 231 00:13:33,810 --> 00:13:36,420 different diseases, such as heart disease, increased the 232 00:13:36,420 --> 00:13:40,920 risk for heart attack, stroke, and even diabetes and cancer. 233 00:13:40,980 --> 00:13:44,430 Adam Curry: There you go. heart attack, stroke and cancer. 234 00:13:45,450 --> 00:13:46,800 John C Dvorak: Same thing that COVID does. 235 00:13:47,850 --> 00:13:53,460 Adam Curry: Exactly, exactly. But depression wise, there is 236 00:13:53,490 --> 00:13:56,040 well not really depression, but there's something there's 237 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:00,090 something going on on tick tock. You know, I'm gonna save that. 238 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:01,440 I'm gonna save that. We'll save that for later. 239 00:14:01,470 --> 00:14:04,350 John C Dvorak: No, douche. Tick tock, now, tock, tick tock, 240 00:14:05,820 --> 00:14:10,260 Adam Curry: tick tock update everybody. Women, and all I 241 00:14:10,260 --> 00:14:13,740 found are white women, but women on tick tock are complaining 242 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:23,130 about their Adderall, Vyvanse or Ritalin. And if you recall, 243 00:14:23,130 --> 00:14:26,310 there was a while back there were a couple of stories that 244 00:14:26,340 --> 00:14:30,630 there seemed to be a shortage. Maybe that was during the supply 245 00:14:30,630 --> 00:14:34,230 chain, that there was a shortage of the precursors or something 246 00:14:34,230 --> 00:14:40,020 for Adderall. And there was some replacement. Not quite sure. 247 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,860 Although violaceum it would be meth. Yes. Correct. They talk 248 00:14:43,860 --> 00:14:48,000 about it. It's D meth or something. But what's happening 249 00:14:48,060 --> 00:14:52,080 is women. It's not working for them anymore. They're blaming 250 00:14:53,010 --> 00:14:56,430 the shortage, although Vyvanse as far as I know, has not 251 00:14:56,430 --> 00:15:00,270 changed. And I think that we may be just reaching a point If you 252 00:15:00,270 --> 00:15:05,400 hear how long these women have been on Adderall or Vyvanse I 253 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,390 mean, is it possible that meth at a certain point just you just 254 00:15:09,390 --> 00:15:12,210 become kind of used to it? It doesn't work for you anymore. Is 255 00:15:12,210 --> 00:15:14,400 that possible? Do you know anything about meth? 256 00:15:14,460 --> 00:15:17,460 John C Dvorak: Nope, I have no no. I have no idea. Well, I put 257 00:15:17,460 --> 00:15:20,970 them out I may have does it make sense to get used to your biases 258 00:15:20,970 --> 00:15:22,650 or more of this stuff? Whatever. 259 00:15:22,740 --> 00:15:26,550 Adam Curry: I put a little I put a little supercop together for 260 00:15:26,580 --> 00:15:29,550 Unknown: your 100% not receiving Adderall coming from someone who 261 00:15:29,550 --> 00:15:32,490 was diagnosed ADHD and has been on this medication since I was 262 00:15:32,490 --> 00:15:35,100 nine. I'm currently 26 I did some research to 263 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:38,550 Adam Curry: get nine and currently 27 taken meth for her 264 00:15:38,550 --> 00:15:39,660 whole life because 265 00:15:39,660 --> 00:15:41,970 Unknown: I haven't been able to function lately. So this is my 266 00:15:41,970 --> 00:15:46,560 bottle and I swear to you, it used to say Adderall, XR 20 267 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,980 milligrams, not D amphetamine. When comparing dexedrine and 268 00:15:49,980 --> 00:15:52,890 Adderall directly, Adderall showed the ability to decrease 269 00:15:52,890 --> 00:15:56,820 symptoms of ADHD overall. And there is no evidence that 270 00:15:56,820 --> 00:15:59,160 dexedrine could I personally think they're giving us 271 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,620 dexedrine during this shortage, but that's just me. 272 00:16:01,650 --> 00:16:06,450 Yeah, no, they're not working. I had to go take a drug test for 273 00:16:06,450 --> 00:16:09,870 my new job. And so of course, I woke up that morning took my 274 00:16:09,870 --> 00:16:14,040 veins like two or three hours later I go to this drug screen. 275 00:16:14,670 --> 00:16:18,330 I just got my results back today. There is no embedded 276 00:16:18,330 --> 00:16:19,290 means in my system. 277 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:24,120 Is it just me or is anyone else's Adderall just not 278 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:30,510 working? I'm on like a 20 milligram extended release. And 279 00:16:30,510 --> 00:16:32,430 I feel like ever since everyone's been talking about 280 00:16:32,430 --> 00:16:38,310 the shortage and stuff, like all the new bottles that I get, and 281 00:16:38,310 --> 00:16:41,730 like, I feel like they only maybe work on Sundays or I have 282 00:16:41,730 --> 00:16:45,120 to drink like coffee to like, maybe get it to kick in. I don't 283 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:46,140 know. Y'all 284 00:16:46,170 --> 00:16:49,140 may have figured out what my Vyvanse isn't working. I was 285 00:16:49,140 --> 00:16:53,340 diagnosed with ADHD 10 years ago, and I've been taking ADHD 286 00:16:53,340 --> 00:16:57,360 meds on and off for 10 years. And this shit is different. 287 00:16:57,630 --> 00:17:01,260 Okay, this is for anyone who takes any sort of like stimulant 288 00:17:01,260 --> 00:17:05,370 Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin, Concerta, any of those shortcuts 289 00:17:05,370 --> 00:17:09,300 my language, this should this should is not working. I don't I 290 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:12,240 don't know what they're giving us. But it's not it. It's not 291 00:17:12,270 --> 00:17:15,090 Adam Curry: if I love how fast they're talking, they seem to be 292 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:16,920 high anyway, it 293 00:17:16,950 --> 00:17:19,230 Unknown: this isn't a real they're giving us a sugar pill a 294 00:17:19,230 --> 00:17:22,470 placebo something. Every single morning I used to take this I 295 00:17:22,470 --> 00:17:24,540 would get like the instant butterflies in my stomach, I 296 00:17:24,540 --> 00:17:26,940 feel the need to go to the restroom. And it would be this 297 00:17:26,940 --> 00:17:30,660 extreme focus all day. And like a terrible, terrible feeling. 298 00:17:30,930 --> 00:17:33,150 Before I go to bed, a little bit of anxiety, and I couldn't fall 299 00:17:33,150 --> 00:17:35,970 asleep. None of that. Now granted, it's helped my sleep. 300 00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:39,480 But that's how I know it's not working. So there's discourse 301 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,720 about ADHD meds not working lately, and there's been like a 302 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:46,440 national shortage. And I'm noticing it to some of my 303 00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:49,260 Vyvanse works and sometimes it doesn't. So I'm gonna stop 304 00:17:49,260 --> 00:17:52,050 making a chart. Because I'm gonna right now it's not 305 00:17:52,050 --> 00:17:55,260 working. So when it works, I can feel a come up or just like sit 306 00:17:55,260 --> 00:17:57,750 there for a little bit. I'm like, yep, meds are kicking in. 307 00:17:57,930 --> 00:18:00,480 And then I do stuff like make appointments or clean or do my 308 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,990 homework or read. And I don't make stupid little jokes 309 00:18:03,990 --> 00:18:07,110 constantly in my head. And I took it it I should have come up 310 00:18:07,110 --> 00:18:10,650 by now. And I'm thinking a lot of dumb stuff. So today's dose 311 00:18:10,650 --> 00:18:14,790 is not working and they are from the same bottle. And but the 312 00:18:14,790 --> 00:18:17,400 other day it was working. So today I'm gonna go get my 313 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,820 refill. Because Walgreens said I have five days to get it or 314 00:18:20,820 --> 00:18:23,730 they're going to just put it back because why don't they just 315 00:18:23,730 --> 00:18:26,370 automatically send us the ADHD meds like they really expect us 316 00:18:26,370 --> 00:18:30,420 to come get it. Anyway, I'm gonna make a chart and when it 317 00:18:30,420 --> 00:18:32,970 works when it doesn't work, and I will report back in 318 00:18:32,970 --> 00:18:34,140 approximately a month. 319 00:18:34,770 --> 00:18:36,690 Adam Curry: I'm sorry, I hear junkies. 320 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,770 John C Dvorak: I'm here. Are you hearing correctly? 321 00:18:40,860 --> 00:18:44,400 Adam Curry: Oh, this this. This saddens me. It's funny, but it 322 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:49,020 saddens me to know and then these women are addicted. 323 00:18:49,020 --> 00:18:52,200 They're junkies. I'll bet you they're listening at 2.0 speed 324 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:52,650 to 325 00:18:54,660 --> 00:18:56,730 John C Dvorak: maybe you got they're not listening. 326 00:18:57,150 --> 00:19:00,720 Adam Curry: No, no, they're not listening. But this is epidemic. 327 00:19:00,900 --> 00:19:03,690 And so the minute if something changes, and I don't know if it 328 00:19:03,690 --> 00:19:07,050 changes. I mean, if you've been taking it since you were nine 329 00:19:07,050 --> 00:19:11,010 and you're 26 now yeah, okay, maybe maybe you're maybe you're 330 00:19:11,010 --> 00:19:15,930 just immune to it just doesn't work well enough. And that one 331 00:19:15,930 --> 00:19:18,090 lady said, Well, you know, I take some coffee and I feel a 332 00:19:18,090 --> 00:19:24,420 little bit better. That This to me is like wow, this is sad. 333 00:19:26,430 --> 00:19:29,910 John C Dvorak: Well, they couldn't be right. Because I 334 00:19:29,910 --> 00:19:32,640 noticed this myself with certain drugs. They'll take once in a 335 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:38,610 while. Over the counter, for example, the peroxan which is 336 00:19:38,610 --> 00:19:44,340 Aleve. Uh huh. I find that the generic Aleve the approximate 337 00:19:44,370 --> 00:19:47,310 generic doesn't work at all. 338 00:19:48,510 --> 00:19:50,520 Adam Curry: That's interesting. You say that because when my 339 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:57,300 when I had my first surgery in my mouth, I could take ibuprofen 340 00:19:57,300 --> 00:20:00,270 I got these big 600 milligram ibuprofen, but I try I don't 341 00:20:00,270 --> 00:20:04,710 believe that an actual brand name Eleaf did nothing. Just 342 00:20:04,710 --> 00:20:07,890 nothing. And that was brand names. I don't know. I don't 343 00:20:07,890 --> 00:20:09,930 know. Maybe the Chinese are screwing us over. 344 00:20:10,380 --> 00:20:12,930 John C Dvorak: They could be, or the Indians, most of this stuff 345 00:20:12,930 --> 00:20:16,800 comes from India. Well, this Vyvanse or whatever it is, is 346 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,530 interesting. I never heard much about it before. It's another 347 00:20:19,530 --> 00:20:22,050 verb. I've taken it. Oh, yeah. What is it like? 348 00:20:23,010 --> 00:20:26,430 Adam Curry: Well, I took it once. Because what? Oh, just see 349 00:20:26,430 --> 00:20:29,250 what my daughter was on. She's not on it. This is a long time 350 00:20:29,250 --> 00:20:34,230 ago. This is 2011 I think. And she was taking Vyvanse I'm like, 351 00:20:34,230 --> 00:20:36,870 Well, let me try one of these. See what that's like. I was 352 00:20:36,870 --> 00:20:42,900 tripping balls. It's a it's a time release. And I mean, that 353 00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:48,000 thing is 1214 hours. He's just just just really I got little 354 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,720 sweaty, Speedy. I'm not a you know, my drug has always been 355 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:55,470 marijuana. My drug is the opposite of Vyvanse. I hated it. 356 00:20:55,500 --> 00:20:58,320 I can't believe anyone would would voluntarily take that 357 00:21:00,900 --> 00:21:04,080 John C Dvorak: so it's another very it's a variation, a major 358 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:08,190 variation of an of an amphetamine and feta mean. So 359 00:21:08,190 --> 00:21:12,600 it's speed. Yeah. How's he get away with selling this stuff to 360 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:15,120 the public at large is beyond me. Well, 361 00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:18,900 Adam Curry: I think this is the telemedicine that's what I'm 362 00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:22,800 learning the telemedicine systems like the one you we 363 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:27,540 talked about the one that Weight Watchers bought so that they 364 00:21:27,540 --> 00:21:31,530 could prescribe ozempic to their clients and pretend like it's so 365 00:21:31,530 --> 00:21:34,740 it's our it's our program don't worry about program and says 366 00:21:34,740 --> 00:21:41,520 it's what's working. In fact, I got a note from one of our 367 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,670 producers, I'm over 50. And for numerous reasons can't lose the 368 00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:48,420 weight weight, the way I used to. My last physical had me as 369 00:21:48,420 --> 00:21:52,440 pre diabetes, ie I had to make a change, or I will have type two. 370 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,310 And by the way, we all have we're all pre diabetic, trust 371 00:21:56,310 --> 00:22:00,120 me, we're all pre cancerous pre debt, we're all pre debt. My 372 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:03,990 wife and I started started using majorna, which is like ozempic. 373 00:22:03,990 --> 00:22:06,840 For Weight Loss, I lost 20 pounds in the first month, the 374 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:11,250 cost is $300 for four shots that taken weekly. The Diabetes 375 00:22:11,250 --> 00:22:14,790 version is about 1000 a month and sold in special injectors. 376 00:22:14,970 --> 00:22:17,340 For me, it was a simple choice, do this now or do it later with 377 00:22:17,340 --> 00:22:24,510 diabetes. So he's been convinced we can afford to do this but but 378 00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:27,540 you know, when I say we can afford to do this, in fact, the 379 00:22:27,540 --> 00:22:30,810 amount we spend his savings saved a not eating out with 380 00:22:30,810 --> 00:22:33,840 these drugs, your appetite drips, and drips, and you really 381 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,660 don't want to eat all that much. I bet I'll bet the five answers 382 00:22:36,750 --> 00:22:39,510 to this class of drugs has been used in Hollywood and by the 383 00:22:39,510 --> 00:22:41,910 elites for decades, finally available to those of us in the 384 00:22:41,910 --> 00:22:46,530 upper middle class, aren't you happy? He says if I were blessed 385 00:22:46,530 --> 00:22:49,020 with great self control of my eating, I would not be in this 386 00:22:49,020 --> 00:22:52,980 situation. I'm a realist. So he certainly has given up. He says 387 00:22:52,980 --> 00:22:57,090 he can't he can't do it. He doesn't have the he doesn't have 388 00:22:57,090 --> 00:23:02,940 the willpower. The willpower. Yeah. But these telemedicine 389 00:23:02,940 --> 00:23:07,770 health guys, these are the ones these are the ones that are 390 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:13,920 prescribing all kinds of stuff. And, and by the way, big story 391 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:19,170 about cerebral cerebral is another one of these telehealth 392 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:24,030 apps. Well, they got caught sharing millions of their 393 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:26,610 patients data with advertisers. 394 00:23:28,860 --> 00:23:30,030 John C Dvorak: Oh so much for HIPAA. 395 00:23:31,950 --> 00:23:34,440 Adam Curry: That's great. If an individual creators cerebral 396 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,870 account the information disclosed Me included name phone 397 00:23:36,870 --> 00:23:41,610 number, email address, date baba, baba, bah, online self. In 398 00:23:41,610 --> 00:23:44,370 addition, the individual has completed any portion of 399 00:23:44,370 --> 00:23:47,280 cerebral online Melf health self assessment, the information 400 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,680 disclosed may also have been included in the service the 401 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,900 individual selected, so they just sold that now they're 402 00:23:51,900 --> 00:23:54,840 getting fined for it, but it's not like you're hearing much 403 00:23:54,840 --> 00:24:01,620 about it. Yeah. It's really it's really nuts. 404 00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:04,740 John C Dvorak: The allopathic medical system is out of 405 00:24:04,740 --> 00:24:05,400 control. 406 00:24:05,430 --> 00:24:08,370 Adam Curry: Yeah, well, how about this? This is you'll love 407 00:24:08,370 --> 00:24:15,720 this Wall Street Journal. March is a special time for college 408 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,020 basketball fans who kick back on the couch for days to watch the 409 00:24:19,020 --> 00:24:25,590 two week NCAA Tournament known as March Madness. It has also 410 00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:29,040 become a shining moment for some neurologists who see the games 411 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:34,950 as a perfect time to peddle vasectomies. Yes, the idea of 412 00:24:34,950 --> 00:24:38,370 pairing male family planning with March Madness appears to 413 00:24:38,370 --> 00:24:44,640 have been very successful so how about that? 414 00:24:45,030 --> 00:24:45,990 John C Dvorak: How does that work 415 00:24:46,020 --> 00:24:49,320 Adam Curry: is vast vast madness there you'll see the commercials 416 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,570 vast madness along with March Madness. I 417 00:24:51,570 --> 00:24:53,790 John C Dvorak: have not seen any of these commercials. They say 418 00:24:53,790 --> 00:24:54,360 it's coming. 419 00:24:54,899 --> 00:24:57,449 Adam Curry: They say it's coming. Kleenex or advertising 420 00:24:57,449 --> 00:25:02,489 VAs madness recover On the couch glued to the TV guilt free 421 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,270 John C Dvorak: yeah forget to be washed all these grades. Oh, 422 00:25:06,270 --> 00:25:07,710 that's Oh man as well maybe 423 00:25:07,710 --> 00:25:10,770 Adam Curry: I want to watch the games. Don't interrupt me. Well, 424 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:15,150 you can if you're recovering from your vasectomy. I wonder 425 00:25:15,150 --> 00:25:17,700 how many of our producers have been tricked into this. 426 00:25:19,260 --> 00:25:20,910 John C Dvorak: I think half of our producers have had a 427 00:25:20,910 --> 00:25:23,580 vasectomy, or they complain about a report or 428 00:25:24,390 --> 00:25:25,650 Adam Curry: they're about to leave us 429 00:25:27,540 --> 00:25:28,470 Unknown: to back off they 430 00:25:28,470 --> 00:25:32,880 Adam Curry: got really mad. It's like you can't talk about EVs. 431 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,070 You can't talk about vasectomies. You can't talk 432 00:25:35,070 --> 00:25:35,460 about it. 433 00:25:35,550 --> 00:25:37,830 John C Dvorak: I'm sure people will warming's out. Hey, 434 00:25:37,830 --> 00:25:42,270 Adam Curry: man, I have ADHD to stop busting. I'm a math guy, 435 00:25:42,270 --> 00:25:47,940 you do whatever you want. I was a druggie for all my life. That 436 00:25:47,940 --> 00:25:54,630 marijuana still still tobacco was well. Dodge is things like, 437 00:25:54,630 --> 00:25:58,680 wow, they got a hold of us now that God has bought the balls 438 00:25:58,680 --> 00:25:59,250 literally. 439 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:02,850 John C Dvorak: Well, you did play a Biden clip. I want to get 440 00:26:02,850 --> 00:26:08,730 a couple Biden clips out of the way. All right. Biden is not 441 00:26:08,730 --> 00:26:09,840 very good at math. 442 00:26:12,090 --> 00:26:14,940 Unknown: I just met I won't embarrass them by pointing out I 443 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:17,190 don't want I don't have permission. But I just met a 444 00:26:17,190 --> 00:26:22,500 woman who has healthcare costs that are 600 $600,000 A year 445 00:26:22,950 --> 00:26:28,320 $7,000 A month? Well, guess what? How can you possibly deal 446 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,480 with that? Well, we just dealt with. 447 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:35,820 Adam Curry: So that sounds like he multiplied by. He did an 448 00:26:35,820 --> 00:26:39,450 extra 10 times there. Were eight. 449 00:26:39,540 --> 00:26:41,820 John C Dvorak: Well, it says seven and six. It wasn't even 450 00:26:41,820 --> 00:26:42,450 that it was 451 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,070 Adam Curry: what? Who knows what he was thinking? 452 00:26:49,050 --> 00:26:50,610 John C Dvorak: Well, then there's this this one here, 453 00:26:50,610 --> 00:26:53,760 which is funnier. And he did. He says it twice to make sure it's 454 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,770 even that you don't miss it. 455 00:26:55,980 --> 00:27:01,560 Unknown: More to show I really, it's all my fault. Well, look, I 456 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,440 think we got a good job report. I'm happy to report that our 457 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:09,960 economy has created over 300,000 new jobs last month. And that's 458 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:14,130 on top of a half a million jobs we added the month before. All 459 00:27:14,130 --> 00:27:18,390 total, we've created more than 12,000 12,000 jobs since it took 460 00:27:18,390 --> 00:27:23,280 office. nearly 8000 of the manufacturing jobs. That means 461 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,340 overall, we've created more jobs in two years than any 462 00:27:26,340 --> 00:27:30,720 ministration has created in the first four years. And I think 463 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,880 all this matters. It's no accident. 464 00:27:32,910 --> 00:27:39,960 Adam Curry: No. Goodness. You're still mass bumping. 465 00:27:40,260 --> 00:27:42,000 John C Dvorak: I don't know why. Oh, sorry. That was my fault. 466 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,610 Now. I knew I did that. I've just got to be careful. Well, 467 00:27:44,610 --> 00:27:49,020 the job Oh, that's Biden's ability to capitalize. Yeah. 468 00:27:49,469 --> 00:27:52,019 Adam Curry: Well, jobs are going to change. Pretty soon. You're 469 00:27:52,019 --> 00:27:54,809 gonna have a lot more unemployed. I've been following 470 00:27:54,809 --> 00:27:58,649 the Silicon Valley Bank. closure. 471 00:27:58,830 --> 00:28:00,210 John C Dvorak: I wouldn't say quite a lot of people are 472 00:28:00,210 --> 00:28:02,490 blaming Peter Thiel. Did you get that far? 473 00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:04,890 Adam Curry: Oh, I got much further than that. Oh, would 474 00:28:04,890 --> 00:28:09,840 take us there. Okay. Well, first of all, whenever I get an email 475 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,570 from Andrew Horowitz saying yeah, this could be pretty big. 476 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:17,640 I pay attention on Horowitz he's a pretty level headed guy. Cool. 477 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,750 Yeah. He doesn't really go too nuts. Well, I have two reports. 478 00:28:21,750 --> 00:28:25,860 And then we can we and I 100%. five by five agree that Peter 479 00:28:25,860 --> 00:28:29,130 Thiel started the bank run. But let's listen to some of the 480 00:28:29,790 --> 00:28:31,770 mainstream reporting. Here's ABC, from 481 00:28:31,770 --> 00:28:34,710 Unknown: New York to California today panicked customers 482 00:28:34,710 --> 00:28:38,340 scrambling to pull their money out of Silicon Valley Banks, 483 00:28:38,490 --> 00:28:41,100 only to find them close all our money's 484 00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:44,100 in the bank. I don't know how we're gonna do our payroll. I 485 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:45,630 don't know what we're gonna do. Now. 486 00:28:45,690 --> 00:28:49,140 It's the biggest bank failure since the 2008. Financial 487 00:28:49,140 --> 00:28:52,710 crisis. Regulators this morning, shutting down and seizing the 488 00:28:52,710 --> 00:28:56,100 assets of the bank, a go to lender to the tech industry. 489 00:28:56,310 --> 00:28:59,700 Many of those businesses today cut off from their cash, I hope 490 00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:02,640 to get most of it back. But that's definitely concerned. It 491 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,360 all came crashing down in just 48 hours, as the bank tried to 492 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:10,320 shore up its finances. The panic only spread on Wall Street, the 493 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:14,130 bank stock plunged and customers started pulling their money out. 494 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,620 Once that happens, it's just inevitable it's going to fail. 495 00:29:16,650 --> 00:29:19,530 high interest rates have left many tech companies with less 496 00:29:19,530 --> 00:29:22,980 cash on hand, forcing them to withdraw more to meet their 497 00:29:22,980 --> 00:29:23,760 expenses. 498 00:29:23,790 --> 00:29:28,290 This is a bank, perhaps a handful of banks that are 499 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,380 getting nailed by the fallout from the from the problem the 500 00:29:31,380 --> 00:29:36,210 tech sector. And it's not a economy wide or a banking system 501 00:29:36,210 --> 00:29:36,570 wide 502 00:29:36,690 --> 00:29:39,990 problem. We pressed the White House on what this means for the 503 00:29:39,990 --> 00:29:43,110 tech world. How concerned are you that we could see a ripple 504 00:29:43,110 --> 00:29:45,960 effect just throughout this specific sector? I just want to 505 00:29:45,990 --> 00:29:47,130 re emphasize that we 506 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:51,180 are in a fundamentally different position that, you know with the 507 00:29:51,180 --> 00:29:56,100 reforms of the global financial crisis of 2007 2008 we've put in 508 00:29:56,100 --> 00:29:59,970 place stress tests and other tools that our regulators have i 509 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,220 to provide more resilience to our banking system. 510 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:07,260 Adam Curry: Alright, so what happened here is a is not crypto 511 00:30:07,260 --> 00:30:10,020 related, although there are some there's some exposure there with 512 00:30:10,020 --> 00:30:14,820 a stable coin USDC, which I fully expect to collapse because 513 00:30:14,850 --> 00:30:21,600 stable coins are crap. What happened here is, is really 514 00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:25,890 Yeah, the big banks the big for too big to fail, they had to 515 00:30:25,890 --> 00:30:28,620 over capitalize, they've been stressed tested, but all the 516 00:30:28,620 --> 00:30:31,590 other regional banks, smaller banks like Silicon Valley Bank, 517 00:30:32,130 --> 00:30:38,580 they actually argued the the CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, argued 518 00:30:38,580 --> 00:30:42,930 to weaken regulations. And I believe since COVID, they didn't 519 00:30:42,930 --> 00:30:47,040 even have to have 10% of reserves. And the biggest 520 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:51,330 problem for that for that was is almost a classic idiot bank move 521 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:57,570 is they invested in bonds that you have to hold to maturity, 522 00:30:58,260 --> 00:31:01,890 htm is what it's called. I mean, you can't just sell them off. So 523 00:31:01,890 --> 00:31:04,770 they had a lot of these bonds, which are because the interest 524 00:31:04,770 --> 00:31:08,730 rates have gone up so quickly. And as we know, prices of bonds 525 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,700 work inversely to interest rates, that means they're worth 526 00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:15,720 less money if you want to go and sell them. And this went so 527 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:20,130 fast, which is what what our Federal Reserve has been doing, 528 00:31:20,370 --> 00:31:23,940 that they found themselves overexposed, like $1.8 billion, 529 00:31:24,420 --> 00:31:29,340 and they started selling these unprofitable bombs. That's when 530 00:31:29,340 --> 00:31:33,630 Peter Thiel on Wednesday, I think told all of his portfolio 531 00:31:33,630 --> 00:31:36,120 companies, so I don't know how many of those are, it could be 532 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,790 10, could be 20, could be 100. But these are companies that 533 00:31:38,790 --> 00:31:42,120 he's invested in either directly or through maybe one of the 534 00:31:42,150 --> 00:31:45,120 venture capital firms. He started calling everybody say, 535 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,370 take your money out, take your money out, take your money out, 536 00:31:47,370 --> 00:31:51,450 that is what triggered an actual run on the bank when everyone's 537 00:31:51,450 --> 00:31:55,710 going, Oh, crap, let's take our money out. And they didn't have 538 00:31:55,710 --> 00:31:59,160 the cash on hand, they were $900 million short and just couldn't 539 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:03,030 give anybody the cash. This was, I guess, kind of expected the 540 00:32:03,030 --> 00:32:08,520 regulars regulators came in and shut it down. And the way these 541 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:12,450 things work is if you every bank account in America has an FDIC 542 00:32:12,450 --> 00:32:16,140 Bank, which I think they all are, they are insured up to 543 00:32:16,140 --> 00:32:20,940 $250,000 per account. So on Monday, if you had a million 544 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:24,450 dollars in an account, you'll get 250,000. At minimum, that's 545 00:32:24,450 --> 00:32:26,730 that's what's going to end whatever else happens. We're 546 00:32:26,730 --> 00:32:30,240 going to see before we move any further into some of the 547 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:35,070 details. The way Silicon Valley works, and I've witnessed this 548 00:32:35,070 --> 00:32:42,000 twice. Once when I took my company public in 1996. We went 549 00:32:42,510 --> 00:32:46,200 we took it public with a brown shoe small New York firm, but we 550 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,950 went around to the big the big companies. And they immediately 551 00:32:49,950 --> 00:32:55,080 bring in Wilson Sonsini, which is Silicon Valley's law firm, 552 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:59,130 very, very famous, I think the as at Wilson Sonsini, who's kind 553 00:32:59,130 --> 00:33:01,770 of like called the godfather of Silicon Valley and one of the 554 00:33:01,770 --> 00:33:04,590 two, you may know that better than I do. And that's, you know, 555 00:33:04,590 --> 00:33:07,380 and they'll, they'll run, you know, deals through, they'll 556 00:33:07,380 --> 00:33:11,190 play on both sides of deals. It's incredible what a what kind 557 00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:16,860 of monopoly they have. But when we raise money from Sequoia 558 00:33:16,860 --> 00:33:20,880 Capital, Kleiner Perkins shirt below raunchy rock Sriram. But 559 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,490 the main, the main two were Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins, 560 00:33:23,730 --> 00:33:27,390 immediately, as a covenant in the deal. And you're going to 561 00:33:27,390 --> 00:33:31,740 bank at Silicon Valley Bank. And if you remember you, and I 562 00:33:31,740 --> 00:33:39,150 bought a lot of lunches and wine with an SVB credit card. And so 563 00:33:39,150 --> 00:33:44,190 the way it kind of works is they have their money at SVB. Or at 564 00:33:44,190 --> 00:33:47,460 least chunks of it. And you know, okay, we're gonna raise 565 00:33:47,460 --> 00:33:49,440 this money, you get the money, and it really is just 566 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,500 transferred from one Silicon Valley Bank account to the next 567 00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:57,030 one. And because you're in this trusted circle, which the bank 568 00:33:57,030 --> 00:34:00,570 connects everybody, you can then get easy debt financing. Oh, you 569 00:34:00,570 --> 00:34:04,500 need a $2 million line of credit, no problem. And so it's 570 00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:09,270 very incestuous. And I'm pretty sure a lot of the owners, the 571 00:34:09,270 --> 00:34:14,100 bank shareholders, the bank were the same people. So a lot of 572 00:34:14,490 --> 00:34:19,440 yeah, just incestuous exposure. And because of this, they say 573 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:25,170 50%, I would say, maybe 75% of every single venture capital 574 00:34:25,170 --> 00:34:28,470 back for him, not just in Silicon Valley. We're talking 575 00:34:28,470 --> 00:34:32,760 firms in Sweden, in Denmark, in the Netherlands, in the UK, 576 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:37,020 everywhere. If you raise money through a big event, not even a 577 00:34:37,020 --> 00:34:41,370 big one, but one of the 350 or 400 venture capital firms, 578 00:34:41,490 --> 00:34:44,910 you're going to have a bank account of Silicon Valley. So 579 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:50,610 this is going to create a large culling of the heard in time. 580 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:55,650 Yeah, because payroll coming up on the 15th payroll money had 581 00:34:55,650 --> 00:34:58,710 already been sent into Silicon Valley Bank or sent or supposed 582 00:34:58,710 --> 00:35:01,500 to be sent from it to the payroll companies, they didn't 583 00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:05,760 go out. So and so now. People aren't going to get paid. 584 00:35:06,270 --> 00:35:09,750 Obviously, there's a lot of companies that are, I'd say the 585 00:35:09,750 --> 00:35:12,930 majority of venture capital backed companies are not 586 00:35:12,930 --> 00:35:16,830 profitable. They had no they, they already had to fire people 587 00:35:16,980 --> 00:35:20,640 rein stuff in because No, it's going to be tough if you're 588 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,640 based on advertising and may not make any advertising money for 589 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,280 the next four years. So how are you going to get through they 590 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,470 got a line of credit from Silicon Valley Bank, that's 591 00:35:28,470 --> 00:35:33,360 everything's dried up. So we're gonna see firms collapsing in 592 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,360 the next few days in the next few weeks. Let's go to CBS. 593 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:39,060 Unknown: Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank this 594 00:35:39,060 --> 00:35:42,120 week, officials in Washington are expressing concern 595 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:47,340 when banks experience financial losses, it is and should be a 596 00:35:47,340 --> 00:35:49,320 matter of concern. 597 00:35:49,799 --> 00:35:53,879 Silicon Valley Bank is the 16th largest in the country, with 598 00:35:53,879 --> 00:35:58,589 $209 billion in total assets late last year. According to the 599 00:35:58,589 --> 00:36:02,519 FDIC, the bank is known for serving tech startups and 600 00:36:02,519 --> 00:36:03,869 venture capital firms 601 00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:07,740 Silicon Valley Bank failed largely because of its links to 602 00:36:07,740 --> 00:36:12,060 the tech industry, because technical getting nailed by 603 00:36:12,090 --> 00:36:12,510 sorry. 604 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:16,290 John C Dvorak: Says It failed because of its links to the tech 605 00:36:16,290 --> 00:36:16,980 industry. 606 00:36:17,009 --> 00:36:19,769 Adam Curry: Oh no, no, you're gonna hear every single boat 607 00:36:19,769 --> 00:36:23,549 bull crap. You're gonna hear all kinds of bullshit stuff in the 608 00:36:23,549 --> 00:36:24,299 next few days, 609 00:36:24,330 --> 00:36:27,990 Unknown: largely because of its links to the tech industry, 610 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:33,690 because tech is getting nailed by all the rising interest rates 611 00:36:33,690 --> 00:36:35,400 and changing consumer preferences. 612 00:36:36,660 --> 00:36:38,730 Regulators shut down the bank. Do you want to 613 00:36:38,940 --> 00:36:40,350 Adam Curry: want to call out I'm happy to stop you want to 614 00:36:40,350 --> 00:36:40,650 comment? 615 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,750 John C Dvorak: No, I'm just saying this guy's whoever this 616 00:36:42,750 --> 00:36:45,750 analyst is is full of crap. Surprise, surprise, 617 00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:48,030 Unknown: a rising interest rates and changing consumer 618 00:36:48,030 --> 00:36:48,750 preferences. 619 00:36:49,109 --> 00:36:52,259 On Friday, state regulators shut down the bank transferring 620 00:36:52,259 --> 00:36:56,159 control of his assets to a new institution controlled by the 621 00:36:56,159 --> 00:37:00,269 FDIC. In a statement, the agency said customers would be able to 622 00:37:00,269 --> 00:37:04,619 access their funds no later than Monday morning. But it only 623 00:37:04,619 --> 00:37:09,509 insurance deposits up to $250,000. The bank serves some 624 00:37:09,509 --> 00:37:13,799 major companies like Roku, Pinterest, Shopify and Etsy, 625 00:37:14,009 --> 00:37:17,789 which warn sellers that some deposits may be delayed, small 626 00:37:17,789 --> 00:37:21,209 business owner Amber fields now swept up in the chaos, 627 00:37:21,450 --> 00:37:25,170 and another three are in small business, I get this in my home, 628 00:37:25,770 --> 00:37:27,450 those funds, feed my family and 629 00:37:27,450 --> 00:37:31,380 pay my bills. The effect is also being felt overseas, with 630 00:37:31,380 --> 00:37:34,890 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying his government 631 00:37:34,890 --> 00:37:38,100 will take steps to assist businesses that are impacted. 632 00:37:38,130 --> 00:37:40,320 Adam Curry: Ah, yes, I should have mentioned Israeli companies 633 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:43,230 as well. Of course, there's a lot of investment from Silicon 634 00:37:43,230 --> 00:37:45,960 Valley and Israeli companies. So it's going to it's going to 635 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,720 affect a lot. Now, here's a couple of fun, fun little 636 00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:54,840 things. Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker. He actually until 637 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:58,800 this happened, he was on the board of directors for the San 638 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:05,910 Francisco Federal Reserve Bank. The what is it? The what's the 639 00:38:05,910 --> 00:38:13,770 guy's name? The who was it? I think the not maybe the Chief 640 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:18,330 Operating Officer. Or maybe Yeah, I think was the chief 641 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:22,650 operating officer. He actually was at Lehman Brothers, when it 642 00:38:22,650 --> 00:38:25,320 collapsed. So you know, there was just they were very involved 643 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:29,550 in diversity, equity inclusion focused on lots of important 644 00:38:29,550 --> 00:38:34,080 things like that. And meanwhile, they just weren't exposed to all 645 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:38,400 kinds of problems. Now, what this also did and hasn't been 646 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:42,180 mentioned that much, but will be is it made people around 647 00:38:42,210 --> 00:38:45,510 America, certainly nervous about regional banks and regional 648 00:38:45,510 --> 00:38:48,870 banks, just like Silicon Valley Bank, did not have to have the 649 00:38:48,870 --> 00:38:52,500 same type of over capitalization. That the big, 650 00:38:53,490 --> 00:38:56,940 too big to fail banks have. And so there's their stocks were 651 00:38:56,940 --> 00:39:00,210 down, you will see what happens. But what is happening this 652 00:39:00,210 --> 00:39:03,900 weekend, as people are, you know, their bank runs happen 653 00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:06,630 because people have no faith, it may not even be an actual 654 00:39:06,630 --> 00:39:10,110 problem with the bank. So if people just saying all weekend 655 00:39:10,110 --> 00:39:13,080 long, oh, man, you know, the regional bank, you go down, but 656 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,090 to get your money out of the bank, there could be a run on 657 00:39:15,090 --> 00:39:19,080 regional banks. And that could actually be very serious. But 658 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:23,160 it's not because there's necessarily anything wrong. Now 659 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:26,820 we go to CNN, who literally could not get anyone better than 660 00:39:26,820 --> 00:39:29,220 Robert Reich. To explain it to us. 661 00:39:29,250 --> 00:39:33,690 Unknown: What does this mean for people outside of Silicon Valley 662 00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:37,680 Bank? Universe? What does it mean for the average borrower, 663 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:38,370 if anything? 664 00:39:39,390 --> 00:39:42,240 So far, it doesn't mean anything. But the big question 665 00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:47,910 is one of contagion. That is what we saw in 2008 was when one 666 00:39:47,910 --> 00:39:52,620 big bank, a couple of others started to fail, could not pay 667 00:39:52,620 --> 00:39:56,400 their depositors could not actually pay up what they owed. 668 00:39:56,910 --> 00:40:00,900 They were closed, and regulators had to And moving very, very 669 00:40:00,900 --> 00:40:06,090 quickly about we ended up with a financial crisis. Because of you 670 00:40:06,090 --> 00:40:10,530 know, one vague banking card easily starts tipping over other 671 00:40:10,530 --> 00:40:13,860 cards, it's a house of cards. Now, we don't know yet about 672 00:40:13,890 --> 00:40:18,300 contagion, we what we do know is that this bank was obviously 673 00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:22,140 over extended. And this is related to the Fed because as 674 00:40:22,140 --> 00:40:25,920 interest rates went up, and as and this bank was lending to a 675 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,970 lot of startups, this bank simply could not handle it. I 676 00:40:29,970 --> 00:40:33,870 think that this is the biggest economic news today, it is not 677 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:38,040 this jobs report, the Drudge Report was good. And it's kind 678 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:41,730 of signals to me a soft landing. But I think that in terms of 679 00:40:41,730 --> 00:40:46,950 what the Fed is going to do, this bank implosion of this 680 00:40:46,950 --> 00:40:53,640 potential contagion may reverse Jerome Pauwels direction, it may 681 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,750 lead to, instead of a half a point increase at the March 682 00:40:57,750 --> 00:41:01,050 meeting, it may lead to no increase at all. In fact, it's 683 00:41:01,050 --> 00:41:05,430 even conceivable that interest rates start dropping at the fear 684 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,380 that we're going to be in deep trouble. 685 00:41:08,670 --> 00:41:11,730 Adam Curry: So I'm sure this is what a lot of people certainly 686 00:41:11,730 --> 00:41:15,240 in the tech sector would love, hey, let's get that quantitative 687 00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:18,000 easing, let's get money cheaper. Again, we need to have cheap 688 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:22,230 money, which of course will only result in higher inflation for 689 00:41:22,260 --> 00:41:26,970 you know, you for the prices for your, your groceries, etc. And 690 00:41:26,970 --> 00:41:30,360 so now we're in the what are we going to do phase and we've got, 691 00:41:31,500 --> 00:41:34,980 typically, you know, they can find a buyer for bank like this, 692 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:38,310 like JPMorgan Chase would be a good one that get it for for 693 00:41:38,310 --> 00:41:43,110 almost nothing. And anyone who had money in there might lose 694 00:41:43,110 --> 00:41:47,400 10%, maybe more. You know, that depends on the deal that they 695 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:54,480 cut. But already, Washington and Silicon Valley are talking about 696 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:59,250 a special vehicle, the Federal Reserve, we need a bailout. This 697 00:41:59,250 --> 00:42:04,770 is this is going to be interesting. If if the Federal 698 00:42:04,770 --> 00:42:09,870 Reserve forces, you know, however they do that forces a 699 00:42:09,870 --> 00:42:14,190 bailout. You know, and this is really only it's only $100 700 00:42:14,190 --> 00:42:17,550 billion. I mean, you know, the money we gave, so called gave to 701 00:42:17,550 --> 00:42:22,110 Ukraine could fix this problem. But if you start going down that 702 00:42:22,110 --> 00:42:24,570 road, you know, who knows where it's going to end up, 703 00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:28,950 Unknown: you have advocated for the Fed to stop increasing the 704 00:42:28,950 --> 00:42:33,330 interest rate why we before this issue with Silicon Valley Bank, 705 00:42:33,690 --> 00:42:38,670 as simply because I don't see any wage price. Inflation wages, 706 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,940 according to Jerome Powell are pushing up prices. Well, that's 707 00:42:41,940 --> 00:42:45,120 simply not the case. Look at today's report, for example, we 708 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:49,740 are seeing the smallest wage increase in over a year, prices 709 00:42:49,740 --> 00:42:53,220 continue to rise. That is absolutely true. But wages are 710 00:42:53,220 --> 00:42:55,770 not pushing them up. It's not that workers are doing so 711 00:42:55,770 --> 00:42:58,470 wonderfully well. But what's pushing up many prices 712 00:42:58,470 --> 00:43:02,310 domestically in big companies that want to increase their 713 00:43:02,310 --> 00:43:06,480 profit margins. And so they have monopolies or near monopolies 714 00:43:06,510 --> 00:43:10,800 oligopolies. They are using the opportunity using inflation as 715 00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,640 an excuse to put up their prices. So this is at its at its 716 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:18,900 bottom here. It really is an antitrust monopolization issue. 717 00:43:18,990 --> 00:43:21,870 It is not a Fed interest rate problem. 718 00:43:23,490 --> 00:43:27,060 Adam Curry: The venture capital firms, 350 of them have written 719 00:43:27,060 --> 00:43:30,360 an open letter. Say that hey, you know, we'll work with any 720 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:35,520 new owner if you find one. But we get stories like this. More 721 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:41,550 than 60%. John, of community solar financing involves Silicon 722 00:43:41,550 --> 00:43:44,880 Valley Bank, we will not be able to stop climate change if these 723 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,790 companies go out of business. Oh, yeah. Good one. Oh, yeah. 724 00:43:47,820 --> 00:43:50,760 Oh, yeah. Wait for it. You can just wait for that to happen. 725 00:43:51,450 --> 00:43:54,090 It's like, oh, no, these are none of these companies are 726 00:43:54,090 --> 00:43:56,220 making any money. And they're not supposed to. That's why 727 00:43:56,220 --> 00:44:00,240 they're venture funded. But it also may just be a great moment 728 00:44:00,240 --> 00:44:04,170 for the venture capital money companies to write off a whole 729 00:44:04,170 --> 00:44:07,950 bunch of really bad investments because everyone's just looking 730 00:44:07,950 --> 00:44:10,350 for, you know, it's a crapshoot. Hey, let me get the next 731 00:44:10,350 --> 00:44:13,110 unicorn. Yeah, we'll invest in that and invest in this. It's 732 00:44:13,110 --> 00:44:17,130 kind of it's been very fun to watch Jason Calacanis. He's now 733 00:44:17,130 --> 00:44:22,500 tweeting in all caps. He's beside himself. Because he, you 734 00:44:22,500 --> 00:44:28,290 know, he, he's like an angel investor, and his whole it's a 735 00:44:28,290 --> 00:44:32,670 very simple process, but basically, he gets people to 736 00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:36,720 give him money, he invest their money, and then he pitches those 737 00:44:36,720 --> 00:44:40,500 companies to actual venture capital firms. I'm kind of 738 00:44:40,770 --> 00:44:45,000 giving an abbreviation. So he, he's holding a bag, a machine, 739 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,130 not personally, but his investors are gonna be holding a 740 00:44:47,130 --> 00:44:52,680 big bag of crap. Now, when something like this happens, I 741 00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:57,900 am typically all ready to jump in and say hi, this is how they 742 00:44:57,900 --> 00:45:02,160 introduced the central bank digital currency. You do not 743 00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:05,760 have to do that. Because everyone else is doing it for me 744 00:45:05,790 --> 00:45:06,990 like General Flynn, 745 00:45:07,049 --> 00:45:11,729 Unknown: I want people to go read executive order 14067 746 00:45:11,909 --> 00:45:17,699 Executive Order 14067 signed by Uncle Joe, the Eighth of March 747 00:45:17,699 --> 00:45:22,859 of 22. And it went into effect 13 December 2022. So just this 748 00:45:22,859 --> 00:45:27,359 past summer, and there are already corporations and 749 00:45:27,359 --> 00:45:29,849 elements of our US government that are already beta testing 750 00:45:29,849 --> 00:45:33,539 what's called Central Bank, digital currency, Central Bank, 751 00:45:33,539 --> 00:45:36,059 digital currency. That's what that executive order is all 752 00:45:36,059 --> 00:45:36,479 about. 753 00:45:36,659 --> 00:45:40,979 Adam Curry: And this was accentuated on Friday on Tucker 754 00:45:40,979 --> 00:45:44,189 show, which I do not watch anymore, but the people sent me 755 00:45:44,189 --> 00:45:47,969 the clip. So how could I avoid Kristi, noem? Who was the 756 00:45:47,999 --> 00:45:50,219 governor of what is she South Dakota? I think she saw it. 757 00:45:50,219 --> 00:45:56,339 Yeah. And she mentioned that the UCC update. In fact, Article 758 00:45:56,339 --> 00:46:00,689 Nine UCC is the universal commercial code. I think it's 759 00:46:01,289 --> 00:46:05,129 something that originates with lobbyist in Washington, DC, it 760 00:46:05,129 --> 00:46:10,499 goes to the states, the states have to ratify it, you know, 761 00:46:10,499 --> 00:46:13,649 states just like any other politician, you know, Hey, you 762 00:46:13,649 --> 00:46:15,839 want what I just ratified this, how much you give me for my 763 00:46:15,839 --> 00:46:18,989 reelection campaign. 10 grand, okay, fine. It's too complicated 764 00:46:18,989 --> 00:46:25,229 to read. Anyway, she she vetoed this in the South Dakota, bill 765 00:46:25,229 --> 00:46:26,849 that was passed by the lawmakers, 766 00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:29,910 Unknown: I became aware of this bill, it wasn't introduced until 767 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:32,700 almost halfway through our legislative session, we started 768 00:46:32,700 --> 00:46:36,690 reading through this bill that was over 110 pages long, it was 769 00:46:36,690 --> 00:46:39,900 sold as an update to the guidelines of the universal 770 00:46:39,900 --> 00:46:44,100 Commercial Code backed by all of our financial institutions, or 771 00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:48,330 banks. As we started reading through it, we saw the section 772 00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:50,850 of the bill that changed the definition of currency. And 773 00:46:50,850 --> 00:46:53,430 essentially what it did was paved the way for a government 774 00:46:53,460 --> 00:46:59,790 led cbdc. And it also banned any other form of cryptocurrency or 775 00:46:59,790 --> 00:47:04,200 Bitcoin or digital currency that existed. So for me, it very 776 00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:07,830 clearly was a threat to our freedom. In South Dakota, we are 777 00:47:07,830 --> 00:47:11,790 the session that completes its business earliest in the year, 778 00:47:11,790 --> 00:47:14,520 we are the first ones to really look at this bill and find out 779 00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:18,720 the truth of what's in it. And I did veto that bill. I'm asking 780 00:47:18,720 --> 00:47:21,690 my legislators to change their minds, to make the right 781 00:47:21,690 --> 00:47:24,510 decision and help me kill this bill once and for all. But I'm 782 00:47:24,510 --> 00:47:27,600 telling you attacker, we've got the same language coming to over 783 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:30,870 20 other states, I believe, it's to pave the way for the federal 784 00:47:30,870 --> 00:47:33,810 government to control our currency and thus control 785 00:47:33,810 --> 00:47:37,170 people, it should be alarming to everyone and it's being sold as 786 00:47:37,170 --> 00:47:41,790 a UCC guidelines update, there's no rush to do this. We need to 787 00:47:41,790 --> 00:47:44,010 be smart and make sure that we're doing what we can to 788 00:47:44,010 --> 00:47:47,610 protect people. I find it ironic that we also are having this 789 00:47:47,610 --> 00:47:49,920 discussion at the same time, we have banks and credit card 790 00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:54,120 companies talking about coding gun and ammunition in a separate 791 00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:57,570 code so they can track it. So not only can they tie these two 792 00:47:57,570 --> 00:48:00,030 issues together, if the government doesn't approve of 793 00:48:00,030 --> 00:48:03,000 what you're purchasing, if they have the only form of digital 794 00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:05,520 currency out there, and that is endorsed and utilized in the 795 00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:08,820 country, they can control how you spend that money and does 796 00:48:08,940 --> 00:48:10,230 take away all your freedom. 797 00:48:11,610 --> 00:48:15,090 Adam Curry: So from a perspective of what does that 798 00:48:15,090 --> 00:48:18,870 mean for you at home? First of all, don't panic. If you have 799 00:48:18,870 --> 00:48:22,080 more than $250,000. In one bank account, what are you doing? 800 00:48:22,650 --> 00:48:25,950 Someone should have advised you differently. So I think the FDIC 801 00:48:25,950 --> 00:48:30,360 insurance, although there was if you recall, about a year and a 802 00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:34,110 half, during COVID, there was a whole shuffle at the top of the 803 00:48:34,110 --> 00:48:37,440 FDIC, they kicked out the chairman of the board and they 804 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:40,020 brought in some woke crazy people. So who knows what that 805 00:48:40,020 --> 00:48:42,810 what's going on there. If this could be a part of anything? I 806 00:48:42,810 --> 00:48:47,040 don't know. There's I don't I do not think this is going to be 807 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,590 the introduction of central bank, digital currency this 808 00:48:49,590 --> 00:48:53,730 particular moment, it's possible you could go to sleep, it's 809 00:48:53,730 --> 00:48:55,680 great that happens over the weekend. All these things are 810 00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,140 always supposed to happen over the weekend, you might wake up 811 00:48:58,140 --> 00:49:01,980 with instead of dollars Fetty coin or $50. It wouldn't mean 812 00:49:01,980 --> 00:49:04,890 that much to you. Except of course for the obvious control 813 00:49:04,890 --> 00:49:08,130 that can be implemented. It is interesting as a side note that 814 00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:12,990 Elon Musk has openly been entertaining the idea of may may 815 00:49:12,990 --> 00:49:15,810 be buying Silicon Valley Bank, I don't think he will, it seems 816 00:49:15,810 --> 00:49:19,500 like a hassle. He's getting his licenses to do so anyway to 817 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:22,830 create the x.com that he's always dreamed of. But that 818 00:49:22,830 --> 00:49:26,580 would be an interesting, an interesting thing for it to 819 00:49:26,580 --> 00:49:30,810 happen. So just sit tight and don't panic is what I would say 820 00:49:30,810 --> 00:49:35,130 aye, aye. But it's clear that we're being set up for something 821 00:49:35,130 --> 00:49:39,870 like this in the future. And that's my report. 822 00:49:40,740 --> 00:49:42,390 John C Dvorak: Well, it's a good report. I don't think we're 823 00:49:42,390 --> 00:49:44,850 being set up for anything necessarily. I just think this 824 00:49:44,850 --> 00:49:48,150 was a stupid idea to have everything concentrated in this 825 00:49:48,150 --> 00:49:53,190 one SIV be because of the entire valley being somewhat corrupt in 826 00:49:53,190 --> 00:49:57,420 that manner. What's the point of having every company in Silicon 827 00:49:57,420 --> 00:50:00,720 Valley and every individual and every payroll go through just 828 00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:02,970 one single bank without backup, 829 00:50:03,330 --> 00:50:06,420 Adam Curry: we may we may find out who knows I mean you don't 830 00:50:06,420 --> 00:50:07,470 really know but it 831 00:50:07,470 --> 00:50:09,300 John C Dvorak: was just got to be corruption involved. There's 832 00:50:09,300 --> 00:50:11,520 no other possibility of course, 833 00:50:11,550 --> 00:50:14,130 Adam Curry: of course. And it was so I was Why 834 00:50:14,130 --> 00:50:16,200 John C Dvorak: should Why should my venture capitalists tell me 835 00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:18,240 what bank to work with? Do you want 836 00:50:18,240 --> 00:50:22,320 Adam Curry: the money son? We had covenants in our deal. We 837 00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:25,920 had time saying but why? Well, because I think that they were 838 00:50:25,920 --> 00:50:27,750 all they were shareholders. 839 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,830 John C Dvorak: Yeah, that would be it. That's called corruption. 840 00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:35,130 Adam Curry: Called coercion. I don't know if it's corruption, 841 00:50:35,370 --> 00:50:39,540 but I don't know. We'll see how bad it will certainly be a 842 00:50:39,540 --> 00:50:43,260 calling of a lot of crap that needed to go anyway. It 843 00:50:43,530 --> 00:50:46,710 simultaneously helps the Federal Reserve with exactly what 844 00:50:46,710 --> 00:50:49,470 they've been complaining about like well, you know, the job 845 00:50:49,470 --> 00:50:52,320 markets too strong we got to have more unemployment. Maybe 846 00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:55,350 this will help. I don't know how many people will be unemployed 847 00:50:55,350 --> 00:50:59,340 where the collapse of many companies will know in 60 days 848 00:50:59,460 --> 00:51:02,820 and maybe even less I think this will be the story for the next 849 00:51:02,820 --> 00:51:07,320 week. And and we'll just have to pay attention because it's very 850 00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:11,280 possible someone or some people will be really pushing the fear 851 00:51:13,140 --> 00:51:17,040 and I don't see you know what, tonight at the Oscars if there's 852 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,250 a lot of Silicon Valley Bank jokes, then you'll know that 853 00:51:20,250 --> 00:51:20,790 it's coming 854 00:51:22,530 --> 00:51:24,750 John C Dvorak: I don't think they can deliver a joke 855 00:51:26,700 --> 00:51:27,930 Adam Curry: they can change the carpet 856 00:51:29,070 --> 00:51:35,070 John C Dvorak: Yeah, I think carpet was on sale to call this 857 00:51:35,070 --> 00:51:39,420 dog shit brown carpet champagne we got it she 858 00:51:39,450 --> 00:51:43,560 Adam Curry: champagne you my dear friend Sean Panya I if 859 00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:46,380 they're gonna do anything wild with Central Bank digital 860 00:51:46,380 --> 00:51:49,830 currency at whatever level whatever version it won't happen 861 00:51:49,830 --> 00:51:54,990 until the Ukraine war is over. I think that's that's that's what 862 00:51:54,990 --> 00:51:55,800 I'm waiting for. 863 00:51:56,490 --> 00:51:58,800 John C Dvorak: Well, let's listen to some you look Ukraine 864 00:51:59,070 --> 00:52:03,360 clips I have a bunch Oh good. The word logistics clips these 865 00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:06,750 are all this is actually I consider these these five clips 866 00:52:06,900 --> 00:52:10,920 to be an excellent backgrounder on Well, I don't know what 867 00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:13,140 they're trying to accomplish. It seems as though they're looking 868 00:52:13,140 --> 00:52:19,200 at this war some way to stress tested the the defense industry 869 00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:23,250 in some way. Oh, because they can't make enough stuff. For 870 00:52:23,250 --> 00:52:26,100 these Ukrainians. These guys are unbelievable, but let's go with 871 00:52:26,100 --> 00:52:28,590 Ukraine war of logistics. One been 872 00:52:28,620 --> 00:52:31,200 Unknown: 80 years since a war with logistics on this 873 00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:36,570 industrial scale. Ukraine fires as many 155 millimeter artillery 874 00:52:36,570 --> 00:52:37,140 rounds and about 875 00:52:37,140 --> 00:52:39,120 Adam Curry: horses from who did this report because I liked that 876 00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:40,230 editing right off the bat. 877 00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:45,030 John C Dvorak: This is that may have been me. This is NPR alle 878 00:52:45,990 --> 00:52:48,390 Unknown: Ukraine fires as many 145 times 879 00:52:49,980 --> 00:52:54,060 John C Dvorak: throughout this report, there are scattered some 880 00:52:54,060 --> 00:53:00,780 really new explosions, rocket launchers and machine guns. And 881 00:53:00,810 --> 00:53:03,390 he's talking to one guy in an office and you're hearing this 882 00:53:03,390 --> 00:53:06,090 stuff. Psycho Washington DC is under attack. 883 00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:14,400 Adam Curry: Wait, I had I had this that's that's the new 884 00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:17,130 Ukraine war sound effect we picked up earlier so we'll see 885 00:53:17,130 --> 00:53:18,090 if they use that one. 886 00:53:18,930 --> 00:53:22,440 Unknown: Ukraine fires as many 155 millimeter artillery rounds 887 00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:26,760 in about five days, as the US produces in a month. Many of 888 00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:32,940 them are forged finished at 1500 degrees and painted here and 889 00:53:32,940 --> 00:53:37,200 1950s factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The machinery is 890 00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:41,490 decades old. But until now it's suited us needs Iraq and 891 00:53:41,490 --> 00:53:48,120 Afghanistan. We're not dueling artillery battles. But today, 892 00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:51,960 the 20,000 artillery shells the plant creates every 30 days is a 893 00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:55,290 fraction of Ukraine's needs. Ukraine's defense minister 894 00:53:55,290 --> 00:53:58,440 Alexei Resnikoff recently wrote to the European Union and let 895 00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:02,610 her describe to PBS news hour that Ukraine can only fire 1/5 896 00:54:02,610 --> 00:54:06,480 of what it could because of munition shortages. We saw that 897 00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:11,790 ourselves on the outskirts of Baku in eastern Ukraine. This 898 00:54:11,790 --> 00:54:14,520 team told us they did not have enough artillery to fire 899 00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:18,480 constantly Oleksandr commands and artillery unit in the 93rd 900 00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:19,080 brigade 901 00:54:19,140 --> 00:54:20,850 Do you have what you 902 00:54:20,850 --> 00:54:23,700 need in order to complete this fight? 903 00:54:23,970 --> 00:54:27,810 Unless yet? We do have equipment but we need more. And we need 904 00:54:27,810 --> 00:54:31,740 more and more and more because they won't stop until we stop 905 00:54:31,740 --> 00:54:32,070 them. 906 00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:36,990 The current rate of Ukraine's ammunition expenditure is many 907 00:54:36,990 --> 00:54:40,680 times higher than our current rate of production. 908 00:54:41,250 --> 00:54:43,980 Last month, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said 909 00:54:43,980 --> 00:54:46,890 defense industry couldn't deliver fast enough and how to 910 00:54:46,890 --> 00:54:48,030 expand quickly. 911 00:54:48,420 --> 00:54:52,680 This is now becoming a grinding war or attrition. And the war of 912 00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:54,690 attrition is a war over logistics. 913 00:54:55,590 --> 00:54:57,960 Adam Curry: Yeah, no one wants to pony up we just we're just 914 00:54:57,960 --> 00:54:59,640 not making them the old am making 915 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:04,050 John C Dvorak: Opening up as much as we can in Scranton, now 916 00:55:04,050 --> 00:55:04,560 the 917 00:55:05,730 --> 00:55:06,930 Adam Curry: president's home 918 00:55:07,830 --> 00:55:12,660 John C Dvorak: so what's the what's the last war of attrition 919 00:55:13,260 --> 00:55:15,960 that we've had in the last 100 years? 920 00:55:16,410 --> 00:55:19,440 Adam Curry: What is in this context? What does attrition 921 00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:19,890 mean? 922 00:55:20,490 --> 00:55:24,600 John C Dvorak: That means you just keep killing people Iraq 923 00:55:25,050 --> 00:55:30,510 there at World War One that was the classic war of attrition 924 00:55:30,900 --> 00:55:34,020 there was nothing no strategy there wasn't any just killing 925 00:55:34,020 --> 00:55:37,920 everybody as fast as you can they kill as many as you can and 926 00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:40,770 they can they kill as many as they can you kill as many as you 927 00:55:40,770 --> 00:55:44,790 can. And that's the attrition we're talking about people. So 928 00:55:44,790 --> 00:55:49,050 this is a this is basically a war of well of war of attrition, 929 00:55:49,050 --> 00:55:52,530 where you just keep killing this is a killing mess. This is a 930 00:55:52,530 --> 00:55:56,580 world war one style. outbreak or we 931 00:55:56,580 --> 00:56:02,430 Adam Curry: call it World War 1.5. Okay, sorry, I didn't mean 932 00:56:02,430 --> 00:56:03,300 to piss you off. 933 00:56:04,140 --> 00:56:06,870 John C Dvorak: Worldwide domain. That's the SP that people listen 934 00:56:06,870 --> 00:56:07,320 to the show. 935 00:56:08,490 --> 00:56:11,760 Adam Curry: I wonder how those bombs sound at 2x speed. Pew 936 00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:12,720 pew, pew. 937 00:56:13,980 --> 00:56:16,320 John C Dvorak: Yeah, that's exactly what they sound like. So 938 00:56:16,380 --> 00:56:20,070 right there. He's telling us that this is a version of World 939 00:56:20,070 --> 00:56:24,660 War One. Don't the world then did last great war, the last 940 00:56:24,660 --> 00:56:27,660 war. I mean, this is unbelievable. It's given it 941 00:56:27,660 --> 00:56:30,210 away. Okay, let's go to clip two sorry. The 942 00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:35,160 Unknown: US Defense industrial base is not fully prepared to 943 00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:40,320 conduct an industrial style war or to deter that kind of war. 944 00:56:40,350 --> 00:56:43,230 SETH JONES directs the international security program 945 00:56:43,230 --> 00:56:46,200 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and 946 00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:49,320 recently wrote a report about a shortage of material and 947 00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:51,810 materials in a wartime environment. 948 00:56:52,230 --> 00:56:56,010 The US has had an operational plan for major war, but I think 949 00:56:56,010 --> 00:57:00,690 what hasn't happened is to tie those plans directly to 950 00:57:00,690 --> 00:57:02,880 acquisitions needs right now. 951 00:57:03,120 --> 00:57:06,660 Already, the US has sent from its stockpiles more than $32 952 00:57:06,660 --> 00:57:09,750 billion worth of weapons, including more than a million 953 00:57:09,750 --> 00:57:14,790 155 millimeter shells, 1600 shoulder fired Stinger anti 954 00:57:14,790 --> 00:57:20,340 aircraft missiles, 8500 javelin, anti tank weapons 1800 Phoenix 955 00:57:20,340 --> 00:57:23,880 ghost drones and 38 High Mobility Artillery Rocket 956 00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:24,540 systems 957 00:57:24,570 --> 00:57:29,370 what the US has been able to do is use a range of stockpiles of 958 00:57:29,370 --> 00:57:32,610 weapons. The challenge, though, is that a number of those 959 00:57:32,610 --> 00:57:36,810 stockpiles are now decreasing, and the production lines are 960 00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:41,370 rising to levels that we need them for future contingencies. 961 00:57:42,270 --> 00:57:45,300 It's not only about Ukraine, the military always plans for 962 00:57:45,300 --> 00:57:49,770 contingencies including a war in the Pacific with China. What was 963 00:57:49,770 --> 00:57:52,110 Adam Curry: that thing that just slid off there? That sounded 964 00:57:52,110 --> 00:57:52,590 like a 965 00:57:53,850 --> 00:57:58,830 John C Dvorak: like time Mars probably. So we've given them a 966 00:57:58,830 --> 00:58:03,600 million shells. And they're telling us is not enough. We 967 00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:10,020 need five times more. They've shot a million shells. It were 968 00:58:10,020 --> 00:58:14,280 to watch a million shells. Yes, 969 00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:17,460 Adam Curry: a million a million I tell you, why not. 970 00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:24,930 John C Dvorak: Okay, let's go to clip three. 971 00:58:25,860 --> 00:58:28,350 Unknown: And now the defense department is spending billions 972 00:58:28,350 --> 00:58:31,320 to increase production, including modernizing the 973 00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:35,430 Scranton plant, as seen in these before and after photos. 974 00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:39,540 Already, production has increased nearly 50%. Overall, 975 00:58:39,570 --> 00:58:43,050 the army hopes to increase artillery production 500% In the 976 00:58:43,050 --> 00:58:46,920 next two years, the largest production expansion since the 977 00:58:46,920 --> 00:58:50,910 Korean War, build a plant as the Undersecretary of Defense for 978 00:58:50,910 --> 00:58:54,240 Acquisition and sustainment. I spoke to him on Wednesday, and 979 00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:57,660 began by asking him whether the West could meet Ukraine's needs 980 00:58:57,660 --> 00:58:58,560 for artillery, 981 00:58:58,830 --> 00:59:01,140 we will do our best and we have been doing our best to meet the 982 00:59:01,140 --> 00:59:03,540 demand as it comes in. And, of course, the devils in the 983 00:59:03,540 --> 00:59:08,130 details as to which caliber but yes, the piece showed the 155 984 00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:11,640 millimeter we have already funded the factory at 985 00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:14,250 significant amounts to get their production rate ultimately up at 986 00:59:14,250 --> 00:59:17,040 five times that amount, which is almost unprecedented and it's 987 00:59:17,040 --> 00:59:20,100 not just producing But what we're also buying and getting 988 00:59:20,100 --> 00:59:22,890 from around the world and different stocks to supply with 989 00:59:22,890 --> 00:59:26,040 the Ukrainians need every day. We try to move something to the 990 00:59:26,040 --> 00:59:28,170 left whether it's finding equipment and another country we 991 00:59:28,170 --> 00:59:31,200 can ship in, or anything we can do to find stocks as we 992 00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:33,720 just saw Ukrainian soldiers just a few weeks ago I started back 993 00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:36,150 when they told me they didn't have enough that was an 994 00:59:36,150 --> 00:59:39,270 artillery piece and older artillery piece. Soviet era I 995 00:59:39,270 --> 00:59:41,670 was with another mortar unit. They said they didn't have 996 00:59:41,670 --> 00:59:45,060 enough mortars also firing Soviet era mortars This isn't 997 00:59:45,060 --> 00:59:48,570 only about American European weapons, it's also about getting 998 00:59:48,780 --> 00:59:51,750 Ukraine older weapons which many other units still use, right? 999 00:59:51,780 --> 00:59:55,560 That's exactly right. It's a constant challenge of do we find 1000 00:59:55,560 --> 00:59:58,710 or produce the old Soviet or Russian equipment? Or do we give 1001 00:59:58,710 --> 01:00:01,050 them the new equipment and And that's we go through that every 1002 01:00:01,050 --> 01:00:01,320 day. 1003 01:00:01,620 --> 01:00:04,530 Adam Curry: It kind of reminds me in the Netherlands, as you 1004 01:00:04,530 --> 01:00:09,000 know, on December 31, you can go pick up your pre purchase 1005 01:00:09,000 --> 01:00:13,500 fireworks and you can legally set well, they changed the rules 1006 01:00:13,500 --> 01:00:17,400 a bit this year, but you can legally set it off for New 1007 01:00:17,400 --> 01:00:21,900 Year's Eve. And it's like, you know, we'd go and we'd have our 1008 01:00:21,900 --> 01:00:24,780 parents, you know, vouch for us, or whatever we get, we get our 1009 01:00:24,780 --> 01:00:27,180 big bag, and we but of course, we'd have that a week in 1010 01:00:27,180 --> 01:00:30,030 advance, and we'd be shooting stuff off. And then it's just 1011 01:00:30,030 --> 01:00:34,020 like, then it's just on the 31st all day long, just as much as 1012 01:00:34,020 --> 01:00:39,360 you can just write that from our mind my mind than just blowing 1013 01:00:39,360 --> 01:00:45,210 stuff up. But it's it's doing nothing. It's it's just blowing 1014 01:00:45,210 --> 01:00:47,310 it. Are they just blowing up our stockpiles? 1015 01:00:47,940 --> 01:00:49,230 John C Dvorak: That's what it looks like. 1016 01:00:49,410 --> 01:00:51,960 Adam Curry: So what happens if China wants to fight us? We got 1017 01:00:51,960 --> 01:00:52,470 nothing. 1018 01:00:54,660 --> 01:00:56,250 John C Dvorak: to crank it up. Yeah. Well, 1019 01:00:56,279 --> 01:01:01,349 Adam Curry: then we'll crank it up. No, this is this makes no 1020 01:01:01,349 --> 01:01:01,889 sense. 1021 01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:05,490 John C Dvorak: Well, they make the point that the Korean War we 1022 01:01:05,490 --> 01:01:09,240 had that we cranked it up. So I looked at the military budget 1023 01:01:09,240 --> 01:01:13,680 for the Korean War. And during that era, the military budget 1024 01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:15,990 for the United States during that when we had it cranked up 1025 01:01:15,990 --> 01:01:20,970 because of the Korean War. The military budget was 44 point 9 1026 01:01:20,970 --> 01:01:25,650 billion, which is less you know, less is this bit in the back of 1027 01:01:25,650 --> 01:01:29,670 a list that's balanced it for inflation. Does it make it 1028 01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:33,120 Adam Curry: 400,000? Maybe even 400 400? million? Yeah, that's 1029 01:01:33,120 --> 01:01:35,370 still half half of our current budget. 1030 01:01:35,790 --> 01:01:39,120 John C Dvorak: Yeah, less than half. But that boy, that's what 1031 01:01:39,180 --> 01:01:40,470 we're cranking it up. But 1032 01:01:40,470 --> 01:01:43,470 Adam Curry: that budget is not going into ammunition. I look at 1033 01:01:43,470 --> 01:01:49,500 the email every day, I saw another one $3 billion to Hawaii 1034 01:01:49,500 --> 01:01:55,470 to build a dry dock. Okay, I'm sure we need it. Now, that just 1035 01:01:55,620 --> 01:02:00,690 it's just being spent on junk. Not will not ammo, 1036 01:02:03,300 --> 01:02:04,620 John C Dvorak: Glarus, good except for 1037 01:02:04,650 --> 01:02:06,450 Unknown: but on air defense, specifically, I've been told 1038 01:02:06,450 --> 01:02:09,960 they're running out of s 300, parts weapons all over the 1039 01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:11,760 world. And so therefore, they have to go to West, 1040 01:02:11,790 --> 01:02:13,980 I think I think for air defenses, and frankly, for 1041 01:02:13,980 --> 01:02:17,520 ground forces, what you're seeing is having to go from the 1042 01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:20,640 old Soviet systems to almost certainly western systems for 1043 01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:21,390 the reasons you said. 1044 01:02:21,570 --> 01:02:24,120 And this is all of course, before we get to Ukraine Spring 1045 01:02:24,120 --> 01:02:27,060 Offensive, you are trying to figure out how to get all these 1046 01:02:27,060 --> 01:02:30,870 armored vehicles and their parts into Ukraine. How do you know 1047 01:02:30,870 --> 01:02:34,020 that they'll have enough of those munitions, those parts, 1048 01:02:34,020 --> 01:02:36,540 those modern weapons, to be able to launch some kind of counter 1049 01:02:36,540 --> 01:02:37,650 offensive in the coming week, what 1050 01:02:37,650 --> 01:02:40,140 we're doing is working with the Germans, the poles and the other 1051 01:02:40,140 --> 01:02:43,080 countries, when we have a shortfall in parts save for a 1052 01:02:43,080 --> 01:02:46,410 certain version of leopards to scour and find those parts, even 1053 01:02:46,410 --> 01:02:48,810 to the extent we can find advanced manufacturing to 3d 1054 01:02:48,810 --> 01:02:52,260 print. So we're working on each one. And the idea is to make 1055 01:02:52,260 --> 01:02:55,110 sure that there are enough parts to sustain for each model. Why 1056 01:02:55,110 --> 01:02:55,410 not 1057 01:02:55,410 --> 01:02:58,680 give Ukraine the longer range weapon known as the attack them, 1058 01:02:58,920 --> 01:03:02,850 which would fly 180 miles that it's been requested that so far, 1059 01:03:02,850 --> 01:03:04,170 the administration has refused? Yeah, 1060 01:03:04,170 --> 01:03:08,280 it's been a policy decision to date that the long range weapons 1061 01:03:08,280 --> 01:03:10,830 which we have been providing, which is about an 80 Kilometer 1062 01:03:10,830 --> 01:03:13,860 precision guided weapon is sufficient and range for the 1063 01:03:13,860 --> 01:03:17,760 targets that they have, I think for when you get into types of 1064 01:03:17,760 --> 01:03:21,270 capabilities are well beyond it, you get into policy issues, and 1065 01:03:21,270 --> 01:03:24,210 sustainment issues of whether or not it's an escalatory thing. 1066 01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:26,670 If I could, though, intelligence officials told me that 1067 01:03:26,670 --> 01:03:30,660 specifically the capacity of the attacker and the range of the 1068 01:03:30,660 --> 01:03:33,840 attack and is a red line for the Kremlin in terms of what Ukraine 1069 01:03:33,840 --> 01:03:37,380 would be able to hit if it were to use that weapon in Russia. 1070 01:03:37,500 --> 01:03:40,380 But why is that a concern given that Ukraine has promised not to 1071 01:03:40,380 --> 01:03:43,890 use American weapons inside Russia? Like we're not, 1072 01:03:44,130 --> 01:03:47,010 John C Dvorak: Oh, no. Promise not to use it? 1073 01:03:47,670 --> 01:03:50,070 Adam Curry: We're not going to send anything to Moscow. 1074 01:03:56,310 --> 01:03:59,610 So those trusted Yeah, we should trust them when they say that we 1075 01:03:59,610 --> 01:04:00,150 should just try. 1076 01:04:00,150 --> 01:04:02,520 John C Dvorak: Yeah, they promise. We'll just trust them. 1077 01:04:02,790 --> 01:04:05,940 Because they've never been known for the dishonest ever, 1078 01:04:06,120 --> 01:04:09,210 Adam Curry: ever. It's Ukraine. You can trust Ukraine? That's 1079 01:04:09,210 --> 01:04:09,810 not correct. So 1080 01:04:09,810 --> 01:04:11,700 John C Dvorak: it sounds like that there. You're still using 1081 01:04:11,700 --> 01:04:15,690 Soviet gear that we have to supply parts for? Yeah. And we 1082 01:04:15,690 --> 01:04:19,530 have to scrounge the parts from all over the place. And we even 1083 01:04:19,530 --> 01:04:25,470 have to put the Soviet gear we have to, to 3d print some of 1084 01:04:25,470 --> 01:04:27,510 these things, which probably don't have templates, 1085 01:04:27,510 --> 01:04:30,840 necessarily, but I'm sure there's enough engineers around, 1086 01:04:30,840 --> 01:04:36,030 they can 3d print some of these parts, which is the future. And 1087 01:04:36,030 --> 01:04:41,100 it's just a fiasco at this point. But at least there's some 1088 01:04:42,810 --> 01:04:46,770 kind of light at the end of the tunnel, maybe. But you have to 1089 01:04:46,770 --> 01:04:50,340 listen to this clip. And you can kind of tell that what the 1090 01:04:50,340 --> 01:04:53,010 Ukrainians would think is not necessarily what we're thinking 1091 01:04:53,070 --> 01:04:56,220 how this thing comes to an end, which you think is going to be 1092 01:04:56,220 --> 01:04:59,010 sooner than later and I'm not going to disagree with that, but 1093 01:04:59,010 --> 01:05:02,850 I'm not totally convinced. But there is a little guy, there's a 1094 01:05:02,850 --> 01:05:06,930 funny little gag at the end of this guy, this assistant, 1095 01:05:07,980 --> 01:05:10,800 defense guy. So here we go. Well, I 1096 01:05:10,800 --> 01:05:12,120 Unknown: think it's one of the concerns. I think there's 1097 01:05:12,120 --> 01:05:15,210 multiple concerns. And the other piece of it is what to what 1098 01:05:15,210 --> 01:05:17,700 extent it will make a big difference in the battle. And 1099 01:05:17,700 --> 01:05:19,320 those are all part of the calculation. 1100 01:05:19,890 --> 01:05:24,450 To what end? Are you trying to procure weapons for Ukraine to 1101 01:05:24,450 --> 01:05:28,650 receive all of its territory that it has lost since 2014. 1102 01:05:28,890 --> 01:05:31,980 We're providing everything we can that we believe they need. 1103 01:05:31,980 --> 01:05:34,410 And I would say this, we are going to be there with them 1104 01:05:34,590 --> 01:05:38,220 until it's over and as long as we need to, and not for the 1105 01:05:38,220 --> 01:05:41,130 least of which is that we think it's expensive. Now, if Putin 1106 01:05:41,130 --> 01:05:44,730 prevails, it'll be really expensive. And so this is really 1107 01:05:44,730 --> 01:05:46,860 that important. And we were going to provide her the 1108 01:05:46,860 --> 01:05:47,580 equipment they need 1109 01:05:47,610 --> 01:05:49,800 Ukraine argues they won't be over until it receives his 1110 01:05:49,800 --> 01:05:50,310 Crimea. 1111 01:05:51,330 --> 01:05:52,770 That that may be their view. 1112 01:05:54,870 --> 01:05:56,010 Adam Curry: That may be their view. 1113 01:05:57,090 --> 01:05:59,160 John C Dvorak: Play to the end again, and don't step on it 1114 01:05:59,160 --> 01:06:00,240 because he giggles 1115 01:06:00,270 --> 01:06:02,550 Adam Curry: Oh, oh, I didn't hear the giggle. I'm sorry, but 1116 01:06:02,550 --> 01:06:02,940 they need 1117 01:06:02,970 --> 01:06:05,160 Unknown: Ukraine arguing won't be over until it receives his 1118 01:06:05,160 --> 01:06:05,670 Crimea. 1119 01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:08,130 That that may be their view. 1120 01:06:10,680 --> 01:06:14,760 Adam Curry: Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Well, already Solinsky was 1121 01:06:14,760 --> 01:06:18,570 denied appearing in the Oscar ceremony tonight. 1122 01:06:18,810 --> 01:06:20,160 John C Dvorak: Yes, good for them. 1123 01:06:20,250 --> 01:06:23,370 Adam Curry: Well, here's what I like about the story. He has an 1124 01:06:23,400 --> 01:06:27,660 agent William Morris entertainment pleated made a 1125 01:06:27,660 --> 01:06:30,270 plea to the academy to spotlight Zelinsky 1126 01:06:31,380 --> 01:06:34,290 John C Dvorak: he hasn't we can't even get a mortgage agent 1127 01:06:34,290 --> 01:06:34,800 I mean, Mike 1128 01:06:34,800 --> 01:06:37,770 Adam Curry: Simpson Hey, Mike Simpson William mortgage eight 1129 01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:42,780 entertainment agent. What? Thank you, we should be able to get 1130 01:06:42,780 --> 01:06:45,270 you as a as an agent for John's bit part. 1131 01:06:46,080 --> 01:06:48,240 John C Dvorak: And minify even that yeah, there you go. 1132 01:06:48,300 --> 01:06:50,370 Adam Curry: Admitted money at minimum. 1133 01:06:50,580 --> 01:06:54,090 John C Dvorak: Unbelievable that this guy has the gall. He also 1134 01:06:54,090 --> 01:06:57,720 they also tell you I'm using an agent I think is funny, but the 1135 01:06:57,720 --> 01:07:01,680 gall it takes Hey, we have our own we're doing something here a 1136 01:07:03,690 --> 01:07:06,810 you know, it's like, what do you want to get involved with the 1137 01:07:06,990 --> 01:07:08,910 it's an award show? Yeah. 1138 01:07:09,420 --> 01:07:13,020 Adam Curry: Well, I'm telling you, I My feeling is it'll be 1139 01:07:13,020 --> 01:07:17,580 all Silicon Valley jokes tonight about Silicon Valley Bank jokes. 1140 01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:20,820 I will bet you $1 Now okay, well, we're getting a lot of 1141 01:07:20,820 --> 01:07:23,670 dollars here. Okay. $1 You see, I haven't gotten 1142 01:07:23,670 --> 01:07:28,020 John C Dvorak: one yet. Okay. $1 right. $1 that this will be easy 1143 01:07:28,020 --> 01:07:32,190 to do. That. Will if there is any jokes, there'll be less than 1144 01:07:32,190 --> 01:07:33,060 five total. 1145 01:07:33,930 --> 01:07:37,260 Adam Curry: No, no, no, no, no. What do you mean? What did you 1146 01:07:37,260 --> 01:07:40,440 say? You're pegging it at five. I have to have five jokes about 1147 01:07:40,440 --> 01:07:40,950 that to win. 1148 01:07:40,950 --> 01:07:43,830 John C Dvorak: Oh, everything's gonna be about Silicon Valley 1149 01:07:43,830 --> 01:07:47,850 jokes. Well, blah, blah. But he meets on one joke is counts. 1150 01:07:49,800 --> 01:07:51,120 Adam Curry: Let's say three. 1151 01:07:53,580 --> 01:07:55,410 John C Dvorak: Okay, I'll take your five. I'm not afraid. 1152 01:07:55,710 --> 01:07:58,380 You're gonna take the five. I'm gonna take the five. I was just 1153 01:07:58,380 --> 01:08:01,200 about to give into the three. Drop the ball. I'm gonna take 1154 01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:01,290 the 1155 01:08:01,290 --> 01:08:03,480 Adam Curry: five. But I'll have to write you a check for my 1156 01:08:03,480 --> 01:08:08,250 Silicon Valley Bank Account. Bloomberg came up with an 1157 01:08:08,250 --> 01:08:13,470 interesting little ditty the other day. Yeah, EU has no clue 1158 01:08:13,500 --> 01:08:17,370 of whereabouts of 86% of frozen Russian bank central bank 1159 01:08:17,370 --> 01:08:22,500 assets. You know, there's a $300 billion that was supposedly 1160 01:08:22,500 --> 01:08:25,440 frozen or scattered. They can't find it. They couldn't find more 1161 01:08:25,440 --> 01:08:30,750 than 36 point 4 billion. And then you have Medvedev. Medvedev 1162 01:08:31,200 --> 01:08:36,120 met Vijay Medvedev. He said, Oh, May I May I point out? They have 1163 01:08:36,120 --> 01:08:39,660 $300 billion worth of foreign assets frozen in Russia. 1164 01:08:42,750 --> 01:08:44,190 John C Dvorak: So that's a wash a quid 1165 01:08:44,190 --> 01:08:47,730 Adam Curry: pro quo. That's our wash. Yeah. It cancels each 1166 01:08:47,730 --> 01:08:54,120 other out. He says he did a happy coincidence. It would be 1167 01:08:54,120 --> 01:08:57,780 enough to recall recompense Russia for what might be stolen 1168 01:08:57,780 --> 01:09:01,290 from Russia. Well, that's kind of interesting. I didn't No one. 1169 01:09:01,290 --> 01:09:05,460 No one broadcast that. No, heaven forbid. Anyway, we're 1170 01:09:05,460 --> 01:09:10,230 still using evil Putin and Russia to try and capture the 1171 01:09:10,230 --> 01:09:15,750 rest of the countries in the EU sphere to try and get him into 1172 01:09:15,750 --> 01:09:22,230 NATO and try and get him into into the war. But you see what's 1173 01:09:22,230 --> 01:09:25,860 going on in Georgia, Moldova, though is the interesting one 1174 01:09:25,860 --> 01:09:28,620 is, you know, QQ one of our producers, he's from Moldova. 1175 01:09:28,830 --> 01:09:32,310 And he says, you know that the President of the woman who 1176 01:09:32,340 --> 01:09:35,370 thinks she's president or prime minister, isn't that guy 1177 01:09:35,430 --> 01:09:38,520 Moldova? No, Moldova is a woman I what am I say? Oh, I'm 1178 01:09:38,520 --> 01:09:42,510 thinking to Belarus, Moldova is a woman that, you know, but 1179 01:09:42,510 --> 01:09:48,630 she's all in on EU, but the Moldovans may not be all in on 1180 01:09:48,660 --> 01:09:53,640 EU and NATO. And here's Kirby reacting to a question from a 1181 01:09:53,850 --> 01:09:56,820 White House correspondent who I've never seen asked a question 1182 01:09:56,820 --> 01:10:00,840 before, and she looks Israeli in a way but I'm not sure where 1183 01:10:00,840 --> 01:10:01,260 she's from 1184 01:10:01,290 --> 01:10:05,340 Unknown: Lee has said that there was a Russian plot to sort of 1185 01:10:05,370 --> 01:10:09,930 overthrow her government and break Moldova's path to Europe. 1186 01:10:09,930 --> 01:10:13,230 It was something that President Solinsky himself had also warned 1187 01:10:13,230 --> 01:10:18,060 about. What is the US says assessment of this possible 1188 01:10:18,090 --> 01:10:22,770 plot? And more broadly, what is the concern about Russia's 1189 01:10:22,860 --> 01:10:27,840 attempts to sort of influence these got these pro European 1190 01:10:27,840 --> 01:10:30,990 governments in the region, even though it's right now focused on 1191 01:10:30,990 --> 01:10:33,180 Ukraine about other countries in the region? 1192 01:10:33,990 --> 01:10:41,070 So we'll see about that is deeply concerning reports. 1193 01:10:41,520 --> 01:10:47,910 Certainly not outside the bounds of Russian behavior. And we 1194 01:10:48,030 --> 01:10:53,010 absolutely stand with the modem Moldovan government and the 1195 01:10:53,010 --> 01:10:53,850 Moldovan people 1196 01:10:54,180 --> 01:10:58,110 we have no confirmation from US side of things 1197 01:10:58,110 --> 01:11:00,720 I know of no independent confirmation but we're certainly 1198 01:11:00,720 --> 01:11:06,810 not questioning their capacity the will of the of the Russians 1199 01:11:06,810 --> 01:11:10,530 and Mr. Putin to try to do that is perfectly right at page Iran 1200 01:11:10,530 --> 01:11:11,160 average playbook. 1201 01:11:11,460 --> 01:11:13,920 Adam Curry: Oh page numbers playbook Yeah, I was gonna was 1202 01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:18,120 talking about oh, he's gonna take over Moldova I don't think 1203 01:11:18,150 --> 01:11:23,190 I don't think Kirby was ready for this question. Because you 1204 01:11:23,190 --> 01:11:26,010 know, they're so focused on Georgia trying to make it look 1205 01:11:26,010 --> 01:11:30,720 like Russia and of course if there's a government in their 1206 01:11:30,720 --> 01:11:33,000 day to day wants nothing to do with the with the west they 1207 01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:37,020 don't want to be part of NATO or whatever they're sick and tired 1208 01:11:37,020 --> 01:11:40,320 of all this crap. Michigan Moldova. Just take a look at the 1209 01:11:40,320 --> 01:11:43,800 map. I'm gonna refresh my memory and will those in such a great 1210 01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:44,400 spot 1211 01:11:45,630 --> 01:11:47,580 John C Dvorak: so Moldova, if I'm not mistaken, has that 1212 01:11:47,580 --> 01:11:51,090 little strip of land as butted up against Ukraine? That is 1213 01:11:51,090 --> 01:11:53,220 correct. Considered Russian? 1214 01:11:53,370 --> 01:11:58,230 Adam Curry: Yes, it's on the southwestern flank, I think. 1215 01:11:58,290 --> 01:12:00,690 John C Dvorak: Yeah, something like that. But it's right there. 1216 01:12:00,930 --> 01:12:04,560 And it's like a buffer between the Ukraine and main part of 1217 01:12:04,560 --> 01:12:08,250 Moldova and they the Russia has been wanting to get capture that 1218 01:12:08,280 --> 01:12:09,090 they can't seem to 1219 01:12:09,870 --> 01:12:13,770 Adam Curry: right near Odessa and it borders on Romania. 1220 01:12:14,310 --> 01:12:16,890 John C Dvorak: Yeah, there's a lot of talk right now that the 1221 01:12:16,890 --> 01:12:21,930 Russians are really angling to get Odessa i think that's lost 1222 01:12:21,930 --> 01:12:23,160 cause at this point I don't 1223 01:12:23,160 --> 01:12:25,170 Adam Curry: think they care I think they want Dawn boss they 1224 01:12:25,170 --> 01:12:27,600 want to you know that's what they want that's the 1225 01:12:27,930 --> 01:12:30,180 John C Dvorak: if you look at some of the takeover maps where 1226 01:12:30,180 --> 01:12:33,270 they take over a big chunk of Ukraine Odessa is included 1227 01:12:33,540 --> 01:12:39,090 they'd love to own all the ports because there's money there but 1228 01:12:39,090 --> 01:12:43,320 at the Odessa is cannot go to the Russians and probably never 1229 01:12:43,320 --> 01:12:45,090 will but it's been discussed 1230 01:12:47,490 --> 01:12:51,450 Adam Curry: so any well that could be for for for you know 1231 01:12:51,450 --> 01:12:53,760 five years from now when this thing cranks up again that could 1232 01:12:53,760 --> 01:13:00,060 go get that but I don't know I'm just not seeing much movement at 1233 01:13:00,060 --> 01:13:04,380 the Moldova thing is is weird. It's weird. Does that mean that 1234 01:13:04,380 --> 01:13:07,410 we need we can't send anything anymore? We have no we have no 1235 01:13:07,410 --> 01:13:11,790 ammo. We got nothing. I don't I don't know what that what the 1236 01:13:11,790 --> 01:13:15,780 plan is. They may be at a stalemate. And that that little 1237 01:13:15,780 --> 01:13:18,510 laugh tell you had there that little giggle Oh, my God. Yeah, 1238 01:13:18,510 --> 01:13:21,690 that's what they think. It looks like it's ending. 1239 01:13:23,190 --> 01:13:25,320 John C Dvorak: That's a giveaway. This is well, that's 1240 01:13:25,320 --> 01:13:28,410 what and it's not answering the question either. It's like 1241 01:13:28,410 --> 01:13:35,100 saying, you know, do you think that next the the Ukrainians 1242 01:13:35,100 --> 01:13:38,760 want to take they want to take back Crimea? And he says, Yeah, 1243 01:13:38,790 --> 01:13:42,450 I've heard that's what they think. Kind of. I don't Yeah, 1244 01:13:42,600 --> 01:13:45,690 like, I don't think so. That's not they're not getting that's 1245 01:13:45,690 --> 01:13:48,480 not part of it. We'll be here forever if that happens. 1246 01:13:48,510 --> 01:13:52,050 Adam Curry: Yeah. Goodness. I wish I wish we knew a little bit 1247 01:13:52,050 --> 01:13:52,410 more. 1248 01:13:53,070 --> 01:13:54,450 John C Dvorak: I wish they stop it. 1249 01:13:55,980 --> 01:13:59,370 Adam Curry: What stopped the war? Yeah. Well, 1250 01:13:59,759 --> 01:14:01,649 John C Dvorak: they have the wherewithal they have, 1251 01:14:01,769 --> 01:14:04,949 supposedly we have diplomats that are professionals. And 1252 01:14:04,949 --> 01:14:08,639 meanwhile, of course, we lost, you know, the war between Saudi 1253 01:14:08,639 --> 01:14:12,839 Arabia and Iran, which is mostly a Pyrrhic I guess, whatever you 1254 01:14:12,839 --> 01:14:16,529 want to call but they had a proxy war going on in Yemen 1255 01:14:16,649 --> 01:14:19,829 between the two and it was brokered to peace by the 1256 01:14:19,829 --> 01:14:20,849 Chinese. 1257 01:14:20,879 --> 01:14:23,969 Adam Curry: This was beautiful. I have a clip pre conciliation 1258 01:14:23,970 --> 01:14:25,680 Unknown: between old enemies. 1259 01:14:26,910 --> 01:14:30,960 The declaration signed by our kingdom, Iran and China was in 1260 01:14:31,530 --> 01:14:32,490 Canada Jose senang 1261 01:14:32,490 --> 01:14:35,670 SMent on national television in Saudi Arabia followed the 1262 01:14:35,670 --> 01:14:39,780 release of a joint statements with Iran to Middle Eastern 1263 01:14:39,780 --> 01:14:42,900 countries brought together around a table in China and 1264 01:14:42,900 --> 01:14:46,290 reestablished diplomatic relations in tissue if I were 1265 01:14:46,290 --> 01:14:46,590 YouTube. 1266 01:14:47,790 --> 01:14:51,960 Testing this thing, we agreed to open a new chapter between the 1267 01:14:51,960 --> 01:14:56,160 Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia after having no 1268 01:14:56,160 --> 01:14:59,520 ties for seven years, while observing the interests of both 1269 01:14:59,520 --> 01:14:59,970 countries. 1270 01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:06,930 It's a masala shahadi This video released by Iranian state media 1271 01:15:06,930 --> 01:15:10,560 shows Iranian and Saudi officials alongside China's most 1272 01:15:10,560 --> 01:15:14,160 senior diplomats. Sunni Saudi Arabia cut ties with 1273 01:15:14,160 --> 01:15:19,260 predominantly Shia Iran in 2016, after an attack on its embassy 1274 01:15:19,260 --> 01:15:22,800 in Tehran, carried out by Iranian protesters after the 1275 01:15:22,800 --> 01:15:27,600 Saudi execution of a Shia cleric re establishing ties could have 1276 01:15:27,600 --> 01:15:31,260 wide implications across the Middle East, particularly in 1277 01:15:31,260 --> 01:15:34,770 Yemen, whether two rival Gulf powers are locked in a proxy 1278 01:15:34,770 --> 01:15:39,540 war, as well as in Iraq and in Lebanon, Riyadh, and Tehran will 1279 01:15:39,540 --> 01:15:43,620 reopen their embassies and will also restart economic and 1280 01:15:43,620 --> 01:15:49,140 security deals signed in 1998 and 2001. The White House 1281 01:15:49,140 --> 01:15:53,220 welcome the rapprochement saying is a means for us to deescalate 1282 01:15:53,220 --> 01:15:57,180 tensions in the region. Because Beijing meanwhile, praised the 1283 01:15:57,180 --> 01:15:59,160 wisdom of the two countries. 1284 01:15:59,340 --> 01:16:03,240 Adam Curry: I think this is a baller move by China. Freely 1285 01:16:03,240 --> 01:16:09,540 cool. They did this, because now they've got Saudi Arabia, Iran, 1286 01:16:09,570 --> 01:16:12,990 Russia, they got a pretty formidable front. Now in the 1287 01:16:12,990 --> 01:16:16,350 front, they got a formidable group. And what does that do for 1288 01:16:16,350 --> 01:16:20,550 our sales of weapons and training and advisors to Yemen. 1289 01:16:20,550 --> 01:16:22,440 Does that end is that over now is there as 1290 01:16:22,470 --> 01:16:24,720 John C Dvorak: well, we were selling to Saudi Arabia, and 1291 01:16:24,720 --> 01:16:26,010 they were using it in Yemen. 1292 01:16:26,070 --> 01:16:29,130 Adam Curry: Yeah. Believe me, we have advisors helping them out 1293 01:16:29,130 --> 01:16:29,670 in Yemen. 1294 01:16:29,970 --> 01:16:32,790 John C Dvorak: But I'm sure Yeah, I think it puts the kibosh 1295 01:16:32,790 --> 01:16:35,760 on it it doesn't change the fact that the Saudis will probably 1296 01:16:35,760 --> 01:16:39,720 still keep buying our F 16. Or F 30. Fives I'm not sure what 1297 01:16:39,720 --> 01:16:40,200 we're selling, 1298 01:16:40,230 --> 01:16:43,170 Adam Curry: China is going to negotiate the peace between 1299 01:16:43,170 --> 01:16:45,570 Russia and Ukraine. This is the this is the way 1300 01:16:45,570 --> 01:16:49,530 John C Dvorak: that was the that was the thesis that showed up in 1301 01:16:49,530 --> 01:16:54,840 the show about a month ago. And the fact that they did this 1302 01:16:54,840 --> 01:16:58,710 little side bit, which is like okay, look, here's how it works. 1303 01:16:58,710 --> 01:17:02,070 We're going to show you how good we are. And then they negotiate 1304 01:17:02,070 --> 01:17:04,920 you want so let me pick two crappy countries that hate each 1305 01:17:04,920 --> 01:17:08,790 other. Let me show you how we get these two to get together. 1306 01:17:08,790 --> 01:17:12,960 Yeah. And they got him together out of the blue by the way, I 1307 01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:17,280 didn't know about this happening know that we weren't given any 1308 01:17:17,400 --> 01:17:22,080 any heads up on this by the media, that's for sure. There 1309 01:17:22,080 --> 01:17:26,220 was no precursor at all. So boom, this happens. Okay, now we 1310 01:17:26,220 --> 01:17:30,240 can deal with the rest of it. We can hook these two guys, we can 1311 01:17:30,240 --> 01:17:34,410 get the Ukraine thing. It's an embarrassment. Oh, yeah. We 1312 01:17:34,410 --> 01:17:39,000 praise a bullcrap. Dr. People should be ashamed of themselves. 1313 01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:39,120 They're 1314 01:17:39,120 --> 01:17:41,250 Adam Curry: not they're completely a blip. They don't 1315 01:17:41,250 --> 01:17:42,930 they have a board. I don't 1316 01:17:42,930 --> 01:17:46,860 John C Dvorak: believe it. Okay, so they can't be How can you be 1317 01:17:46,860 --> 01:17:50,700 humiliated like this? Oh, they say, well, that's great. 1318 01:17:50,730 --> 01:17:52,530 Adam Curry: Oh, they're humiliated. But they want to 1319 01:17:52,530 --> 01:17:55,920 save face. And China is going to let them save face. They're the 1320 01:17:55,920 --> 01:18:00,480 kings of saving face. And everything. I talked about the 1321 01:18:00,480 --> 01:18:03,600 pivot to China. I'm going to give you two examples right now. 1322 01:18:03,600 --> 01:18:08,730 The first one is Avril Haines. She represents the US. I think 1323 01:18:08,730 --> 01:18:10,530 the National Intelligence Director, 1324 01:18:10,590 --> 01:18:13,530 John C Dvorak: she is the dumbest woman I've ever seen in 1325 01:18:13,530 --> 01:18:14,970 the intelligence community. 1326 01:18:15,299 --> 01:18:18,629 Adam Curry: Well, she's running it and this report, sadly, cut 1327 01:18:18,629 --> 01:18:21,569 it down. 48 seconds has some music under it. But this is from 1328 01:18:21,629 --> 01:18:22,919 testimony in Senate 1329 01:18:22,950 --> 01:18:26,160 Unknown: in brief, the CCP represents both the leading and 1330 01:18:26,160 --> 01:18:29,760 most consequential threat to US national security and leadership 1331 01:18:29,760 --> 01:18:32,520 globally, and its intelligence specific ambitions and 1332 01:18:32,520 --> 01:18:36,750 capabilities. Make it for us our most serious and consequential 1333 01:18:36,780 --> 01:18:40,350 intelligence rival. During the past year, the threat has been 1334 01:18:40,350 --> 01:18:43,290 additionally complicated by a deepening collaboration with 1335 01:18:43,290 --> 01:18:46,890 Russia, which also remains an area obviously, of intense focus 1336 01:18:46,890 --> 01:18:49,770 for the intelligence community. We do see them providing 1337 01:18:49,770 --> 01:18:54,690 assistance to Russia in the context of the conflict. And we 1338 01:18:54,690 --> 01:18:58,500 see them in a situation in which they'd become increasingly 1339 01:18:58,500 --> 01:19:03,330 uncomfortable about the level of assistance and not looking to do 1340 01:19:03,330 --> 01:19:08,490 it as publicly as might otherwise occur. And given the 1341 01:19:08,490 --> 01:19:11,190 reputational costs associated with it, yeah, 1342 01:19:11,190 --> 01:19:13,800 Adam Curry: sure. They don't care about the reputation. So 1343 01:19:13,860 --> 01:19:18,840 just bear with me for a second. It behooves everybody for China 1344 01:19:18,840 --> 01:19:22,110 to and the Ukraine conflict, because we are already moving 1345 01:19:22,110 --> 01:19:25,860 away from Ukraine. You're not on the Oscars, your agent, fire 1346 01:19:25,860 --> 01:19:28,290 your agent get a new one is not going to work. We're not going 1347 01:19:28,290 --> 01:19:31,050 to let you on the Oscars that happened that that right that I 1348 01:19:31,050 --> 01:19:34,680 know it's over in America, if you're shunned from show 1349 01:19:34,680 --> 01:19:38,040 business as the end of your career, and he's an actor, 1350 01:19:38,070 --> 01:19:40,860 comedian. So we have the intelligence committee. Oh, yes. 1351 01:19:40,860 --> 01:19:42,750 Well, actually, this is why they're very, they're very 1352 01:19:42,750 --> 01:19:45,240 sophisticated. They got balloons, so we need some money 1353 01:19:45,240 --> 01:19:47,880 for our intelligence. Okay, great. So we got the dumb Avro 1354 01:19:47,910 --> 01:19:51,570 Levine over there. I have here in front of me a memorandum 1355 01:19:52,050 --> 01:19:56,820 John C Dvorak: who is not Avril Levine Rachel Levine. 1356 01:19:56,850 --> 01:20:00,570 Adam Curry: No, no. Abra Levine is a singer who Aren't you gonna 1357 01:20:00,570 --> 01:20:03,750 John C Dvorak: be Chicago right? Here? Right? Yeah, sorry. 1358 01:20:03,900 --> 01:20:06,660 Adam Curry: Who is I believe Rachel Levine's daughter. So 1359 01:20:06,660 --> 01:20:09,990 that's very possible. I don't, I don't know. I have in front of 1360 01:20:09,990 --> 01:20:13,290 me memorandum for all Department of Defense personnel dated 1361 01:20:13,320 --> 01:20:18,330 stamped March 2 2023. From from our Secretary of Defense, you 1362 01:20:18,330 --> 01:20:20,640 know him if you wouldn't recognize him because he has a 1363 01:20:20,640 --> 01:20:24,630 mask and a shield on. I'd like to read a little bit from this 1364 01:20:24,630 --> 01:20:27,810 memorandum. Since day one is Secretary of Defense, I have 1365 01:20:27,810 --> 01:20:32,130 been guided by three priorities, defending the nation, taking 1366 01:20:32,130 --> 01:20:35,640 care of our people, and succeeding through teamwork. 1367 01:20:36,270 --> 01:20:40,020 Wow, what is he running at the Silicon Valley startup idiot. 1368 01:20:41,250 --> 01:20:43,830 Over the past two years, we've made tremendous progress in all 1369 01:20:43,830 --> 01:20:46,680 three arenas. I'd like to thank each and every one of you for 1370 01:20:46,680 --> 01:20:49,770 your commitment and hard work. As we look to the year ahead, 1371 01:20:50,010 --> 01:20:53,130 these same three priorities continued to guide all that we 1372 01:20:53,130 --> 01:21:00,690 do. So he's prioritize these challenges. I'm going to give 1373 01:21:00,690 --> 01:21:04,980 them to you in order of appearance and order of priority 1374 01:21:04,980 --> 01:21:05,610 number one, 1375 01:21:05,610 --> 01:21:08,220 John C Dvorak: this is the order of priority order of priority. 1376 01:21:08,220 --> 01:21:12,210 So number one is the most prior buy the most prior, the most 1377 01:21:12,540 --> 01:21:13,590 high priority 1378 01:21:13,620 --> 01:21:18,330 Adam Curry: highest priority. Exactly. defend the nation, 1379 01:21:19,200 --> 01:21:26,160 prioritize China as the pacing challenge. And increasingly 1380 01:21:26,190 --> 01:21:29,430 aggressive China is trying to shape the international rules 1381 01:21:29,430 --> 01:21:33,720 based system New World Order to suit its authoritarian 1382 01:21:33,720 --> 01:21:36,900 preferences. This is a generational challenge and the 1383 01:21:36,900 --> 01:21:41,160 department will rise to meet it. To do so we must embrace 1384 01:21:41,280 --> 01:21:44,550 integrated deterrence, which charges us to coordinate our 1385 01:21:44,550 --> 01:21:48,420 efforts across all warfighting domains, theatres and the 1386 01:21:48,420 --> 01:21:52,080 spectrum of conflict to create new and more complex dilemmas 1387 01:21:52,080 --> 01:21:55,170 for adverse adversaries. More money, 1388 01:21:55,769 --> 01:21:57,029 John C Dvorak: adversaries. Yeah, 1389 01:21:57,030 --> 01:21:59,160 Adam Curry: that's what I meant adversaries. Thank you. We must 1390 01:21:59,160 --> 01:22:02,100 continue to break down stovepipes across the department 1391 01:22:02,520 --> 01:22:05,790 stovepipes across the environment, improve our 1392 01:22:05,790 --> 01:22:08,850 cooperation with the interagency and Congress and work with our 1393 01:22:08,850 --> 01:22:12,510 allies and partners to improve operational planning, blah, 1394 01:22:12,510 --> 01:22:15,780 blah, blah. So, we are to strengthen our deterrence 1395 01:22:15,780 --> 01:22:19,260 posture in the Indo Pacific but developing new concepts and 1396 01:22:19,260 --> 01:22:23,880 capabilities Kuching deepening our alliances and partnerships. 1397 01:22:23,940 --> 01:22:28,410 Hello Philippines, expanding our activities and operations Hello 1398 01:22:28,410 --> 01:22:31,680 right off the coast of China. As the threat from PRC evolves, we 1399 01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:35,520 will provide Taiwan self defense capabilities consistent with the 1400 01:22:35,520 --> 01:22:38,580 budget we need, I'm sorry, with the Taiwan Relations Act, 1401 01:22:38,790 --> 01:22:45,210 alright, to tackle the acute Russian threat. We will not be 1402 01:22:45,210 --> 01:22:48,420 drawn into Putin's war of choice, but we remain resolved 1403 01:22:48,420 --> 01:22:52,020 to defend every inch of NATO territory. Working closely with 1404 01:22:52,020 --> 01:22:55,020 our allies. We've already strengthened NATO's eastern 1405 01:22:55,020 --> 01:22:57,630 flank and will continue to strengthen our collective 1406 01:22:57,630 --> 01:23:03,300 defence and deterrence. It's over addressed advanced and 1407 01:23:03,300 --> 01:23:06,120 persistent threats. The department will also remain 1408 01:23:06,120 --> 01:23:10,050 vigilant against dangers including North Korea, Iran and 1409 01:23:10,050 --> 01:23:13,980 the global terrorist organizations. innovate and 1410 01:23:13,980 --> 01:23:17,790 modernize. Here we go. America's dynamism has always been at the 1411 01:23:17,790 --> 01:23:20,640 heart of our strategic advantage to tackle emerging challenges. 1412 01:23:20,640 --> 01:23:23,970 We are modernizing every aspect of the joint force from 1413 01:23:23,970 --> 01:23:28,620 hypersonic weapons to our joint warfighting concepts comms our 1414 01:23:28,620 --> 01:23:33,150 joint warfighting concept and American concept vehicles. From 1415 01:23:33,150 --> 01:23:38,550 data analysis to artificial intelligence GPT war version, we 1416 01:23:38,550 --> 01:23:40,770 are also accelerating the development of advanced 1417 01:23:40,770 --> 01:23:43,830 technologies to deliver new capabilities to the force. This 1418 01:23:43,830 --> 01:23:49,050 sounds like a Silicon Valley pitch. And then of course, on 1419 01:23:49,050 --> 01:23:52,740 the list, meters meet the climate crisis. 1420 01:23:53,850 --> 01:23:56,010 John C Dvorak: Well, this number one, no, no, 1421 01:23:56,040 --> 01:23:58,950 Adam Curry: this is number four. I'm giving them to you in 1422 01:23:58,950 --> 01:24:01,650 John C Dvorak: order number of four. You've already given me 1423 01:24:01,650 --> 01:24:03,900 about 10 of them. No, I gave you one. 1424 01:24:04,590 --> 01:24:07,770 Adam Curry: One was China. Two was Russia. Three persistent 1425 01:24:07,770 --> 01:24:10,020 threats. Oh, yeah. Fours innovate and Myrt and more than 1426 01:24:10,020 --> 01:24:13,770 modernized, and five I'm sorry, is meet the climate crisis. Our 1427 01:24:13,770 --> 01:24:17,070 strategy and planning addresses for security implications of our 1428 01:24:17,070 --> 01:24:20,550 changing climate. We are developing new platforms to 1429 01:24:20,550 --> 01:24:24,030 mitigate logistical risks in contested environments. 1430 01:24:24,690 --> 01:24:27,960 John C Dvorak: Whatever happens to the fish there on the streets 1431 01:24:27,960 --> 01:24:29,190 of Miami flopping on 1432 01:24:29,190 --> 01:24:38,160 Adam Curry: the streets of Miami or is the fish that was honest 1433 01:24:38,160 --> 01:24:40,620 this. There they are. 1434 01:24:43,320 --> 01:24:46,320 Unknown: flopping people are noticing the largest downpour in 1435 01:24:46,320 --> 01:24:51,240 the history of the UK was just a year ago. Last fall and there 1436 01:24:51,240 --> 01:24:55,200 have been wave after wave of these downpours, the sea level 1437 01:24:55,500 --> 01:24:58,860 predictions and low lying coastal areas not least on the 1438 01:24:58,860 --> 01:25:03,660 banks of the Thames. are ones that people are now taking into 1439 01:25:03,660 --> 01:25:07,230 account all the terms that are flowing I was in Amsterdam 1440 01:25:07,560 --> 01:25:11,610 earlier this week. And believe me, they're looking very 1441 01:25:11,880 --> 01:25:16,650 carefully at this my, in making this movie I went to Miami Beach 1442 01:25:16,650 --> 01:25:20,340 I saw a fish from the ocean, swimming in the streets. Yeah, 1443 01:25:20,340 --> 01:25:24,390 Miami Beach flopping flopping around during the highest of the 1444 01:25:24,420 --> 01:25:27,570 high tides. That's happening on a regular basis, 1445 01:25:27,570 --> 01:25:30,720 John C Dvorak: regular, regular basis. That was some photos of 1446 01:25:30,720 --> 01:25:32,670 the more recent examples. So the 1447 01:25:32,670 --> 01:25:35,220 Adam Curry: second part was taking care of our people. I'll 1448 01:25:35,220 --> 01:25:39,390 just run through this quickly grow our talent to grow our 1449 01:25:39,390 --> 01:25:42,780 talent. Does that mean to remain the strongest fighting force in 1450 01:25:42,780 --> 01:25:45,480 the world? We must recruit and retain the best of America. 1451 01:25:45,510 --> 01:25:48,300 Yeah, once you Jack us up with vaccines we don't want that 1452 01:25:48,300 --> 01:25:52,560 helps. That grows your talent, build resilience and readiness, 1453 01:25:53,250 --> 01:25:57,420 whatever, ensure accountable leadership, we write and then 1454 01:25:57,420 --> 01:26:00,480 succeeding through teamwork, join forces with our allies and 1455 01:26:00,480 --> 01:26:03,300 partners, sell them some crap they don't want strengthen 1456 01:26:03,300 --> 01:26:07,230 partnerships across America and build unity within the 1457 01:26:07,230 --> 01:26:11,160 department. So there is really nothing about you the Ukraine 1458 01:26:11,160 --> 01:26:14,850 war is not the existential threat that it was. There's no 1459 01:26:14,850 --> 01:26:18,630 whatever it takes, we're gonna defend NATO. It's all about 1460 01:26:18,630 --> 01:26:22,350 China. So China gives us it's a gimme. It's like, it's almost 1461 01:26:22,350 --> 01:26:25,980 like hey, this is great. Thanks, China. And now we got Iran to do 1462 01:26:26,220 --> 01:26:28,320 what we're very worried about running their work with China. 1463 01:26:28,500 --> 01:26:31,440 We've got Taiwan Oh, very well, they're gonna take and you know 1464 01:26:31,440 --> 01:26:36,150 what, China will probably just not do anything until 2027 It 1465 01:26:36,150 --> 01:26:37,530 just go and we're just going to build 1466 01:26:37,530 --> 01:26:38,970 John C Dvorak: up what they might not do anything. The 1467 01:26:38,970 --> 01:26:43,290 latest from burns, though had the 2027 predictions now he's 1468 01:26:43,290 --> 01:26:47,970 now backing off saying what you just said. You know, they might 1469 01:26:47,970 --> 01:26:48,780 not do anything, 1470 01:26:49,050 --> 01:26:50,130 Adam Curry: then why would they? 1471 01:26:50,640 --> 01:26:53,790 John C Dvorak: Why would they watch us flailing around like 1472 01:26:53,790 --> 01:26:54,690 idiots if we 1473 01:26:54,690 --> 01:26:57,120 Adam Curry: were smart? We just continued to build up our 1474 01:26:57,120 --> 01:27:02,580 financial resilience because ultimately the China's trying to 1475 01:27:02,580 --> 01:27:08,970 put together I think a financial group now no bricks is basically 1476 01:27:08,970 --> 01:27:12,600 that but a Financial Group and make their money the rich 1477 01:27:12,600 --> 01:27:16,020 someone's got to be the reserve currency of green energy. I 1478 01:27:16,020 --> 01:27:19,620 guess it's not going to be it's not supposed to be oil or or gas 1479 01:27:19,620 --> 01:27:24,660 or anything. So I just see this as a non starter which we're 1480 01:27:24,660 --> 01:27:27,570 going to be it's going to be fear mongering on the news every 1481 01:27:27,570 --> 01:27:32,070 single day. All across the western world be afraid China 1482 01:27:32,070 --> 01:27:34,860 China, China, China, and you know, and maybe there'll be 1483 01:27:34,860 --> 01:27:38,490 little things I do here and there. But I just I don't see 1484 01:27:38,490 --> 01:27:40,920 it. I think it's it's great. They want more money, they don't 1485 01:27:40,920 --> 01:27:44,790 care they just want to blow stuff up and on TV pitch for 1486 01:27:44,790 --> 01:27:48,960 more money. We have no one to actually go and fight anymore. 1487 01:27:50,580 --> 01:27:53,580 We have we have like 50,000 Ready troops we don't even have 1488 01:27:53,580 --> 01:27:58,620 the half a million that we're supposed to have. Which is 1489 01:27:58,620 --> 01:27:59,520 really bad. 1490 01:28:01,440 --> 01:28:05,580 Unknown: Um over the 1491 01:28:06,930 --> 01:28:13,590 Adam Curry: over the past week, we had Queen Ursula came over to 1492 01:28:13,590 --> 01:28:18,750 visit Ursula Queen Ursula, the President of the European Union 1493 01:28:18,750 --> 01:28:22,230 Commission thing is for commission. So after Schultz 1494 01:28:22,230 --> 01:28:25,170 came over and Schultz Of course, like hey, man, you know, we got 1495 01:28:25,170 --> 01:28:28,680 to like step out of this Ukraine thing. Let's blame it on the 1496 01:28:28,680 --> 01:28:32,340 Ukrainians. So we have an out clean Ursula comes in because 1497 01:28:32,340 --> 01:28:36,690 now it's time to go back to the Green Deal. The hydrogen clean 1498 01:28:36,690 --> 01:28:38,010 hydrogen. Yeah. So she 1499 01:28:38,010 --> 01:28:42,090 John C Dvorak: flies over the same way that in and out, in and 1500 01:28:42,090 --> 01:28:46,800 out, no comes out or flies over? I mean, again, because they 1501 01:28:46,800 --> 01:28:50,760 don't trust any other form of communication. But okay. 1502 01:28:51,810 --> 01:28:55,740 Adam Curry: Well, she did do a she gave a speech, addressed the 1503 01:28:55,740 --> 01:28:59,520 media. And if you recall, the big problem with the European 1504 01:28:59,520 --> 01:29:05,130 Union and the US is the inflation Reduction Act, where 1505 01:29:05,160 --> 01:29:08,340 we say we made this you know, a lot of money was it a trillion 1506 01:29:08,340 --> 01:29:09,270 and a half dollars? 1507 01:29:10,290 --> 01:29:12,540 Unknown: I think it was the Yeah. 1508 01:29:12,990 --> 01:29:15,030 Adam Curry: How's that working out by the way has inflation 1509 01:29:15,240 --> 01:29:21,450 tempered any it keeps going up crazy. And the and, and, you 1510 01:29:21,450 --> 01:29:24,030 know, all kinds of subsidies are a trillion and a half dollars, 1511 01:29:24,030 --> 01:29:30,360 lot of money that we put up for green, green initiatives, except 1512 01:29:30,360 --> 01:29:33,720 in there, it's like well, you know, we'll we'll give subsidies 1513 01:29:33,720 --> 01:29:37,440 for electric vehicles and hydrogen stuff, but it has to be 1514 01:29:37,440 --> 01:29:42,090 60% us made. And somehow that was a fast one that was pulled 1515 01:29:42,090 --> 01:29:46,020 because this is what Queen Ursula has been bitching about. 1516 01:29:46,800 --> 01:29:50,280 For months now. We've played several clips, and I guess they 1517 01:29:50,280 --> 01:29:51,840 struck some sort of deal. 1518 01:29:51,870 --> 01:29:54,480 Unknown: We agreed on a transparency dialogue. 1519 01:29:54,810 --> 01:29:56,460 Concerning the incentives. 1520 01:29:56,490 --> 01:29:58,380 Adam Curry: What's your transparency dialogue? Because I 1521 01:29:58,380 --> 01:30:01,860 like a podcast, I think Podcast transparency dialogue. That's 1522 01:30:01,860 --> 01:30:02,010 what 1523 01:30:02,100 --> 01:30:05,700 Unknown: we need on a transparency dialogue concerning 1524 01:30:05,700 --> 01:30:09,660 the incentives that are given given to the clean tech industry 1525 01:30:09,660 --> 01:30:11,760 for us is important on both sides of the aisle 1526 01:30:11,760 --> 01:30:15,540 Adam Curry: like this. We kind of overlooked this. But it used 1527 01:30:15,540 --> 01:30:18,240 to be green tech, you remember that was Kleiner Perkins, who 1528 01:30:18,240 --> 01:30:20,910 put together a whole bunch of investments in companies for 1529 01:30:20,910 --> 01:30:26,250 green tech. Now, which clean tech and clean tech is, is 1530 01:30:26,280 --> 01:30:28,290 hydrogen, as far as I can tell, clean tech 1531 01:30:28,290 --> 01:30:30,690 Unknown: industry classes important on both sides of the 1532 01:30:30,690 --> 01:30:35,400 Atlantic to know what kind of incentives are being given to 1533 01:30:35,400 --> 01:30:39,390 the clean tech industry, to make sure that we joined forces to 1534 01:30:39,390 --> 01:30:43,890 boost the clean data industry that is crucial and paramount 1535 01:30:44,520 --> 01:30:49,320 for reaching a circular economy. A net zero economy a 1536 01:30:49,350 --> 01:30:50,370 few weeks ago, we 1537 01:30:50,370 --> 01:30:54,120 had already an agreement concerning electric vehicles 1538 01:30:54,150 --> 01:31:00,210 accessing the American market. Today, we agreed that we will 1539 01:31:00,210 --> 01:31:07,200 work on critical raw materials that have been processed in the 1540 01:31:07,200 --> 01:31:11,700 European Union, and to give them the access to the American 1541 01:31:11,700 --> 01:31:15,240 market as if they were sourced in the American market. We will 1542 01:31:15,240 --> 01:31:17,790 work on an agreement with that is concerned. 1543 01:31:17,820 --> 01:31:20,460 Adam Curry: There you go. So it's for the raw materials that 1544 01:31:20,460 --> 01:31:22,800 we're going to dig we're going to dig up parts of Europe, which 1545 01:31:22,800 --> 01:31:26,430 I think actually will be Canada. So it's like a it's a pass 1546 01:31:26,430 --> 01:31:29,400 through. Because Ursula went to Canada and said, hey, you know, 1547 01:31:29,400 --> 01:31:34,200 we need your raw materials. We need your green stuff. Because 1548 01:31:34,200 --> 01:31:37,110 you have a lot of gas and then you shipped out to us and then 1549 01:31:37,110 --> 01:31:39,900 we'll probably ship it off to America. They're doing some kind 1550 01:31:39,900 --> 01:31:43,830 of some kind of deal so that they dig up other countries. 1551 01:31:44,850 --> 01:31:48,810 John C Dvorak: Dig up Canada. That's a good Alberta is just 1552 01:31:48,810 --> 01:31:49,950 ripe to be dug up. 1553 01:31:52,740 --> 01:31:53,850 Adam Curry: Dig up Canada. 1554 01:31:54,900 --> 01:31:56,160 John C Dvorak: Yep. Canada meanwhile, 1555 01:31:56,160 --> 01:31:58,830 Adam Curry: we have nothing to worry about. Because our 1556 01:31:58,830 --> 01:32:01,470 national laboratory in the US has cracked the battery 1557 01:32:01,470 --> 01:32:08,100 technology code. We'll be able to go 1000s of miles on one 1558 01:32:08,100 --> 01:32:11,520 charge. It'll charge in five minutes. Oh, it's 1559 01:32:13,140 --> 01:32:14,280 John C Dvorak: I didn't see this. 1560 01:32:14,310 --> 01:32:17,610 Adam Curry: Oh, goodness. It the coming Evie batteries will sweep 1561 01:32:17,610 --> 01:32:22,560 away fossil fuel transport with or without net zero. I wish I 1562 01:32:22,560 --> 01:32:26,670 wish I had a clip I'll just read the first paragraph, the Argonne 1563 01:32:26,670 --> 01:32:30,210 National Laboratory in the US has essentially cracked the 1564 01:32:30,210 --> 01:32:33,840 battery technology for electric vehicles, discovering a way to 1565 01:32:33,840 --> 01:32:38,820 raise the future driving range of standard EVs to 1000 miles or 1566 01:32:38,820 --> 01:32:42,930 more. It promises to do so cheaply without exhausting the 1567 01:32:42,930 --> 01:32:45,660 global supply of critical minerals in the process. Why? 1568 01:32:45,720 --> 01:32:49,500 It's almost like zero point energy. I have seen these 1569 01:32:49,500 --> 01:32:56,580 stories so many times. Oh, how many times have we seen the new 1570 01:32:56,580 --> 01:32:57,840 battery technology? 1571 01:32:59,400 --> 01:33:01,740 John C Dvorak: Yes, go we have to remember everyone should 1572 01:33:01,740 --> 01:33:06,390 remember all battery technology, except for little bitty things 1573 01:33:06,390 --> 01:33:10,020 like the membrane and some of the packaging and all the rest 1574 01:33:10,020 --> 01:33:13,530 of it. All battery technology was beaten to death in the 1575 01:33:13,530 --> 01:33:14,550 1800s. 1576 01:33:14,970 --> 01:33:18,120 Adam Curry: Yeah, we had battery cars in the 1800s. And then once 1577 01:33:18,120 --> 01:33:21,270 the gasoline powered engine came along, I wouldn't want to screw 1578 01:33:21,270 --> 01:33:25,860 that battery piece of crap. We've been through this. It's 1579 01:33:25,860 --> 01:33:30,600 the argon argon i f battery. It's a global breakthrough. 1580 01:33:32,670 --> 01:33:34,140 John C Dvorak: Well, I'm skeptic I'm 1581 01:33:34,140 --> 01:33:38,010 Adam Curry: very skeptical. Because we've heard this 1582 01:33:38,700 --> 01:33:41,970 John C Dvorak: nothing new in battery technology. 2005 1583 01:33:41,970 --> 01:33:45,180 Adam Curry: I have a report here 2005 New Scientist and 1584 01:33:45,180 --> 01:33:48,120 rechargeable battery that can be fully charged in six minutes 1585 01:33:48,120 --> 01:33:50,940 last time times as long as today's rechargeables and could 1586 01:33:50,940 --> 01:33:54,750 provide burst of electricity up to three times more powerful in 1587 01:33:54,750 --> 01:34:01,080 a in a Nevada lab. Pa 2011 a pioneer in battery research who 1588 01:34:01,080 --> 01:34:03,720 already successful launch a three and a $50 million company 1589 01:34:03,720 --> 01:34:06,360 to supply batteries to like to GE and Chrysler has done it 1590 01:34:06,360 --> 01:34:09,240 again. Only this time it represents the complete 1591 01:34:09,240 --> 01:34:13,020 reinvention of battery technology as we know it. It 1592 01:34:13,020 --> 01:34:19,260 will fully replace fossil fuels, especially oil. So we've seen 1593 01:34:19,260 --> 01:34:19,770 this 1594 01:34:19,890 --> 01:34:22,080 John C Dvorak: and you could probably get that was 2011 Yeah, 1595 01:34:22,110 --> 01:34:25,020 probably go back another 10 years and you'll find some Mills 1596 01:34:27,150 --> 01:34:29,730 Adam Curry: This is my setup for your battery for I have no idea 1597 01:34:29,730 --> 01:34:31,560 where your clips are but I figured I'd say yep, I 1598 01:34:33,660 --> 01:34:36,330 John C Dvorak: have no idea. Okay, this is just a bag. Okay, 1599 01:34:36,390 --> 01:34:37,590 I get the battery clips. 1600 01:34:38,070 --> 01:34:40,290 Adam Curry: I see batteries for cars. I'm like this. I got to 1601 01:34:40,290 --> 01:34:41,610 set them up. This is perfect. 1602 01:34:42,270 --> 01:34:45,180 Unknown: Yeah. Play the clip. 1603 01:34:45,780 --> 01:34:47,730 John C Dvorak: To play clip. Boy, let's go with batteries. 1604 01:34:47,760 --> 01:34:51,090 Unknown: Do I want to go electric or hybrid? The Biden 1605 01:34:51,090 --> 01:34:53,790 administration would like you to the administration wants at 1606 01:34:53,790 --> 01:34:57,750 least half of new car sales to be electric in 10 years. To make 1607 01:34:57,750 --> 01:35:01,260 that happen. Car manufacturers need batteries, lots of them. 1608 01:35:01,350 --> 01:35:04,560 But here's the thing, China has a tight grip on the materials 1609 01:35:04,560 --> 01:35:07,620 and production needed to make those batteries. According to 1610 01:35:07,620 --> 01:35:12,120 the International Energy Agency 75% of the world's lithium ion 1611 01:35:12,120 --> 01:35:17,040 batteries 2021, the US made only 7%. This is yet another area 1612 01:35:17,040 --> 01:35:19,830 where the US and China are competing on the global stage. 1613 01:35:20,250 --> 01:35:23,550 So we thought this would be a good ask how the US can make 1614 01:35:23,550 --> 01:35:27,180 progress on electric cars and renewable energy when China 1615 01:35:27,180 --> 01:35:31,140 dominates the market. We call almost Hochstein for that he's 1616 01:35:31,140 --> 01:35:33,360 the Special Presidential coordinator for global 1617 01:35:33,360 --> 01:35:36,360 infrastructure and energy security in that role. He 1618 01:35:36,360 --> 01:35:40,200 advises President Biden on energy as a national security 1619 01:35:40,230 --> 01:35:43,320 matter. And his portfolio runs across agencies. So we thought 1620 01:35:43,320 --> 01:35:45,390 he'd be a good person to talk about this. And he's with us 1621 01:35:45,390 --> 01:35:47,970 now. Mr. Hochstein? Welcome. Thank you so much for joining 1622 01:35:47,970 --> 01:35:48,330 us. 1623 01:35:48,390 --> 01:35:50,610 It's great to be here. Michelle, it's really great to have this 1624 01:35:50,610 --> 01:35:51,240 conversation. 1625 01:35:51,450 --> 01:35:55,140 Thanks for that. So to start us off, is the US in a race with 1626 01:35:55,140 --> 01:35:58,140 China to acquire the materials for these car batteries. 1627 01:35:58,470 --> 01:36:01,860 I think we're in a race, not necessarily within China, but 1628 01:36:01,860 --> 01:36:06,930 we're in a race to ensure that we have for the United States, a 1629 01:36:06,930 --> 01:36:11,580 diversified sourcing of these batteries and solar. So it's not 1630 01:36:11,580 --> 01:36:14,280 just about the battery. So if you think about the way you just 1631 01:36:14,280 --> 01:36:18,240 presented, Michelle, we have the battery in it has a number of 1632 01:36:18,240 --> 01:36:22,830 components, and the car has even more components. And they are in 1633 01:36:22,830 --> 01:36:26,280 places like Sub Saharan Africa, from South and Central America, 1634 01:36:26,310 --> 01:36:29,310 Southeast Asia, and we have to source those. So one thing 1635 01:36:29,310 --> 01:36:31,620 President Biden wants to do is make more of those batteries 1636 01:36:31,620 --> 01:36:34,410 here at home. We want to do more money here at home. But we know 1637 01:36:34,410 --> 01:36:37,650 we can't mine in the United States for everything that we 1638 01:36:37,650 --> 01:36:39,450 need. No, we won't have 1639 01:36:39,450 --> 01:36:44,100 Adam Curry: it. Go dig up Canada. Much better. Right? 1640 01:36:44,100 --> 01:36:45,900 John C Dvorak: Well, there's some mines since I think the 1641 01:36:45,900 --> 01:36:49,350 Carolinas have some lithium mines that Nevada is another 1642 01:36:49,350 --> 01:36:56,970 place. Of course, Nevada. This numbers were just I didn't know 1643 01:36:56,970 --> 01:37:00,630 this. I didn't know that China made 75% Of all the batteries 1644 01:37:00,630 --> 01:37:04,680 and we made 7%. When did that happen? 1645 01:37:05,370 --> 01:37:08,790 Adam Curry: I don't know. What happened. By the way, it wasn't 1646 01:37:08,790 --> 01:37:12,540 that I read something about lithium, like the stock stocks 1647 01:37:12,540 --> 01:37:16,980 for lithium are way down. For some reason I read something. 1648 01:37:16,980 --> 01:37:19,290 John C Dvorak: So yeah. Do you know why I don't know why that 1649 01:37:19,290 --> 01:37:23,430 is? I looked into it. Okay. But I couldn't figure out it's just 1650 01:37:23,550 --> 01:37:27,150 who knows what, what's going on with lithium. But we have two 1651 01:37:27,180 --> 01:37:29,790 facilities, the United States, two lithium companies, and 1652 01:37:30,330 --> 01:37:34,140 there's a bunch of us you want to have this. Canada has a 1653 01:37:34,170 --> 01:37:38,400 couple of lithium plays that run on the on one of those. I think 1654 01:37:38,400 --> 01:37:40,770 that I don't even know if it's existing anymore. But they used 1655 01:37:40,770 --> 01:37:44,700 to have a stock exchange on the west coast of Canada that was 1656 01:37:45,150 --> 01:37:49,350 just did mining stocks. That was called a mining stock exchanges 1657 01:37:49,350 --> 01:37:54,060 to be penny stocks. And you can invest in some of these Penny 1658 01:37:54,090 --> 01:37:58,170 lithium stocks. I think it might not be a bad idea. But anyway, 1659 01:37:58,500 --> 01:38:01,470 Adam Curry: we don't offer financial advice. Disclaimer. 1660 01:38:03,270 --> 01:38:05,850 John C Dvorak: That yeah, I agree. Don't Don't listen to us 1661 01:38:05,970 --> 01:38:09,840 Adam Curry: ever, ever, ever buy bitcoin? Don't listen to me. 1662 01:38:12,000 --> 01:38:14,070 John C Dvorak: Just don't listen to him, especially you know, 1663 01:38:14,100 --> 01:38:14,610 okay. 1664 01:38:16,410 --> 01:38:19,590 Adam Curry: Protect yourself from a banking collapse. Here 1665 01:38:19,590 --> 01:38:19,950 you go. 1666 01:38:21,120 --> 01:38:24,360 Unknown: Part two, we don't want China to control the supply for 1667 01:38:24,360 --> 01:38:27,510 the whole world, just like we didn't want Russia to control 1668 01:38:27,510 --> 01:38:30,780 the supply of energy for its neighbors. So we have to learn 1669 01:38:30,780 --> 01:38:34,470 from the mistakes of the Russia war. And now implement that 1670 01:38:34,470 --> 01:38:37,020 here. And make sure that when you 1671 01:38:37,230 --> 01:38:39,000 Adam Curry: learn from our mistakes from the what is the 1672 01:38:39,000 --> 01:38:44,190 Russia war, to Russian warrior? What Russian war? You know, the 1673 01:38:44,190 --> 01:38:48,060 one in Ukraine? Yeah. What does it have to do with with lithium? 1674 01:38:48,330 --> 01:38:50,100 John C Dvorak: You tell me, man good. So 1675 01:38:50,100 --> 01:38:52,500 Unknown: we have to learn from the mistakes of the Russia war. 1676 01:38:53,010 --> 01:38:57,390 And now implement that here. And make sure that when you buy that 1677 01:38:57,390 --> 01:39:02,580 electric vehicle, or you install that solar panel, that it's not 1678 01:39:02,580 --> 01:39:04,320 controlled by one country. 1679 01:39:05,370 --> 01:39:08,790 John C Dvorak: You mean China, which controls 100% of the solar 1680 01:39:08,790 --> 01:39:11,790 panels. This guy is great, 1681 01:39:11,910 --> 01:39:14,010 Unknown: not controlled by one country. 1682 01:39:14,970 --> 01:39:17,550 So a factsheet, released by the White House last month said, 1683 01:39:17,550 --> 01:39:20,670 quote, The US is increasingly dependent on foreign sources for 1684 01:39:20,670 --> 01:39:23,760 many of the processed versions of these minerals. Globally, 1685 01:39:23,760 --> 01:39:26,790 China controls most of the market for processing and 1686 01:39:26,790 --> 01:39:30,300 refining for cobalt, lithium rare earths and other critical 1687 01:39:30,420 --> 01:39:33,540 minerals and quote, as I said, this is from the White House. 1688 01:39:33,570 --> 01:39:36,630 Yeah, how did we get to this point where China essentially 1689 01:39:36,630 --> 01:39:39,780 has control over this market and the US is playing catch up. 1690 01:39:39,960 --> 01:39:45,030 Over the last 10 years, China has invested in acquiring mines 1691 01:39:45,030 --> 01:39:48,930 in primarily Africa and southern South America. So they own a lot 1692 01:39:48,930 --> 01:39:52,860 of mining. They own a lot of the refining and processing of those 1693 01:39:52,860 --> 01:39:55,080 materials. When they come out of the ground. You got to turn them 1694 01:39:55,080 --> 01:39:58,350 into battery grade material, and then they want to build the 1695 01:39:58,350 --> 01:40:03,540 batteries and we wanted things cheap. So we were willing to buy 1696 01:40:03,540 --> 01:40:06,270 whatever was on the market at the lowest cost China then 1697 01:40:06,270 --> 01:40:10,200 reduce the costs subsidizing it. We bought the cheap stuff from 1698 01:40:10,200 --> 01:40:12,930 them and our own industries went out of business. 1699 01:40:12,990 --> 01:40:16,950 Adam Curry: So what happened to Elon giga factory? I thought he 1700 01:40:16,950 --> 01:40:18,090 had all the answers. 1701 01:40:19,320 --> 01:40:20,430 John C Dvorak: Well for him, 1702 01:40:21,900 --> 01:40:25,710 Adam Curry: I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but China controls 1703 01:40:25,710 --> 01:40:28,230 him. I mean, aren't they the biggest? 1704 01:40:28,710 --> 01:40:31,080 John C Dvorak: Well, he's got a plant there. And they always 1705 01:40:31,080 --> 01:40:33,540 threatened him with one thing or another. Shut up. 1706 01:40:33,929 --> 01:40:38,789 Adam Curry: Shut up. Iran Shut up. Shut up. Iran. Oh, we tap 1707 01:40:38,789 --> 01:40:43,169 you on half your money. Your Tesla. That was my usual thing, 1708 01:40:43,289 --> 01:40:45,749 personally. Yeah, very good. Yes, very good. 1709 01:40:45,780 --> 01:40:47,430 Unknown: interested in why this happened, 1710 01:40:47,519 --> 01:40:52,769 the why it's not as much as the constituency. But maybe even to 1711 01:40:52,769 --> 01:40:56,279 the country, what the Chinese wanted to do was to take away 1712 01:40:56,279 --> 01:41:00,869 our industry, we even sued them under the Obama administration, 1713 01:41:01,169 --> 01:41:04,529 and accused them of anti dumping, meaning that they were 1714 01:41:04,739 --> 01:41:07,889 selling product for less than what they was costing them to 1715 01:41:07,889 --> 01:41:12,299 produce. And so because we didn't think ahead of what does 1716 01:41:12,299 --> 01:41:15,119 this do the entire industry, they essentially took us out of 1717 01:41:15,119 --> 01:41:19,229 business. And we didn't really care because we think about 1718 01:41:19,229 --> 01:41:22,139 things in a free market, we always talk about we want this 1719 01:41:22,139 --> 01:41:27,119 to be in a free market. And one actor in this free market was 1720 01:41:27,119 --> 01:41:30,329 acting exactly the opposite. They were subsidizing and 1721 01:41:30,329 --> 01:41:33,299 pouring money into it and using their influence around the world 1722 01:41:33,629 --> 01:41:37,079 to take over the supply chain. And once we lost the supply 1723 01:41:37,079 --> 01:41:41,939 chain, we lost the industry. So if in 2010, we were the dominant 1724 01:41:41,939 --> 01:41:47,579 solar power manufacturer. Today, we barely even exist. But that's 1725 01:41:47,579 --> 01:41:48,719 all about to change. 1726 01:41:48,809 --> 01:41:54,839 Adam Curry: Oh, it's all about the change as we dig up Canada, 1727 01:41:56,130 --> 01:41:58,500 John C Dvorak: but it never goes into how it's about to change. 1728 01:41:58,500 --> 01:41:58,620 Well, 1729 01:41:58,620 --> 01:42:01,710 Adam Curry: the big change they're pushing for is hydrogen. 1730 01:42:01,740 --> 01:42:05,490 And I was the New York Times had a pretty big article about 1731 01:42:06,120 --> 01:42:09,480 Australia, that Australia would be the will be the world's 1732 01:42:09,480 --> 01:42:14,250 biggest hydrogen producing nation, because they're going to 1733 01:42:14,250 --> 01:42:18,660 put probably Chinese solar panels all over the Outback. 1734 01:42:19,110 --> 01:42:22,710 Yeah. This is great. 1735 01:42:24,240 --> 01:42:26,670 John C Dvorak: As you know, we always forget, we always forget 1736 01:42:26,700 --> 01:42:33,300 Michael Moore's documentary that he the last one that was famous 1737 01:42:33,300 --> 01:42:36,000 that he did, which is still available, you got to scrounge 1738 01:42:36,000 --> 01:42:40,230 it up someplace about the environmental movement. 1739 01:42:40,260 --> 01:42:43,200 Adam Curry: Yeah, it was all about nuclear being the best 1740 01:42:43,200 --> 01:42:43,560 thing. 1741 01:42:43,920 --> 01:42:46,410 John C Dvorak: Well, that's what turned out to be but he kept 1742 01:42:46,410 --> 01:42:52,260 showing example, after example of failed experiments for green 1743 01:42:52,260 --> 01:42:57,120 energy, including that giant solar panel that was set up down 1744 01:42:57,120 --> 01:42:58,920 in the Arizona desert. 1745 01:42:59,520 --> 01:43:02,670 Adam Curry: Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. Huge. 1746 01:43:02,730 --> 01:43:04,710 John C Dvorak: Just be this would be similar to what was 1747 01:43:04,710 --> 01:43:11,400 what's gonna happen with the the Outback is huge. It was a big 1748 01:43:11,400 --> 01:43:15,000 giant lash shop that you went to visit it was just as in 1749 01:43:15,000 --> 01:43:17,940 shatters, it was in tatters? It was, it was a mess, 1750 01:43:18,030 --> 01:43:20,880 Adam Curry: or the Outback certainly is big. You can put, 1751 01:43:21,540 --> 01:43:23,250 John C Dvorak: you know, how many panels can you get, who's 1752 01:43:23,250 --> 01:43:26,490 going to monitor it, you know, okay, and they're all Chinese 1753 01:43:26,490 --> 01:43:29,370 and Chinese are going to, you know, sell a lot of panels. But 1754 01:43:29,370 --> 01:43:32,250 I'm always thinking about this, you know, there's, there's some 1755 01:43:32,280 --> 01:43:35,940 economic thinking where if you know, somebody's going to pour, 1756 01:43:36,120 --> 01:43:40,230 throw money away, and they're gonna sell you a solar panel for 1757 01:43:40,230 --> 01:43:44,610 10 bucks, and 10 bucks of it is their subsidy. And you're 1758 01:43:44,610 --> 01:43:47,100 actually getting the solar panel, you're paying 10 bucks, 1759 01:43:47,100 --> 01:43:51,330 but you're actually getting $20 for the solar panel, right? That 1760 01:43:51,330 --> 01:43:56,370 this is a benefit. It's a net gain in wealth to the receiver. 1761 01:43:56,970 --> 01:44:01,200 And the Chinese have done this in their entire history. And 1762 01:44:01,200 --> 01:44:04,920 they always make a fundamental error at the end, they'd never 1763 01:44:04,920 --> 01:44:08,370 cornered the market correctly. This happened with Chinese and 1764 01:44:08,370 --> 01:44:12,570 this and the Japanese silk industry. The Japanese were 1765 01:44:12,570 --> 01:44:15,900 developed a silk industry and they're making these fine silks. 1766 01:44:15,900 --> 01:44:18,930 They had the worms and all the restaurants somehow, I guess, 1767 01:44:18,930 --> 01:44:23,100 over just in the bottom of the 14 1300s 1400s. It was long time 1768 01:44:23,100 --> 01:44:26,550 ago. And the Chinese smuggled some of the silkworms out 1769 01:44:26,550 --> 01:44:29,460 because they didn't know about this and started making silk. 1770 01:44:29,760 --> 01:44:31,950 And it took a while but you can make a lot of bugs and so they 1771 01:44:31,950 --> 01:44:34,890 started making soap and they started making soap that was 1772 01:44:35,340 --> 01:44:39,000 good enough to compete with the Japanese stuff. And they would 1773 01:44:39,000 --> 01:44:43,350 lowball them. They would sell it for 1/10 The price was good, 1774 01:44:43,410 --> 01:44:46,560 best price and and this continued and continued to to 1775 01:44:46,560 --> 01:44:49,830 put the Japanese silk people out of business 1776 01:44:50,130 --> 01:44:52,050 Adam Curry: or they come into a shoe. What does that 1777 01:44:53,070 --> 01:44:54,720 John C Dvorak: all hell's breaking loose around here 1778 01:44:54,750 --> 01:44:57,060 Adam Curry: and what's going on? That's right near that's closer 1779 01:44:57,060 --> 01:44:57,780 than normal. 1780 01:44:59,250 --> 01:45:02,370 John C Dvorak: I don't know what They are okay. Anyway 1781 01:45:02,400 --> 01:45:04,530 Adam Curry: I like to soak story keep going 1782 01:45:04,710 --> 01:45:07,170 John C Dvorak: so they put this the show guys in Japan had a 1783 01:45:07,170 --> 01:45:11,310 business basically took over the world silk market and that 1784 01:45:11,310 --> 01:45:14,610 became you know silk trading was a big deal during the Silk Road 1785 01:45:14,610 --> 01:45:17,970 and that was called that for a reason because people were 1786 01:45:17,970 --> 01:45:20,670 trading everything they could get to get this Chinese silk 1787 01:45:20,910 --> 01:45:27,570 they never jacked up the prices What an idiot knows best price 1788 01:45:28,470 --> 01:45:31,170 to get the best price we took over the market why should we 1789 01:45:31,170 --> 01:45:35,760 jack up the prices and that's always kind of been their 1790 01:45:35,760 --> 01:45:38,760 attitude it's like we got a product is making money Where's 1791 01:45:38,760 --> 01:45:41,490 not like us we always think everything in terms of what we 1792 01:45:41,490 --> 01:45:45,990 do right corner the market you know do bunker hunt cornering 1793 01:45:45,990 --> 01:45:48,330 the silver market. Let's just jack it up. 1794 01:45:49,710 --> 01:45:51,600 Unknown: No, man's to DC 1795 01:45:53,580 --> 01:45:55,440 Adam Curry: now seems like they're they're at the door, 1796 01:45:55,440 --> 01:45:55,860 John. 1797 01:45:56,460 --> 01:45:58,440 John C Dvorak: Yeah, go down the aisle let him in. 1798 01:45:59,430 --> 01:46:02,550 Adam Curry: Meanwhile, as we're on this green energy kick, which 1799 01:46:02,550 --> 01:46:05,190 is just a stupid thing, people just aren't having it. I love 1800 01:46:05,190 --> 01:46:11,910 the Brits. You know, the the Ulez the Ultra Low Emission zone 1801 01:46:11,910 --> 01:46:14,580 which is only a part of London right now, but they want to make 1802 01:46:14,580 --> 01:46:18,990 it a lot of London. Where you know, you you you come into the 1803 01:46:18,990 --> 01:46:22,020 Ulez zone and you come in with the wrong vehicle and you get a 1804 01:46:22,020 --> 01:46:27,240 bill and so now the Brits are just cutting the wires paying 1805 01:46:27,240 --> 01:46:32,370 the lenses black ripping them off sewing them in half. Good. 1806 01:46:32,400 --> 01:46:35,490 Yeah, of course. It's good. You need this kind of vandalism. 1807 01:46:35,490 --> 01:46:40,470 This is insane what this mayor is doing. Sadiq Sadiq Khan. 1808 01:46:43,110 --> 01:46:51,360 They're going to install 20 750 of these things. By August. 1809 01:46:53,730 --> 01:46:54,300 People are 1810 01:46:54,300 --> 01:46:56,910 John C Dvorak: not having it. pellet guns, 1811 01:46:58,170 --> 01:47:04,140 Adam Curry: pellet guns. See, what else do we have? Whoa. 1812 01:47:06,540 --> 01:47:12,570 Sorry. I don't have anything else on the climate change. Do I 1813 01:47:12,570 --> 01:47:16,380 have anything here? Oh, I do actually. I'm sorry. Yes, I do 1814 01:47:16,380 --> 01:47:20,190 have some climate change. This is the Netherlands. You know, 1815 01:47:20,190 --> 01:47:24,180 there's a big vote coming up on the 15th I think it's the 1816 01:47:24,210 --> 01:47:28,890 provincial elections and feared builders is out who's been under 1817 01:47:28,890 --> 01:47:32,880 protection for a while, maybe 15 years or so because there's a 1818 01:47:33,600 --> 01:47:37,650 there's a what's it called against them? Not the jihad but 1819 01:47:37,650 --> 01:47:42,090 a firefight get him? fatback FatBar thought 1820 01:47:42,090 --> 01:47:42,810 John C Dvorak: oh, ah, oh, 1821 01:47:42,810 --> 01:47:45,810 Adam Curry: it had been because he was anti immigration. And he 1822 01:47:45,810 --> 01:47:48,990 said no, we were not built. We're not immigration country. 1823 01:47:48,990 --> 01:47:51,420 We're not built for all of the Turlock 1824 01:47:52,049 --> 01:47:55,259 John C Dvorak: like that is not built for a big input of all 1825 01:47:55,259 --> 01:47:59,369 kinds of foreigners at all, at all, at all. And so is it make 1826 01:47:59,369 --> 01:48:00,149 any sense 1827 01:48:00,180 --> 01:48:02,370 Adam Curry: when so this was about shutting down the 3000 1828 01:48:02,370 --> 01:48:06,270 farms. The farmers are out protesting again, they went all 1829 01:48:06,270 --> 01:48:09,600 the way down to Brussels. And you know, we studied this 1830 01:48:09,600 --> 01:48:14,820 closely. This is one of the the Tri Cities projects where they 1831 01:48:14,820 --> 01:48:17,490 want the Netherlands as you called it to be a bedroom 1832 01:48:17,490 --> 01:48:22,080 community. And so of course, fielder's is out with his, with 1833 01:48:22,080 --> 01:48:25,470 a security detail and he answers a question about about the 1834 01:48:25,470 --> 01:48:27,570 former eliminations, what do you make of the 1835 01:48:27,930 --> 01:48:30,600 Unknown: of the nitrogen emission reducing policies? What 1836 01:48:30,600 --> 01:48:31,920 do you think the real story is? 1837 01:48:33,300 --> 01:48:37,470 I think it's it's leftish rubbish. The real aim here is to 1838 01:48:37,470 --> 01:48:41,820 get rid of our farmers for some leftish nitrogen kind of agenda 1839 01:48:42,450 --> 01:48:47,490 to make room for even more immigrants, asylum seekers and 1840 01:48:47,490 --> 01:48:52,050 build houses and centers for them. And it's something that is 1841 01:48:52,050 --> 01:48:57,840 totally different than the current Elite is telling the 1842 01:48:57,840 --> 01:48:58,140 people 1843 01:48:58,470 --> 01:49:01,320 Adam Curry: I like leftish I like like that. Instead of 1844 01:49:01,320 --> 01:49:03,330 leftists, I like leftish, I like left 1845 01:49:03,330 --> 01:49:04,440 Unknown: dish dish. 1846 01:49:04,710 --> 01:49:07,290 Adam Curry: It's a nice dish we make here at the restaurant, 1847 01:49:07,320 --> 01:49:11,340 it's left dish, it's leftovers. And of course, climate change is 1848 01:49:11,340 --> 01:49:14,670 killing us left and right and making our travel very, very, 1849 01:49:14,670 --> 01:49:15,600 very unpleasant. 1850 01:49:15,630 --> 01:49:18,690 Unknown: In the past week, several airline passengers have 1851 01:49:18,690 --> 01:49:22,410 been severely injured or killed when their flights experienced 1852 01:49:22,500 --> 01:49:26,070 severe turbulence on March 1, seven people were hospitalized 1853 01:49:26,070 --> 01:49:30,090 and the plane cabin was left a mess. When Lufthansa flight 1854 01:49:30,090 --> 01:49:33,030 encountered significant turbulence over Tennessee A few 1855 01:49:33,030 --> 01:49:36,930 days later, a woman flying on a business jet was killed when the 1856 01:49:36,930 --> 01:49:39,840 aircraft was violently shaken and forced to divert to 1857 01:49:39,840 --> 01:49:43,290 Connecticut scientists expect turbulence like this to become 1858 01:49:43,290 --> 01:49:45,630 more frequent change Yep, they're 1859 01:49:46,200 --> 01:49:48,660 Adam Curry: scientists expect to get him you're gonna die in the 1860 01:49:48,660 --> 01:49:50,850 sky. We're gonna die in the sky people. 1861 01:49:52,110 --> 01:49:55,860 John C Dvorak: I had a I was on a plane once and it first 1862 01:49:56,610 --> 01:49:59,850 traveling somewhere and I was sitting next to another a guy 1863 01:49:59,850 --> 01:50:03,480 who travelled a lot he was like a salesman he was traveling 1864 01:50:03,480 --> 01:50:08,160 probably two thirds of the month. So we get into this it 1865 01:50:08,160 --> 01:50:12,240 probably done this get into these horror story exchanges 1866 01:50:12,690 --> 01:50:15,720 Adam Curry: while I was on a flight one time. Yeah. So 1867 01:50:15,720 --> 01:50:18,330 John C Dvorak: I we got we got into this turbulence discussion 1868 01:50:18,330 --> 01:50:23,850 and I said to him, we flew over a the worst turbulence I've ever 1869 01:50:23,850 --> 01:50:27,780 experienced, we were coming in over Ontario. And it turns out 1870 01:50:27,780 --> 01:50:30,660 that we were told later because it threw the plane everywhere, 1871 01:50:30,690 --> 01:50:33,180 everywhere. It's just It was a horrible experience that wings 1872 01:50:33,180 --> 01:50:37,140 were about to break off. Somebody said Are they were? 1873 01:50:37,470 --> 01:50:41,610 Yeah, so somebody said oh, yeah, that they tested the B one 1874 01:50:41,610 --> 01:50:44,820 bombers flies fluid flies around, if you catch the, you 1875 01:50:44,820 --> 01:50:47,610 know, if you get into the turbulence of that thing, 1876 01:50:47,820 --> 01:50:51,300 atmospheric river atmospheric river, it throws you all over 1877 01:50:51,300 --> 01:50:55,800 the place. I'm telling the guy the story says, really? And he 1878 01:50:55,800 --> 01:51:00,930 says, you know, first of all, did all the overhead cabins pop 1879 01:51:01,290 --> 01:51:05,280 open and throw luggage all over the place and hit in the head? 1880 01:51:06,240 --> 01:51:09,480 And I said, No. Then he said, well, then you never been in 1881 01:51:09,480 --> 01:51:10,170 turbulence. 1882 01:51:11,580 --> 01:51:14,550 Adam Curry: By the way, the solution to turbulence is a 1883 01:51:14,550 --> 01:51:20,100 short slow down, believe it or not. And that lady who was she 1884 01:51:20,100 --> 01:51:22,980 was on the plane with her husband on the private jet. I 1885 01:51:22,980 --> 01:51:27,090 can tell you what, most of the people who are injured from 1886 01:51:27,090 --> 01:51:29,970 turbulence don't have their seatbelts on. 1887 01:51:30,300 --> 01:51:32,610 John C Dvorak: Yeah, that's absolutely true part because 1888 01:51:33,000 --> 01:51:36,420 because the plane drops 10 feet and you're sitting there you go 1889 01:51:36,450 --> 01:51:39,510 up 10 feet and hit your head on the ceiling. And 1890 01:51:39,540 --> 01:51:43,890 Adam Curry: I'll tell you that I am I always have my seatbelt on 1891 01:51:43,920 --> 01:51:48,450 always. I mean, I'm pilot pilots are not stupid. And the lady in 1892 01:51:48,450 --> 01:51:53,130 the in the private jet she did not ever seatbelt on and she 1893 01:51:53,130 --> 01:51:56,190 died from a laceration to the head who knows she probably got 1894 01:51:56,190 --> 01:51:57,540 thrown and hit her head on 1895 01:51:58,170 --> 01:52:01,080 John C Dvorak: flying all over the last. And most people in 1896 01:52:01,080 --> 01:52:03,000 private jets don't use seatbelts. 1897 01:52:03,090 --> 01:52:07,320 Adam Curry: I remember Ray lane, Kleiner Perkins. This was when 1898 01:52:07,350 --> 01:52:13,080 he took me and Blum and Marta on his Galaxy, which is a huge jet 1899 01:52:13,080 --> 01:52:16,950 really not challenged as a good challenger as a global 1900 01:52:16,950 --> 01:52:20,640 challenger to fly from San Francisco with I guess it was 1901 01:52:20,640 --> 01:52:28,350 what airport to LA for the launch of the Tesla which was 1902 01:52:28,350 --> 01:52:33,810 the Roadster at the time which Elon did in or really Sequoia 1903 01:52:33,810 --> 01:52:38,100 Capital Elon did it in a in an airplane hangar and first of all 1904 01:52:38,130 --> 01:52:42,540 it was it was wall to wall private jets five of them from x 1905 01:52:42,540 --> 01:52:45,570 Pay Pal guys just it was everyone came in the private 1906 01:52:45,570 --> 01:52:50,760 jet. And this was and this was a new jet that Ray had. And so I 1907 01:52:50,760 --> 01:52:53,160 sat up front in the jump seat between the two pilots because 1908 01:52:53,160 --> 01:52:55,170 you know it was only it's a short flight from San Francisco 1909 01:52:55,170 --> 01:52:58,530 to LA I'm like I'm gonna fly up front. So I didn't need to sit 1910 01:52:58,530 --> 01:53:07,890 the back drinking cognac. So as we're landing new plane somehow 1911 01:53:07,920 --> 01:53:14,040 the pilot made an error and the nose wheel brake was locked. So 1912 01:53:14,070 --> 01:53:17,220 you land on the on the two on the main landing gear and as the 1913 01:53:17,220 --> 01:53:20,520 nose wheel came down the minute that hit you know, it was like 1914 01:53:21,780 --> 01:53:24,990 of course they unlocked it very quickly. But Ray Lane was in the 1915 01:53:24,990 --> 01:53:28,260 back sitting across from Rana Marta and he had literally said, 1916 01:53:28,470 --> 01:53:30,960 this thing is so smooth you don't even need your seatbelt. 1917 01:53:31,020 --> 01:53:34,620 He went flying forward with his glass of whiskey, everything it 1918 01:53:34,620 --> 01:53:37,290 could have been a really really bad situation. Because these 1919 01:53:37,290 --> 01:53:42,030 people are arrogant you get rich you get stupid. Really 1920 01:53:42,030 --> 01:53:47,550 unbelievable. And so this is the tip. This is a tip we're gonna 1921 01:53:47,550 --> 01:53:51,570 give you that is a valid tip. Always wear your seatbelt even 1922 01:53:51,570 --> 01:53:58,350 when doing seatbelt sign us off everybody. Keep it on. Keep it 1923 01:53:58,350 --> 01:53:58,710 on. 1924 01:53:59,790 --> 01:54:01,500 John C Dvorak: Yeah, unless you have to go to the bathroom. 1925 01:54:01,769 --> 01:54:03,809 Adam Curry: Yeah, and even then wait until you're absolutely 1926 01:54:03,809 --> 01:54:07,529 certain that there's not a little lick of turbulence and be 1927 01:54:07,529 --> 01:54:11,129 at least 30,000 feet before you even consider that. 1928 01:54:14,400 --> 01:54:17,280 John C Dvorak: Well that's our tip for the day kind of tip bows 1929 01:54:17,280 --> 01:54:22,110 kind of arrogant, elitist tip that you'd get if your accounts 1930 01:54:22,110 --> 01:54:24,900 are lousy donations in the next segment. And with 1931 01:54:24,900 --> 01:54:27,240 Adam Curry: that I'd like to say in the morning to you and thank 1932 01:54:27,240 --> 01:54:30,540 you for your courage the man who put the sea and dig up Canada 1933 01:54:30,540 --> 01:54:32,820 ladies and gentlemen, please say hello to my friend on the other 1934 01:54:32,820 --> 01:54:33,420 end Mr. 1935 01:54:38,460 --> 01:54:40,290 John C Dvorak: Kraus in the morning ships at sea boots on 1936 01:54:40,290 --> 01:54:42,990 the ground feed near subs in the water and all the damos nights 1937 01:54:42,990 --> 01:54:43,170 out. 1938 01:54:43,530 --> 01:54:45,810 Adam Curry: We noticed what is happening to trolls and the 1939 01:54:45,810 --> 01:54:49,050 troll room who we always say in the morning to the lips. Let's 1940 01:54:49,050 --> 01:54:56,430 count them right away. Oh, hello, whoa, whoa, whoa, it's 1941 01:54:56,430 --> 01:54:59,730 already down to 1450 foot No. What do we have no. 1942 01:54:59,880 --> 01:55:01,860 Unknown: Right I'm gonna I don't think this is accurate now Hold 1943 01:55:01,860 --> 01:55:04,140 Adam Curry: on What do I'm not getting a count? What's my count 1944 01:55:04,140 --> 01:55:11,820 here? 2333 There you go. 2333 and I'm going to keep refreshing 1945 01:55:11,820 --> 01:55:17,340 because people are so stupid. They leave during the donation 1946 01:55:17,340 --> 01:55:20,220 segment which by the way, it's going to be short today, but 1947 01:55:20,220 --> 01:55:24,240 this is where the best content takes place. 2309 We already 1948 01:55:24,240 --> 01:55:29,430 lost 27 Shame on them. Shame on them just by 1949 01:55:29,430 --> 01:55:30,510 John C Dvorak: mentioning that 1950 01:55:30,540 --> 01:55:34,920 Adam Curry: out it goes 2352 We're down we're debt 2309 1951 01:55:35,430 --> 01:55:38,910 Unbelievable. These people should be ashamed of themselves 1952 01:55:38,910 --> 01:55:41,730 they do not care about the people who support the program. 1953 01:55:42,120 --> 01:55:44,760 Because that's what this is. And you know what the people who 1954 01:55:44,760 --> 01:55:48,360 leave they're not they're not supporters? 1955 01:55:49,050 --> 01:55:51,180 John C Dvorak: No, they probably aren't and they don't care about 1956 01:55:51,210 --> 01:55:57,750 us discussing the art 2287 2287 Why they really Belfast Oh yeah. 1957 01:55:57,780 --> 01:55:59,700 Adam Curry: Oh yeah, they bail like little bitches. 1958 01:56:00,930 --> 01:56:03,690 John C Dvorak: I'm out of here. Donation segment all they're 1959 01:56:03,690 --> 01:56:04,800 gonna do is bake from laying 1960 01:56:05,700 --> 01:56:09,540 Adam Curry: the chanting. Yeah, well, that's what we do. Anyway, 1961 01:56:09,540 --> 01:56:12,240 for those trolls still remaining. We love you. Thank 1962 01:56:12,240 --> 01:56:15,090 you for staying with us. Keeping it going strong. In fact, turn 1963 01:56:15,120 --> 01:56:21,180 up the volume. You will not regret it. What is this Adam? I 1964 01:56:21,180 --> 01:56:23,910 listened to donation segment, but after the count, I can go 1965 01:56:23,910 --> 01:56:29,220 have a life. Okay. And that is noodle, man. 33 unblock him 1966 01:56:29,220 --> 01:56:35,520 forever. Noodle man little man douche man is what you mean. All 1967 01:56:35,520 --> 01:56:38,400 right. Thank you to the trolls. We do appreciate the trolls. 1968 01:56:38,400 --> 01:56:41,250 They're very helpful. And they can be helpful during the 1969 01:56:41,250 --> 01:56:43,740 donation segment as well. That's why we'd love having you here. 1970 01:56:43,950 --> 01:56:46,620 You can go to troll room.io That's how you participate. You 1971 01:56:46,620 --> 01:56:50,580 got a little chat box there. You can listen to the stream live. 1972 01:56:50,580 --> 01:56:53,760 We do this twice a week Thursdays and Sundays. And it's 1973 01:56:53,760 --> 01:56:56,730 like having a live studio audience. You know, it's and 1974 01:56:56,730 --> 01:57:01,530 sometimes we named check yet. I mean, if your noodle man 33 You 1975 01:57:01,530 --> 01:57:06,990 know? Oh, and Doug gave we give karma for that guy. Oh, man. 1976 01:57:06,990 --> 01:57:11,850 It's unbelievable. How mean people are 2243. We've lost 150 1977 01:57:11,850 --> 01:57:15,090 right there. Alright, let's get to work. All right, good idea. 1978 01:57:15,420 --> 01:57:19,260 Of course, you can also download one of those brand new and 1979 01:57:19,260 --> 01:57:23,190 modern podcast apps at podcast apps.com. And if you get pod, 1980 01:57:23,490 --> 01:57:27,210 pod verse or podcast addict, then it'll actually give you an 1981 01:57:27,210 --> 01:57:29,580 alert when we go live with the show. You log in, boom, you're 1982 01:57:29,580 --> 01:57:32,130 in the troll room, we've got the stream live, even if you can't, 1983 01:57:32,130 --> 01:57:34,350 if you miss it, it's your podcast app, you can listen to 1984 01:57:34,350 --> 01:57:37,830 it, and you will get notified within 90 seconds of publishing. 1985 01:57:38,070 --> 01:57:40,980 You do not get that from Apple. You don't get it from Spotify 1986 01:57:40,980 --> 01:57:47,610 from Google Amazon. That is part of podcasting. 2.0 You can also 1987 01:57:47,610 --> 01:57:50,400 follow us at no agenda social.com It's Adam at no 1988 01:57:50,400 --> 01:57:53,400 agenda. social.com John C. Dvorak at no agenda. social.com. 1989 01:57:53,400 --> 01:57:56,340 We're all on the mastodon tip. We've been doing that for five 1990 01:57:56,340 --> 01:57:59,940 years. So we're established. And I don't know if you I don't 1991 01:57:59,940 --> 01:58:03,720 think you can get any more slots on our server. But you're more 1992 01:58:03,720 --> 01:58:06,780 than welcome to follow us from any Mastodon instance, that has 1993 01:58:07,140 --> 01:58:09,720 a million of them. There is more than a million now. There's not 1994 01:58:09,720 --> 01:58:13,290 quite a million, but there's a lot. It's quite a lot. And yes, 1995 01:58:13,290 --> 01:58:16,230 indeed, we always like to thank our artists who brings us the 1996 01:58:16,230 --> 01:58:20,160 artwork, which we choose from no agenda, art generator.com You 1997 01:58:20,160 --> 01:58:23,610 can go there. Now if you're listening, live and refresh, and 1998 01:58:23,610 --> 01:58:27,630 you'll see what the artists are doing as we speak. You can also 1999 01:58:27,630 --> 01:58:32,130 see one of the many many choices we had for the previous episode, 2000 01:58:32,130 --> 01:58:37,320 which was episode 1536. We titled that killer clown. And 2001 01:58:37,350 --> 01:58:43,650 this art was loved by many came to us from Roger round eat 2002 01:58:43,650 --> 01:58:47,670 second in a row. He's going for the hat trick. This was the 2003 01:58:47,670 --> 01:58:53,760 turtle Mitch upside down with little Chinese crown of course, 2004 01:58:54,150 --> 01:58:58,470 signifying Mitch McConnell and we have we have an update on on 2005 01:58:58,470 --> 01:59:04,830 the the the minority leader on on Mitch on the journal I don't 2006 01:59:04,830 --> 01:59:07,410 think so. We didn't that for this show. We don't. Okay, well, 2007 01:59:07,410 --> 01:59:11,130 we hope he's okay. We don't know. By the way, the extra 2008 01:59:11,130 --> 01:59:13,350 seems to stop our bitching stopped it and that's really 2009 01:59:13,350 --> 01:59:16,230 cool. Thanks. If you're still here, trolls we love you. We'll 2010 01:59:16,230 --> 01:59:22,020 be giving away a car to one of you later today. Roger Thank you 2011 01:59:22,020 --> 01:59:25,260 so much. What would we let me just take a look and just take a 2012 01:59:25,260 --> 01:59:25,650 look at 2013 01:59:25,770 --> 01:59:28,410 John C Dvorak: what very funny comment to make about this art 2014 01:59:28,440 --> 01:59:32,820 in the no agenda social. Yeah, he says that's what I needed to 2015 01:59:32,820 --> 01:59:37,380 know I needed to humiliate someone's appearance, humiliate 2016 01:59:37,380 --> 01:59:40,380 and he went on and on about, you know, just everything bad about 2017 01:59:40,380 --> 01:59:44,130 the art in terms of being negative imagery. And he says 2018 01:59:44,130 --> 01:59:45,180 that's how you win. 2019 01:59:47,370 --> 01:59:49,230 Adam Curry: And you could have been a part of that conversation 2020 01:59:49,230 --> 01:59:53,280 if you were following along. I don't know agenda social.com Now 2021 01:59:53,280 --> 01:59:58,140 there were a number of pieces. Let's see what did we see we had 2022 01:59:58,650 --> 02:00:03,090 some Schultz pieces by The way you said that lots of people 2023 02:00:03,120 --> 02:00:05,790 know the Hogan's hero Hogan, 2024 02:00:06,330 --> 02:00:08,370 John C Dvorak: I go God that's where we got our some of our 2025 02:00:08,370 --> 02:00:11,160 early jingles based on Hogan. I got exactly 2026 02:00:11,160 --> 02:00:14,880 Adam Curry: to both of them over 40. So, 2027 02:00:16,049 --> 02:00:19,799 John C Dvorak: okay, anybody who's under 40 That's familiar 2028 02:00:19,799 --> 02:00:25,229 with Hogan's Heroes and Schultz saying I see nothing or anything 2029 02:00:25,229 --> 02:00:29,429 like that send an email to adam@curry.com saying I'm in 2030 02:00:29,429 --> 02:00:34,949 that mode John's right. I would put $1 on it, but I won't I got 2031 02:00:34,949 --> 02:00:36,869 the dollar running on the fire jokes. 2032 02:00:37,440 --> 02:00:39,420 Adam Curry: We also have $1 running on something else. 2033 02:00:39,450 --> 02:00:42,960 John C Dvorak: I can't remember. That's longterm in 2034 02:00:42,990 --> 02:00:44,670 Adam Curry: December, but I don't know what it was for. 2035 02:00:45,210 --> 02:00:49,440 Anyway, let's take a look we had. So we have some some shell 2036 02:00:49,440 --> 02:00:58,620 stuff. We had the pre show mixed cassette tape. Now that didn't 2037 02:00:58,620 --> 02:01:04,020 work. We had doped gold. We had some just weird stuff. That 2038 02:01:04,020 --> 02:01:08,010 wasn't anything real. I liked the mastermind. He walked away 2039 02:01:08,010 --> 02:01:11,790 with it. He did but I liked the changes here, which was the 2040 02:01:12,060 --> 02:01:15,540 Ukraine flag being peeled back to show to reveal the Chinese 2041 02:01:15,540 --> 02:01:17,520 flag. I liked that. Well. I liked that one. I didn't like 2042 02:01:17,520 --> 02:01:20,910 the cursive letters that were used instead of bold curry 2043 02:01:20,910 --> 02:01:24,360 Dvorak and changes here. And you said you didn't even see that 2044 02:01:24,360 --> 02:01:26,070 what it was you couldn't even parse it. 2045 02:01:27,180 --> 02:01:30,540 John C Dvorak: Right. Which was mentioned they say Yeah, kinda. 2046 02:01:31,290 --> 02:01:31,680 But 2047 02:01:31,710 --> 02:01:36,570 Adam Curry: no, I liked that one. Round he actually had to be 2048 02:01:36,570 --> 02:01:39,150 at two different color backgrounds. And we went with 2049 02:01:39,150 --> 02:01:42,600 the obvious beautiful Chinese red. 2050 02:01:42,930 --> 02:01:45,390 John C Dvorak: Yeah, he probably I'm guessing that he did the 2051 02:01:45,390 --> 02:01:48,570 first one. And then he is thinking about what can I do to 2052 02:01:48,570 --> 02:01:53,430 improve it? And because they all artists do that they if they if 2053 02:01:53,430 --> 02:01:58,260 they think is not quite 100% there and then so when he put 2054 02:01:58,260 --> 02:02:01,770 the red background of the Chinese flag, and then the stars 2055 02:02:01,770 --> 02:02:06,480 around his head, yellow may look even more like the Chinese flag 2056 02:02:06,480 --> 02:02:10,230 and that was a winner. I don't know if the other one would have 2057 02:02:10,230 --> 02:02:11,520 won. Hmm 2058 02:02:13,110 --> 02:02:15,540 Adam Curry: Well, the one we looked at was Matthew dropped co 2059 02:02:15,540 --> 02:02:18,930 Tucker's big dud we actually consider that for a second 2060 02:02:18,930 --> 02:02:22,080 because it was higher good higher up on the list. Yeah, 2061 02:02:22,140 --> 02:02:25,950 then then the the round anyone 2062 02:02:27,330 --> 02:02:29,550 John C Dvorak: like to drop copies right away? 2063 02:02:29,580 --> 02:02:33,810 Adam Curry: Yeah, you did but then once we once we saw once we 2064 02:02:33,810 --> 02:02:37,230 saw what I'm saying it just seems like Are you hearing me 2065 02:02:37,230 --> 02:02:39,540 okay, because people are saying that the stream is stuttering I 2066 02:02:39,540 --> 02:02:42,630 don't know. You sound good. Okay, well then we're fine then 2067 02:02:42,630 --> 02:02:50,790 somewhere else. From January 6 stuff I think that's it and then 2068 02:02:50,790 --> 02:02:54,240 all the other stuff is new. I do love Taunton Neil, who keeps 2069 02:02:54,240 --> 02:02:58,590 trying to get us to talk about I guess she's a she's into 2070 02:02:58,590 --> 02:02:59,550 crocheting 2071 02:03:00,870 --> 02:03:02,460 John C Dvorak: Yeah, she she must be 2072 02:03:02,790 --> 02:03:06,390 Adam Curry: and well what the crochet community believe it or 2073 02:03:06,390 --> 02:03:08,580 not, there's a crochet community a quite a 2074 02:03:08,580 --> 02:03:10,620 John C Dvorak: bit and there's a knitting community as a crochet 2075 02:03:10,620 --> 02:03:13,770 there's an embroidery community have meetings that got a lot of 2076 02:03:13,770 --> 02:03:18,570 Americans show sewing machine shops, and you go into a bunch 2077 02:03:18,570 --> 02:03:21,570 of women go in there they all get a machine to dick around 2078 02:03:21,570 --> 02:03:25,680 with so they learn how to do certain tricks. 2079 02:03:25,710 --> 02:03:28,680 Adam Curry: So what what they were trying to do and what has 2080 02:03:28,680 --> 02:03:31,350 been very disappointing to the crocheting community see this is 2081 02:03:31,350 --> 02:03:35,820 the kind of content that people are missing out on if you want 2082 02:03:35,820 --> 02:03:41,310 to have an artificial intelligence create a crocheting 2083 02:03:41,970 --> 02:03:45,420 I guess, is it a pattern or whatever the crochet errs go to 2084 02:03:45,420 --> 02:03:49,590 template. Yeah. And so they would upload a picture of curry 2085 02:03:49,590 --> 02:03:56,010 Dvorak. And, and the crocheting template that came out was not 2086 02:03:56,010 --> 02:04:00,180 really cool looking for us couple of balls. Yeah, we look 2087 02:04:00,180 --> 02:04:04,230 really stupid. It was no good. It was no good. So I don't think 2088 02:04:04,230 --> 02:04:06,210 we're ever going to choose anything. We're probably not 2089 02:04:06,210 --> 02:04:08,550 even going to talk about the topic except in the donation 2090 02:04:08,550 --> 02:04:13,530 segment where all the good stuff happens to Neil. Interesting, 2091 02:04:13,530 --> 02:04:16,140 our stream is dead. I have no idea why my people I'm 2092 02:04:16,140 --> 02:04:18,450 connected. I have no no idea what people are having a 2093 02:04:18,450 --> 02:04:22,470 problem. Okay, mothers have to deal with it. And you know what, 2094 02:04:22,470 --> 02:04:24,360 that's what happens when everyone leaves all of a sudden 2095 02:04:24,360 --> 02:04:27,510 in the streams can be their fault, their fault. Thanks, 2096 02:04:27,510 --> 02:04:32,610 trolls. Good work. And thank you very much, Roger. roundy. Two in 2097 02:04:32,610 --> 02:04:35,040 a row. The way it works here is if you get three in a row, you 2098 02:04:35,040 --> 02:04:39,900 get a hat trick. And that comes with all kinds of prizes. Yeah. 2099 02:04:41,730 --> 02:04:44,100 John C Dvorak: That in two bucks give you a cup of coffee. This 2100 02:04:44,100 --> 02:04:44,220 is 2101 02:04:44,220 --> 02:04:46,410 Adam Curry: a value for value program. That's why you don't 2102 02:04:46,410 --> 02:04:50,190 hear and we could be playing ads, by the way with a million 2103 02:04:50,190 --> 02:04:55,230 listeners per show. That's 1000 CPMs. Let's say we read two 2104 02:04:55,230 --> 02:04:59,970 spots about $25. We could do $50,000 In Episode Two 2105 02:05:00,840 --> 02:05:03,930 John C Dvorak: Yeah, for as long as until they found this out 2106 02:05:03,960 --> 02:05:06,390 Adam Curry: until they figured out what we were talking about. 2107 02:05:06,390 --> 02:05:11,700 And we'll be over very quick. So we exist by the grace of the 2108 02:05:11,700 --> 02:05:15,360 people who feel they've received value from this program. And 2109 02:05:15,360 --> 02:05:18,540 let's be honest, you got a lot of value today. You don't have 2110 02:05:18,540 --> 02:05:21,990 to worry, you know what's coming up. You'll be the smart person 2111 02:05:21,990 --> 02:05:25,590 in the room, Monday at school or at work, and I know what's going 2112 02:05:25,590 --> 02:05:28,680 on with the Silicon Valley Bank thing. I know what's going on. 2113 02:05:28,680 --> 02:05:32,430 We're moving to China. Don't worry, don't be freaked out. 2114 02:05:32,430 --> 02:05:37,170 Don't get so upset. You'll be the one that has that calm. And 2115 02:05:37,170 --> 02:05:41,220 that piece over you. Surely that is worth some value. And to some 2116 02:05:41,220 --> 02:05:45,540 people it is and they return that in the form of time, talent 2117 02:05:45,540 --> 02:05:49,290 and treasure, which is all we request. Many people do lots of 2118 02:05:49,290 --> 02:05:52,020 things for us. We have people who also helped produce the 2119 02:05:52,020 --> 02:05:56,610 program with clips and, and websites and other boots on the 2120 02:05:56,610 --> 02:05:59,370 ground information. But of course, we also need some 2121 02:05:59,370 --> 02:06:02,580 treasure and the time talent and treasure department and Rob wing 2122 02:06:02,820 --> 02:06:05,670 is our top executive producer today. He's from Essex from 2123 02:06:05,700 --> 02:06:11,280 Epping in Great Britain $500 And he says hey John and Adam and 2124 02:06:11,280 --> 02:06:14,250 said he has a longest donation no but since it's short and he's 2125 02:06:14,250 --> 02:06:24,210 the top I'm going to read it all on a second there we go. Hi, 2126 02:06:24,210 --> 02:06:27,720 John, Adam Rob wing from Essex here for those that don't know 2127 02:06:27,720 --> 02:06:31,050 Essex is in the UK it's much like East London but with lots 2128 02:06:31,050 --> 02:06:34,680 of trees. Big fan of the show for ever since I heard Adam on 2129 02:06:34,680 --> 02:06:37,470 JRE around three years ago broken donation I really 2130 02:06:37,470 --> 02:06:40,590 appreciate all you guys do and of course what the producers do 2131 02:06:40,770 --> 02:06:43,410 before we go further I have to admit this is my first donation 2132 02:06:43,410 --> 02:06:46,560 so obviously I need to de douching obviously you need that 2133 02:06:48,420 --> 02:06:50,250 Unknown: you've been de duced 2134 02:06:53,820 --> 02:06:56,070 Adam Curry: nice to see things are unraveling with the lockdown 2135 02:06:56,070 --> 02:07:00,480 files you in the UK. Apparently the telegraph paper has enough 2136 02:07:00,480 --> 02:07:03,840 content for the next three months. Oh, this is the the 2137 02:07:03,840 --> 02:07:08,430 WhatsApp chat files. So I'm looking forward to when they get 2138 02:07:08,430 --> 02:07:11,340 to the vaccine efficacy. It's not getting a huge amount of 2139 02:07:11,340 --> 02:07:13,860 coverage in the UK for reasons the listeners will understand. 2140 02:07:14,010 --> 02:07:16,350 But the information is starting to get out there more and more 2141 02:07:16,350 --> 02:07:19,590 even the BBC reported on it and that's saying something you 2142 02:07:19,590 --> 02:07:22,380 think there will be more outrage but either people aren't aware 2143 02:07:22,380 --> 02:07:29,160 or like my douchebag brother in law, Ronan drone. Ronan, they 2144 02:07:29,160 --> 02:07:32,010 simply don't want to know but these are the same people that 2145 02:07:32,010 --> 02:07:34,680 were happy to belittle me or lump me in with the Flat 2146 02:07:34,680 --> 02:07:37,770 Earthers at the time for questioning the narrative or for 2147 02:07:37,770 --> 02:07:41,490 not taking the vaccine accepting the vaccine into my life. I'd 2148 02:07:41,490 --> 02:07:45,030 appreciate a douchebag jingle for the inlaw just done Lastly, 2149 02:07:45,240 --> 02:07:48,540 I want to thank my smokin hot wife Laura who appreciate you 2150 02:07:48,540 --> 02:07:53,100 keeping my amygdala small love his lips as Rob and he wants a 2151 02:07:53,310 --> 02:08:00,060 Don't eat me. Bow Jaiden Okay, oh hold on a second. Don't eat 2152 02:08:00,060 --> 02:08:06,180 me bow Jaiden Where is where is that bow? Jaiden Don't eat me. 2153 02:08:07,050 --> 02:08:10,590 Is it? Is it we have a bow 2154 02:08:11,190 --> 02:08:13,560 John C Dvorak: Don't eat me. Yeah, but I bow Jaiden all I 2155 02:08:13,560 --> 02:08:17,610 Adam Curry: have is Hillary This is very weird. Don't eat me bow 2156 02:08:17,610 --> 02:08:18,390 Jaiden 2157 02:08:20,280 --> 02:08:21,300 John C Dvorak: get bored Jaden. 2158 02:08:21,360 --> 02:08:24,600 Adam Curry: Yeah I'm looking at Bo Jaiden oh here we go for some 2159 02:08:24,600 --> 02:08:26,550 reason. Oh apostrophe go figure 2160 02:08:31,890 --> 02:08:36,930 followed by a good karma we got it for karma. 2161 02:08:39,840 --> 02:08:45,390 John C Dvorak: jermichael Clink is up next. clink clink clink. 2162 02:08:45,570 --> 02:08:52,530 Oh god. Lombard Illinois, ITM guys, okay, I can take a hint. 2163 02:08:54,360 --> 02:08:58,710 All the Hogan's Heroes talk talk last show it's been a while 2164 02:08:58,710 --> 02:09:05,580 since my last donation ah ha drummed up a donation if you 2165 02:09:05,580 --> 02:09:08,100 could play Fletcher yelling Hogan 2166 02:09:09,360 --> 02:09:11,190 Adam Curry: that would that doesn't exist 2167 02:09:11,580 --> 02:09:13,560 John C Dvorak: I don't think it does either. We had Fletcher do 2168 02:09:13,560 --> 02:09:15,360 all this stuff based on the based on 2169 02:09:15,360 --> 02:09:17,850 Adam Curry: Hogan but we never actually but you know what, as I 2170 02:09:17,850 --> 02:09:21,600 was because I looked just to make sure Fletcher has done some 2171 02:09:21,630 --> 02:09:28,560 outrageous stuff for us if you don't mind. We had that one. And 2172 02:09:28,560 --> 02:09:29,400 we had 2173 02:09:29,670 --> 02:09:35,370 Unknown: ladies and gentlemen. It is time to Ramallah eyes. 2174 02:09:36,120 --> 02:09:40,290 It's a little bit funny. No, it's not 2175 02:09:44,550 --> 02:09:49,710 Adam Curry: he has done so much. Oh, I don't know where that came 2176 02:09:49,710 --> 02:09:51,990 from. Oh, this is a good one. 2177 02:09:52,139 --> 02:09:53,879 Unknown: Ah, happy birthday. 2178 02:09:56,130 --> 02:09:58,770 Adam Curry: Anyway, no, we don't have that one. So you just got a 2179 02:09:58,770 --> 02:10:00,000 nice night. 2180 02:10:00,359 --> 02:10:02,789 John C Dvorak: Hill says one end. Oh, I hope so. 2181 02:10:02,910 --> 02:10:03,480 Unknown: I hope so. 2182 02:10:05,009 --> 02:10:06,209 John C Dvorak: All right. Well, that was 2183 02:10:06,210 --> 02:10:11,640 Adam Curry: it. Oh, yeah. Well, that was easy. way he wanted to 2184 02:10:13,740 --> 02:10:16,230 wait a minute, but yeah, but what does that tell you? We miss 2185 02:10:16,230 --> 02:10:19,620 Masimo I think we missed Massimo. Yeah, we missed out. 2186 02:10:19,650 --> 02:10:23,400 Yeah. Masimo Cattaneo Oh, I miss Masimo okay, you can read that 2187 02:10:23,400 --> 02:10:26,940 when he's from Noosa Heads in Queensland, Australia. John, 2188 02:10:26,940 --> 02:10:31,110 Adam, please expect this bag of threes. That's 333 dot 33 from 2189 02:10:31,110 --> 02:10:34,650 Masimo from kin kin Queensland, Australia, the equivalent of 2190 02:10:34,650 --> 02:10:39,000 goats Gulch from my Damond I go karma for everyone, because we 2191 02:10:39,000 --> 02:10:41,790 will need it and donate every once in a while. People cheat. 2192 02:10:41,790 --> 02:10:46,470 Oh, thank you. You've got karma. 2193 02:10:48,630 --> 02:10:53,160 John C Dvorak: I believe that was Chow. When I say she out. 2194 02:10:54,360 --> 02:11:01,230 Okay, Ciao. Ciao, ciao to David in Grapevine, Texas. Switcheroo 2195 02:11:01,230 --> 02:11:08,970 for Dame Karen. Okay, we can do that up done. New Jersey and big 2196 02:11:09,300 --> 02:11:13,590 goat to my best girl, the newly minted Dame Karen who will be 2197 02:11:13,590 --> 02:11:19,080 celebrating her birthday on 313 as a dame because a birthday to 2198 02:11:19,080 --> 02:11:21,510 you. I'm not she's on the list that we usually put some yellow 2199 02:11:21,510 --> 02:11:25,710 in here. I know this isn't exactly. I know. This isn't the 2200 02:11:25,710 --> 02:11:31,140 exact ring she keeps asking for. But hopefully it will do for 2201 02:11:31,140 --> 02:11:35,130 now. No agenda has been the official podcast of the road 2202 02:11:35,130 --> 02:11:40,140 trips. And as we come to realize our exit strategy of life on the 2203 02:11:40,140 --> 02:11:46,050 road. We look forward to many more years and at least one more 2204 02:11:46,110 --> 02:11:47,640 presidential campaign. 2205 02:11:49,290 --> 02:11:52,470 Adam Curry: Season of wishful thinking wishful thinking this 2206 02:11:52,470 --> 02:11:55,320 John C Dvorak: coming verb placeholder name will be named 2207 02:11:55,320 --> 02:12:01,200 Karen keeper of the travel hounds. And she will have a Pino 2208 02:12:01,200 --> 02:12:07,920 Taj from the Stellan bike region, and black in red snapper 2209 02:12:07,920 --> 02:12:11,520 and asparagus. Oh, ISAC. I was confused by the React she's 2210 02:12:11,520 --> 02:12:14,280 getting a ring but she's getting our ring. She wants a wedding 2211 02:12:14,280 --> 02:12:14,520 ring. 2212 02:12:14,550 --> 02:12:18,900 Adam Curry: Oh. Now we understand now the monkey comes 2213 02:12:18,900 --> 02:12:20,100 out of the sleeve. We got it. 2214 02:12:20,550 --> 02:12:23,670 John C Dvorak: Okay, and she says black and red snapper and 2215 02:12:23,670 --> 02:12:26,370 asparagus. Happy birthday. Damn, Karen. 2216 02:12:27,330 --> 02:12:32,400 Adam Curry: I was going to ask you we had a wine. The other 2217 02:12:32,400 --> 02:12:36,390 night we were invited to a dinner. And I enjoyed this very 2218 02:12:36,390 --> 02:12:39,360 much. I wanted to mention it to Utah ask you what you thought it 2219 02:12:39,360 --> 02:12:44,220 was a Spring Mountain vineyard ellevet 2004 2220 02:12:47,100 --> 02:12:48,810 John C Dvorak: Are you for Spring Mountain Vineyards a very 2221 02:12:48,810 --> 02:12:56,040 famous place it was this literal set for the soap opera Falcon 2222 02:12:56,040 --> 02:12:56,460 Crest. 2223 02:12:56,490 --> 02:12:59,520 Adam Curry: Oh, I love Yes, I'd love Falcon Crest. We'd love 2224 02:12:59,520 --> 02:13:03,930 Monza of LeMans LeMans Oh, man. What was that guy's name Lorenzo 2225 02:13:03,930 --> 02:13:06,360 de mas Lamaze Lorenzo Yeah, 2226 02:13:06,780 --> 02:13:09,300 John C Dvorak: they were very popular winery back in his 70s 2227 02:13:09,300 --> 02:13:13,680 ca when they first cropped up, and they've always had decent 2228 02:13:13,680 --> 02:13:16,470 one. I haven't had a Spring Mountain line probably for 20 2229 02:13:16,470 --> 02:13:18,540 years. So I can't tell you much about it. 2230 02:13:18,570 --> 02:13:22,830 Adam Curry: Well, because it was a 2004 so literally almost 20 2231 02:13:22,830 --> 02:13:26,760 years ago. Yeah, it was great. Was really dynamite. 2232 02:13:26,820 --> 02:13:27,900 John C Dvorak: Was it a Cabernet? 2233 02:13:29,580 --> 02:13:30,210 Adam Curry: Yes kind 2234 02:13:30,210 --> 02:13:31,920 John C Dvorak: of characteristics today? Yeah, I 2235 02:13:31,920 --> 02:13:33,690 think a Cabernet artistica mirlo 2236 02:13:34,080 --> 02:13:37,950 Adam Curry: No like a Cabernet it's it was bold. I would say 2237 02:13:38,010 --> 02:13:42,150 Minton by medium not you know if you have smooth tannic it was 2238 02:13:42,150 --> 02:13:47,070 dry a little bit acidic. Tasted notes of blackberry, plum, dark 2239 02:13:47,070 --> 02:13:50,670 fruit, oak tobacco chocolate. Enough little leathery, earthy 2240 02:13:50,670 --> 02:13:53,400 smoke. Reading from the app, 2241 02:13:53,519 --> 02:13:56,369 John C Dvorak: bird Haitian orange and my all time favorite. 2242 02:13:57,150 --> 02:14:01,200 Adam Curry: Edward Musial of Waterford, Michigan 222 dot 10 2243 02:14:01,200 --> 02:14:05,190 row of ducks and then a stick in return for hours of beans 2244 02:14:05,190 --> 02:14:09,090 listening in the spirit of red pilled America support what you 2245 02:14:09,090 --> 02:14:15,000 love or it goes away. This is so true. F guess or F canceled for 2246 02:14:15,000 --> 02:14:16,170 Derek hunter. He says 2247 02:14:21,060 --> 02:14:22,710 Unknown: you've got karma 2248 02:14:23,820 --> 02:14:27,090 Adam Curry: words. True words were never spoken Edward. Thank 2249 02:14:27,090 --> 02:14:30,390 John C Dvorak: you. Yeah, actually that's quite something 2250 02:14:30,390 --> 02:14:36,660 to note. Brian agro in Cumberland Michigan. ITM please 2251 02:14:36,660 --> 02:14:42,720 de douche me. You've been D deuced. Other ways donation. 2252 02:14:43,860 --> 02:14:50,010 21687. And I should if I didn't mention it, but our Texan is 313 2253 02:14:50,280 --> 02:14:54,120 The switcheroo for Dame Karen. I don't know if I said the price. 2254 02:14:54,360 --> 02:14:57,630 Oh, Kimberly Maine, by the way, not come on in Michigan. 2255 02:14:57,960 --> 02:15:01,560 Cumberland, Maine. IGN. Please do Wish me a possible exit 2256 02:15:01,560 --> 02:15:06,060 strategy for you. He's got to deduce. Sorry. Turn me turn the 2257 02:15:06,060 --> 02:15:13,680 show. Turn the show no. Turn the after show. More from what are 2258 02:15:13,680 --> 02:15:16,920 you reading now? I'm trying to figure out what he's saying. He 2259 02:15:16,920 --> 02:15:19,650 Adam Curry: says turn the after show mixes from COVID into a 2260 02:15:19,650 --> 02:15:21,780 Broadway musical Can you not read? It's 2261 02:15:21,780 --> 02:15:25,140 John C Dvorak: just so no, I've got blurry vision this reason 2262 02:15:25,170 --> 02:15:31,860 all right. Please call my brother, Dan a douchebag. Bring 2263 02:15:31,860 --> 02:15:36,720 back to three by three jingles. Three by three and John's ot G 2264 02:15:37,560 --> 02:15:42,600 OTG going to OTG and that's not mine. That's just my song. Brian 2265 02:15:42,600 --> 02:15:47,160 agro of Cumberland Maine. Welcome back to three by three 2266 02:15:47,220 --> 02:15:49,530 jingles three by three. Okay. He wants to do 2267 02:15:49,590 --> 02:15:55,200 Unknown: this show. Send your cash. You will obey. Now it's 2268 02:15:55,200 --> 02:16:00,300 time for a three by three. Experiment by JC talking about 2269 02:16:00,390 --> 02:16:04,110 comparisons don't refund ABC, CBS and NBC 2270 02:16:06,840 --> 02:16:08,310 Adam Curry: three and here's what he asked for. 2271 02:16:10,740 --> 02:16:15,030 Unknown: John Cena Borak Bakelite today's Teddy K he's an 2272 02:16:15,030 --> 02:16:15,900 OTG 2273 02:16:15,900 --> 02:16:20,370 Adam Curry: kind of guy right? That's not the one I think this 2274 02:16:20,370 --> 02:16:24,540 is the one OTG going oh, that's your song Baby right there. 2275 02:16:24,540 --> 02:16:24,720 Who's 2276 02:16:25,230 --> 02:16:29,580 John C Dvorak: gonna guy? Yeah, and then you did a bit on OTG 2277 02:16:30,990 --> 02:16:31,740 TMZ Yeah, 2278 02:16:31,769 --> 02:16:33,899 Adam Curry: we don't do that anymore. Because we lost 2279 02:16:33,899 --> 02:16:38,639 everybody to tick tock so yeah, now we're just telling people to 2280 02:16:38,639 --> 02:16:41,459 not listen at two times speed you know not kill yourself. 2281 02:16:42,389 --> 02:16:47,699 Thank you, Brian. Nice idea. Yeah, not gonna happen. We do 2282 02:16:47,699 --> 02:16:51,809 have some I received five column five and of show mixes all 2283 02:16:51,809 --> 02:16:55,529 beautiful songs. I received a couple like from Sir Brian with 2284 02:16:55,529 --> 02:16:58,589 an eye which are meant to be the equivalent of shoving bamboo 2285 02:16:58,589 --> 02:17:01,469 sticks under your fingernails John, so I'm going to refrain 2286 02:17:01,469 --> 02:17:04,829 from playing that. But it was good. It was good by the old 2287 02:17:04,829 --> 02:17:10,379 standards. So get your singing caps on people. Sir Baron John 2288 02:17:10,379 --> 02:17:14,429 Helmer from Shawnee Kansas our last donation This is very short 2289 02:17:14,459 --> 02:17:17,609 eight donors for executive and Associate Executive producers. 2290 02:17:17,699 --> 02:17:20,249 This is very very poor showing. 2291 02:17:20,789 --> 02:17:22,049 John C Dvorak: Yes seven actually. 2292 02:17:23,250 --> 02:17:27,030 Adam Curry: The UK right seven were to 1537 in the morning John 2293 02:17:27,030 --> 02:17:29,940 Adams sending value for value $200 plus a show donation of 2294 02:17:29,940 --> 02:17:33,600 1537. That's interesting way to do that like that. No jingles 2295 02:17:33,600 --> 02:17:36,180 but I'd like a shot of sales karma to meet quota for the 2296 02:17:36,180 --> 02:17:39,360 second half of our fiscal year. Thank you for your courage sir 2297 02:17:39,360 --> 02:17:42,450 Baron John, Helmer Shawnee, Kansas so I will give you some 2298 02:17:42,450 --> 02:17:50,760 of that sales karma so we're gonna go real quick here through 2299 02:17:50,760 --> 02:17:54,330 the through the $50 donation. John's gonna give it to him when 2300 02:17:54,330 --> 02:17:56,730 I get set up for our meetups everything short today and be 2301 02:17:56,730 --> 02:17:56,970 very 2302 02:17:57,360 --> 02:18:01,710 John C Dvorak: $2 Yeah, they are the meetups a short to learn 2303 02:18:01,710 --> 02:18:06,270 today dollars and 85 cents comes from Peter Berg. Rajesh nig. 2304 02:18:06,360 --> 02:18:07,980 Rajesh, Nick, we love 2305 02:18:07,979 --> 02:18:10,739 Adam Curry: this guy. We can't nobody can pronounce your 2306 02:18:10,919 --> 02:18:12,539 pronunciation guide brother. We 2307 02:18:12,570 --> 02:18:15,240 John C Dvorak: were struggling Thornton. Colorado struggling 2308 02:18:15,600 --> 02:18:22,440 Adam. Burt generic Burgener in couple brother Copperas Cove 2309 02:18:22,470 --> 02:18:26,670 Copperas Cove Texas 100. You should not have debt goes. 2310 02:18:27,420 --> 02:18:33,090 Anonymous. I got that one. In Vorhees New Jersey. 100. Surely 2311 02:18:33,090 --> 02:18:36,990 and Gurney Ville I'm sorry. Guerneville Yeah, there you go. 2312 02:18:37,710 --> 02:18:40,350 Used to be called Gurney Ville when I was a kid they always 2313 02:18:40,350 --> 02:18:46,020 flood flood it's flooded flooded city. 100 Boom. Kevin McLaughlin 2314 02:18:46,020 --> 02:18:51,600 locusts, North Carolina $8 and $80.08 love that Chris O'Hara in 2315 02:18:52,350 --> 02:18:58,830 Hummelstown Pennsylvania 7773. I'll get a count on Kevin 2316 02:18:58,830 --> 02:19:03,390 Mickelson's record. Okay, so getting into the Guinness Book. 2317 02:19:04,020 --> 02:19:06,570 Adam Curry: You know, we could we could probably enter that. 2318 02:19:07,110 --> 02:19:09,600 Yeah, it's worth probably worth try it. 2319 02:19:09,900 --> 02:19:13,290 John C Dvorak: Worth a shot. Devin Roderick Painesville 2320 02:19:13,290 --> 02:19:20,100 Washington. 75. Peter Wait a minute. St. Peter Peters on 2321 02:19:20,100 --> 02:19:24,900 again. From righteous stick Peter righteous niggy In 2322 02:19:25,110 --> 02:19:32,460 Thornton, Colorado. He's back was 6934 Not at all public 2323 02:19:32,460 --> 02:19:35,820 school teachers bent on what that means. Sir Kevin McLaughlin 2324 02:19:35,820 --> 02:19:40,320 is back with 606 A small booth small boobs nice for these two 2325 02:19:40,320 --> 02:19:44,640 guys. We'd be doing poorly. Yeah. Michael Bundy in 2326 02:19:44,640 --> 02:19:50,100 Knoxville, Tennessee. 606 also small boobs. Adam keeps dragging 2327 02:19:50,100 --> 02:19:51,150 and unresectable he's 2328 02:19:51,180 --> 02:19:54,330 Adam Curry: no John. I don't do that. This John. What? What are 2329 02:19:54,330 --> 02:19:58,860 you talking about? I'm father of eight human resources. We had 2330 02:19:58,860 --> 02:20:01,290 the snip to be done with Kids The jokes are just part of 2331 02:20:01,290 --> 02:20:05,760 accepting consequences of the choices we make. I don't rag on 2332 02:20:05,760 --> 02:20:08,430 them. I'm proud of you 2333 02:20:08,460 --> 02:20:10,440 John C Dvorak: and well, you've done well. You've done your 2334 02:20:10,440 --> 02:20:10,830 part. 2335 02:20:11,490 --> 02:20:13,620 Adam Curry: Yeah, you should just I mean, you must be tired 2336 02:20:13,620 --> 02:20:14,880 brother. That's all I can think. 2337 02:20:15,600 --> 02:20:17,970 John C Dvorak: 30 days probably still tired. Norristown 2338 02:20:17,970 --> 02:20:21,420 Pennsylvania 5555 clock boy 2339 02:20:24,840 --> 02:20:27,270 Adam Curry: clock boy has a message for us Don't forget to 2340 02:20:27,270 --> 02:20:33,300 set your bombs forward one hour. Oh man, remember Obama he had 2341 02:20:33,300 --> 02:20:34,920 clock boy come to the White House. 2342 02:20:35,070 --> 02:20:37,830 John C Dvorak: Oh yeah clock boy the phony Highland heights and 2343 02:20:37,830 --> 02:20:40,800 Kentucky's with this clock boy because of 5510 Yeah, then the 2344 02:20:40,800 --> 02:20:43,980 next thing you know he moved to Libya. This is the clock boy 2345 02:20:43,980 --> 02:20:47,760 situations what got me kicked off. Initially from the note 2346 02:20:47,760 --> 02:20:50,040 from the from twit he'll report show. 2347 02:20:50,070 --> 02:20:52,740 Adam Curry: Yeah, because you were saying it was bull crap. 2348 02:20:52,740 --> 02:20:55,470 And they were all in on clock boy. Oh, yeah, they 2349 02:20:55,470 --> 02:20:58,470 John C Dvorak: bought cluck boy hook line and sinker, which is 2350 02:20:58,470 --> 02:21:01,860 what you can expect on most podcasts? Yeah, not this one. 2351 02:21:02,550 --> 02:21:06,750 David shrinking me get her. in Woodbridge, Virginia 50. These 2352 02:21:06,750 --> 02:21:10,680 are $50 donors. There's not too many of them. Margarita and Eden 2353 02:21:10,680 --> 02:21:14,100 hood in Orangeville, California, Carrie Cunningham in Warrenton, 2354 02:21:14,100 --> 02:21:19,260 Virginia. Gavin McGoldrick in San Francisco, California 2355 02:21:19,260 --> 02:21:25,170 Fletcher Scaife, Scapy Scapy and Wilson, North Dakota. Gary Mau 2356 02:21:25,170 --> 02:21:29,400 in Woodland Hills, California, Michael Wendell in Matawan New 2357 02:21:29,400 --> 02:21:35,190 Jersey. chasten I borrow in Northridge, California. Stephen 2358 02:21:35,190 --> 02:21:42,120 crummy in El Cajon, California. Sure. 33 megahertz in Kelowna 2359 02:21:42,210 --> 02:21:49,350 Kelowna I think is Kelowna BC and he's got a funny little note 2360 02:21:49,350 --> 02:21:54,360 there and then William dole gay I would last but not least 31 2361 02:21:54,360 --> 02:21:58,950 Total donations in Bristol Ville Ohio really poor I don't 2362 02:21:58,950 --> 02:22:00,690 understand why fell off like that. 2363 02:22:00,690 --> 02:22:02,520 Adam Curry: Well, it's because people are like, man, and no 2364 02:22:02,520 --> 02:22:05,010 more good indoor show mixes we're just we're not gonna 2365 02:22:05,040 --> 02:22:05,760 donate. 2366 02:22:06,840 --> 02:22:08,520 John C Dvorak: Well, they're gonna get a good one today. 2367 02:22:09,840 --> 02:22:13,590 Adam Curry: Apologies everybody. What happened is some douchebag 2368 02:22:13,650 --> 02:22:16,980 unleashed a DDoS attack on our stream the minute we hit the 2369 02:22:16,980 --> 02:22:20,010 donations because it's funny, you know, it's funny to do that. 2370 02:22:20,550 --> 02:22:23,370 Why don't we not stream anymore? I'm tired of it. I'm tired of 2371 02:22:23,370 --> 02:22:27,660 trolls. I'm tired of the stream being being attacked. We're 2372 02:22:27,660 --> 02:22:28,770 under attack John. 2373 02:22:30,810 --> 02:22:31,560 Unknown: You love it? 2374 02:22:34,860 --> 02:22:36,930 Adam Curry: Was that it? That was it. Right? That was it? 2375 02:22:36,930 --> 02:22:37,200 Yeah, 2376 02:22:37,200 --> 02:22:39,720 John C Dvorak: that's it. That's our full group of well wishers 2377 02:22:39,720 --> 02:22:43,170 and supporters for show 1537 Want to thank each and every 2378 02:22:43,170 --> 02:22:43,350 one, 2379 02:22:43,620 --> 02:22:45,990 Adam Curry: man. Yeah, make no mistake. We love you. Thank you 2380 02:22:45,990 --> 02:22:48,840 for supporting our show. Thank you for supporting your show. It 2381 02:22:48,840 --> 02:22:51,540 is after all, the best podcast in the universe because of you. 2382 02:22:51,720 --> 02:22:54,090 If you'd like to learn more about where you can donate 2383 02:22:54,090 --> 02:22:57,150 evora.org/and 2384 02:22:57,210 --> 02:22:57,840 Unknown: A special 2385 02:22:57,840 --> 02:23:00,450 Adam Curry: thanks to our executive one wasn't one 2386 02:23:00,450 --> 02:23:04,800 executive know what we had three executive producers for 2387 02:23:04,800 --> 02:23:08,640 executive producers and three Associate Executive producers. 2388 02:23:08,700 --> 02:23:11,340 Hey, you're gonna look good on the credits today. They are 2389 02:23:11,700 --> 02:23:14,700 forever credits they are they will stay with you for as long 2390 02:23:14,700 --> 02:23:19,500 as you live and beyond register them@imdb.com They are accepted 2391 02:23:19,500 --> 02:23:22,290 there you'll see lots of heavyweights in the 2392 02:23:22,320 --> 02:23:25,110 entertainment industry have these credits of course I am 2393 02:23:25,320 --> 02:23:29,760 your LinkedIn or on your resume it all looks good and unlike the 2394 02:23:29,760 --> 02:23:32,340 phonies in Hollywood you'll be watching tonight at the Oscars 2395 02:23:32,340 --> 02:23:35,460 we will vouch for you if anyone ever questions them thank you 2396 02:23:35,460 --> 02:23:39,180 for supporting the no agenda show for episode 1537 heart 2397 02:23:39,180 --> 02:23:39,660 formula 2398 02:23:39,660 --> 02:23:43,590 Unknown: is this we go out we hit people in the mouth 2399 02:24:02,670 --> 02:24:04,530 Adam Curry: Well, we're gonna keep everything short today. 2400 02:24:04,530 --> 02:24:08,250 David Buss four wishes his grandson Michael Big Mike Mr. 2401 02:24:08,250 --> 02:24:12,270 Happy Birthday you're turning three on the 10th Ah love the 2402 02:24:12,270 --> 02:24:15,330 entertainment keeper of the travel hounds wishes Dame care 2403 02:24:15,330 --> 02:24:17,940 and a happy birthday. Her birthday is tomorrow and we say 2404 02:24:17,940 --> 02:24:20,910 happy birthday to everybody here at the back office and the front 2405 02:24:20,910 --> 02:24:25,620 office of the best podcast in the universe. And we have one 2406 02:24:25,620 --> 02:24:29,370 Dame to bring up on onto the now she's getting a ring today. Not 2407 02:24:29,370 --> 02:24:32,640 the ring she may be wants but it'll be a good start this ring. 2408 02:24:33,120 --> 02:24:35,550 Unknown: Yep. You're gonna go. Yes, 2409 02:24:35,550 --> 02:24:36,840 Adam Curry: because you're getting you're getting double 2410 02:24:36,840 --> 02:24:40,380 teamed by the blades there. Karen. Step on up on the podium 2411 02:24:40,380 --> 02:24:44,760 please. Thanks to the man who you would like to be your 2412 02:24:44,760 --> 02:24:47,430 husband. He's he's getting a step in the right direction with 2413 02:24:47,430 --> 02:24:50,970 this one. He has supported you in the amount of $1,000 or more 2414 02:24:50,970 --> 02:24:53,940 therefore we are very proud to pronounce the Kate you today as 2415 02:24:53,940 --> 02:24:57,900 Dan Karen, keeper of the travel hounds for you. We've got rent 2416 02:24:57,900 --> 02:25:00,120 boys and Chardonnay. I don't think you need the hookers. And 2417 02:25:00,120 --> 02:25:04,200 bloke certainly not for for your man now wouldn't want to have 2418 02:25:04,200 --> 02:25:07,260 make a mistake there. Also, we've got a Pino Taj from the 2419 02:25:07,260 --> 02:25:10,320 Stellenbosch Regan region and black and red snapper and 2420 02:25:10,320 --> 02:25:13,200 asparagus along with that in case you want it back to Manila, 2421 02:25:13,440 --> 02:25:16,410 we got some bong hits and bourbon we got some ginger ale 2422 02:25:16,410 --> 02:25:20,310 and Jerboas to get breast milk and pablum, but you might enjoy 2423 02:25:20,310 --> 02:25:23,400 the mutton in Mead and scurry on over to Noah the 2424 02:25:23,400 --> 02:25:26,790 nation.com/rings Anyone can go take a look at these. They're 2425 02:25:26,790 --> 02:25:29,820 beautiful rings, they're Signet rings so you can seal your 2426 02:25:29,820 --> 02:25:33,270 official correspondence with it. We do supply some wax for that 2427 02:25:33,270 --> 02:25:36,480 along with your official certificate of authenticity and 2428 02:25:36,480 --> 02:25:39,060 thank you again for becoming a dame and thank you to your 2429 02:25:39,060 --> 02:25:42,990 future husband for supporting us and supporting you. Here on the 2430 02:25:42,990 --> 02:25:43,470 no agenda 2431 02:25:43,470 --> 02:25:44,580 John C Dvorak: show no one 2432 02:25:51,030 --> 02:25:54,510 Adam Curry: we have no meetup reports. But we do have a promo 2433 02:25:54,510 --> 02:25:55,290 so let's play that. 2434 02:25:56,490 --> 02:25:59,100 Unknown: We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming 2435 02:25:59,100 --> 02:26:01,200 to bring you an urgent announcement from the Pacific 2436 02:26:01,200 --> 02:26:04,470 Northwest. The North Idaho sanity brigade will return to 2437 02:26:04,470 --> 02:26:07,800 their regularly scheduled Thursday Nate a meet up at the 2438 02:26:07,800 --> 02:26:11,370 Selkirk Abbey and Post Falls. And remember folks listening to 2439 02:26:11,370 --> 02:26:13,590 podcasts at 1.5 Makes you will marry. 2440 02:26:15,870 --> 02:26:19,980 Adam Curry: A marry that's an insult I haven't heard since the 2441 02:26:19,980 --> 02:26:20,310 14th 2442 02:26:20,340 --> 02:26:22,680 John C Dvorak: I don't know what it is. I don't know what that 2443 02:26:22,680 --> 02:26:23,430 insult is 2444 02:26:23,460 --> 02:26:28,170 Adam Curry: assisity I guess Yeah, marry guess. Monday we 2445 02:26:28,170 --> 02:26:31,860 have a meetup scheduled for you at Springfield Springfield, 2446 02:26:31,860 --> 02:26:35,010 Missouri six o'clock and Blair's all American Sports Bar and 2447 02:26:35,010 --> 02:26:38,250 Grill that Springfield, Missouri. By the way you can 2448 02:26:38,250 --> 02:26:40,710 find all of these or read along if you want to know agenda 2449 02:26:40,710 --> 02:26:45,720 meetups.com on Tuesday pretty fly for a Pie Guy I Yes. John 2450 02:26:45,930 --> 02:26:52,500 314 Pi day, Tuesday I forgot it again bra who I had I forget it 2451 02:26:52,500 --> 02:26:58,470 again. Today's to what Yeah, but we can't do it on Thursday. You 2452 02:26:58,470 --> 02:27:01,500 get another failed promotion from your no agenda show. 2453 02:27:02,160 --> 02:27:05,490 Thursday at Greenlee pizza company in Greeley, Colorado 2454 02:27:05,490 --> 02:27:10,170 March 15 Wednesday, Fort Wayne red pillars club 33. They meet 2455 02:27:10,170 --> 02:27:14,400 at 633 heads of Xian nose Italian eatery. It's on DuPont 2456 02:27:14,400 --> 02:27:17,730 Road in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Oh the Indiana's man they're great. 2457 02:27:18,390 --> 02:27:21,990 Hoosiers. And then on our next show day Thursday, the Tucson 2458 02:27:21,990 --> 02:27:25,140 ladies and gentlemen start your livers pre St. Patrick's Day 2459 02:27:25,140 --> 02:27:27,720 meet up Do you know what that's going to be about? That's a four 2460 02:27:27,720 --> 02:27:30,690 o'clock at canyons crown in Tucson Arizona Dane Beth 2461 02:27:30,690 --> 02:27:33,690 organizing for you also on the next show day North Idaho Sandy 2462 02:27:33,690 --> 02:27:36,780 brigade. You just heard their promo right there so Kirk Abbey 2463 02:27:36,780 --> 02:27:43,020 post Idaho photo Idaho Falls. Also on Thursday, the mealworms 2464 02:27:43,020 --> 02:27:45,870 are for chickens not children conference 630 at Lincoln's 2465 02:27:45,870 --> 02:27:49,260 Roadhouse, Denver, Colorado, Charlotte's thirsty Third 2466 02:27:49,260 --> 02:27:52,560 Thursday coming up at seven o'clock edge tavern, Charlotte, 2467 02:27:52,560 --> 02:27:57,810 North Carolina, and then we have what March 17 Gary, Indiana. Are 2468 02:27:57,810 --> 02:28:03,030 you kidding me? Gary, Indiana. My goodness. I want a meet up 2469 02:28:03,030 --> 02:28:06,990 report from Gary, Indiana. The Indiana is out of control St. 2470 02:28:06,990 --> 02:28:10,110 Louis, Missouri on the 17th Oklahoma City on the 18th point 2471 02:28:10,110 --> 02:28:15,210 Magoo Mugu, California is at Point Mugu on the 18th Mount 2472 02:28:15,210 --> 02:28:18,480 Laurel township New Jersey Blue Island Illinois Chicago on the 2473 02:28:18,480 --> 02:28:25,440 18th star Idaho in the 18th sheep shop put up she she's 2474 02:28:25,470 --> 02:28:30,720 shocked she shopped Bavaria Germany shout go ahead hit me 2475 02:28:30,720 --> 02:28:36,840 with a Hogan Oh God also on the 18th Cincinnati Ohio 2476 02:28:36,960 --> 02:28:41,130 independence township I mean we have just it all the way through 2477 02:28:41,250 --> 02:28:45,360 March with the all the way through April and we I think we 2478 02:28:45,360 --> 02:28:50,820 even have May we have all over the world Toms River April 15 Oh 2479 02:28:50,820 --> 02:28:53,730 my God, no stomping grounds. It's no agenda meetups. This is 2480 02:28:53,760 --> 02:28:57,060 where you get to be with your community. If you feel you don't 2481 02:28:57,060 --> 02:29:00,060 fit in if blush to be honest, most of us don't if you're 2482 02:29:00,060 --> 02:29:03,180 listening to the no agenda show you're different than most but 2483 02:29:03,180 --> 02:29:05,550 there may be a few around you there may be more than you know 2484 02:29:05,580 --> 02:29:09,570 even in Gary Indiana no agenda meetup.com As we can find your 2485 02:29:09,570 --> 02:29:13,620 community year near you remember connection is protection 2486 02:29:14,010 --> 02:29:23,430 sometimes you want to go hang out with Bom Bom you won't be 2487 02:29:23,490 --> 02:29:35,640 triggered you will be safe is like always like a party. I came 2488 02:29:35,640 --> 02:29:37,890 ready for bear with my ISOs today What do you have? 2489 02:29:38,310 --> 02:29:40,110 John C Dvorak: It's good because I really didn't have much but I 2490 02:29:40,110 --> 02:29:42,510 got a couple but but you play yours first and see if I can 2491 02:29:42,510 --> 02:29:42,900 topple 2492 02:29:43,020 --> 02:29:50,550 Adam Curry: okay. I start off with this one. Now my baby Shut 2493 02:29:50,550 --> 02:29:54,210 up. Okay, 2494 02:29:54,240 --> 02:29:55,470 Unknown: so much bullshit. 2495 02:29:55,500 --> 02:29:56,430 We're drowning in it. 2496 02:29:57,390 --> 02:30:00,570 Adam Curry: A little crude, truth and justice. are on our 2497 02:30:00,570 --> 02:30:02,970 side. Kind of like that one. 2498 02:30:03,210 --> 02:30:06,660 John C Dvorak: This little muted really crazy stuff. 2499 02:30:07,470 --> 02:30:09,540 Adam Curry: Amy I like that one. How about this one? 2500 02:30:09,570 --> 02:30:11,400 Unknown: It activates your amygdala. 2501 02:30:11,430 --> 02:30:12,810 Come on, come 2502 02:30:12,810 --> 02:30:14,550 Adam Curry: on. And then 2503 02:30:14,550 --> 02:30:16,620 Unknown: the good guys, the bad guys. 2504 02:30:16,650 --> 02:30:19,770 Adam Curry: Hey, go I like crazy stuff and I like it activates 2505 02:30:19,770 --> 02:30:22,110 your amygdala. Those two are good. 2506 02:30:22,440 --> 02:30:24,330 John C Dvorak: I like crazy stuff because it reflects the 2507 02:30:24,330 --> 02:30:25,890 show. Okay, really 2508 02:30:25,890 --> 02:30:28,320 Adam Curry: crazy stuff. All right. What do you have? 2509 02:30:28,770 --> 02:30:31,920 John C Dvorak: Well, I have a door shutting desk. Something is 2510 02:30:31,920 --> 02:30:36,810 ISO door shows that we're holding the door. Hold 2511 02:30:36,810 --> 02:30:41,370 Adam Curry: on. Let me just I mean if you want a door door, I 2512 02:30:41,370 --> 02:30:46,740 got an open door it was door closed door close. I got a door 2513 02:30:46,740 --> 02:30:50,820 close for you. That's a 2514 02:30:50,820 --> 02:30:53,190 John C Dvorak: door that sounds like a cartoon door. 2515 02:30:53,970 --> 02:30:56,610 Adam Curry: And your other ISO. Yeah, 2516 02:30:56,640 --> 02:30:58,800 John C Dvorak: this I think is a good ending to the show because 2517 02:30:58,800 --> 02:31:02,970 it tells you what the show is all about instructive. really 2518 02:31:02,970 --> 02:31:07,050 instructive. Now really crazy stuff. 2519 02:31:07,140 --> 02:31:09,150 Adam Curry: Are we really instructive or really crazy 2520 02:31:09,150 --> 02:31:10,560 stuff? Okay, 2521 02:31:10,589 --> 02:31:14,219 John C Dvorak: I think mine's clear. Yeah, but you're right 2522 02:31:14,219 --> 02:31:16,109 now go with crazy. Okay, thank you. 2523 02:31:19,260 --> 02:31:21,270 Unknown: Let's see, oh, 2524 02:31:21,480 --> 02:31:25,410 Adam Curry: this is interesting. It's been three years. It's been 2525 02:31:25,410 --> 02:31:29,220 three years since this crazy period started. These are 2526 02:31:29,220 --> 02:31:31,740 Unknown: the sites the nation will never forget the 2527 02:31:31,740 --> 02:31:35,070 devastation from COVID-19, leaving its mark on millions of 2528 02:31:35,070 --> 02:31:39,150 families. But three years later, this trusted resource tracking 2529 02:31:39,150 --> 02:31:43,380 the pandemic for all to see is gone. Johns Hopkins University 2530 02:31:43,380 --> 02:31:47,190 posted its final update before discontinuing its COVID Tracker 2531 02:31:47,280 --> 02:31:50,850 because of a lack of available data. CBS News CHIEF MEDICAL 2532 02:31:50,850 --> 02:31:54,030 CORRESPONDENT Dr. John Le Puth points out even if the spotlight 2533 02:31:54,030 --> 02:31:54,210 is 2534 02:31:54,390 --> 02:31:57,180 Adam Curry: Jamba poop on doc janela poop 2535 02:31:58,140 --> 02:32:01,290 Unknown: because of a lack of available data. CBS News CHIEF 2536 02:32:01,290 --> 02:32:04,290 MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT Dr. John Le pook points out that the 2537 02:32:04,290 --> 02:32:07,290 spotlight has dimmed COVID is not over. 2538 02:32:07,320 --> 02:32:09,720 Oh, there are still hundreds of people dying each day in the 2539 02:32:09,720 --> 02:32:13,140 United States. The question is, how do we start getting back to 2540 02:32:13,140 --> 02:32:15,540 a more normal daily life. 2541 02:32:15,630 --> 02:32:19,890 The virus isn't going away. Neither has the pain of the 1.1 2542 02:32:19,890 --> 02:32:23,730 million lives lost to COVID in this country. But the pandemic's 2543 02:32:23,760 --> 02:32:27,660 impact on our everyday lives is fading. The Biden administration 2544 02:32:27,660 --> 02:32:30,630 plans to end the COVID public health emergency declaration in 2545 02:32:30,630 --> 02:32:33,990 may not fast enough for conservatives who opposed 2546 02:32:33,990 --> 02:32:38,130 vaccine mandates. We chose freedom over Fauci as the 2547 02:32:38,130 --> 02:32:42,090 pandemic changed parts of American life forever. Plus, 2548 02:32:42,090 --> 02:32:44,310 there's the toll on public trust, 2549 02:32:44,400 --> 02:32:48,090 there has been a devastating collision of public health and 2550 02:32:48,090 --> 02:32:50,670 politics. And that's something we're going to have to address 2551 02:32:50,670 --> 02:32:51,960 with better communication, 2552 02:32:52,140 --> 02:32:55,380 better explanation and better investment in our public health 2553 02:32:55,380 --> 02:32:55,830 system. 2554 02:32:57,690 --> 02:32:59,880 Adam Curry: Do we actually have a public health system? Is that 2555 02:32:59,880 --> 02:33:02,310 a correct characterization? 2556 02:33:03,870 --> 02:33:06,210 John C Dvorak: I've that's a good question. I have no idea if 2557 02:33:06,210 --> 02:33:07,710 we I don't know. No, 2558 02:33:07,860 --> 02:33:09,240 Adam Curry: I mean, the NIH I 2559 02:33:09,240 --> 02:33:10,920 John C Dvorak: think there's local there's 2560 02:33:11,010 --> 02:33:13,470 Adam Curry: we don't we don't have a public housing so we got 2561 02:33:13,500 --> 02:33:17,130 public health control. Yeah, and that's about it. 2562 02:33:18,930 --> 02:33:21,030 John C Dvorak: We don't think we have about public health is due 2563 02:33:21,030 --> 02:33:23,160 to fluoride report and get that Oh, I 2564 02:33:23,160 --> 02:33:25,050 Adam Curry: heard about this. It's like it's been a lawsuit or 2565 02:33:25,050 --> 02:33:27,480 something taking place. Well, let's 2566 02:33:27,480 --> 02:33:29,280 John C Dvorak: find out. Okay, here we go. Oh, 2567 02:33:29,460 --> 02:33:33,480 Adam Curry: man, just say early days of no agenda. I was I was 2568 02:33:33,510 --> 02:33:35,820 moaning and groaning about fluoride in the water. 2569 02:33:36,060 --> 02:33:39,060 Unknown: And TD reached out to the HHS for comment, but didn't 2570 02:33:39,060 --> 02:33:42,870 immediately hear back. During fall of last year. A US District 2571 02:33:42,870 --> 02:33:46,470 Court Judge lifted a stay on our protective order that order 2572 02:33:46,470 --> 02:33:50,430 shielded the NPT is recent study on the toxicity of fluoride from 2573 02:33:50,430 --> 02:33:54,330 release. Most recently in February meeting, the National 2574 02:33:54,330 --> 02:33:57,360 Institute for Environmental Health Sciences agreed to 2575 02:33:57,360 --> 02:34:01,140 publicize the NPT report. The institute is expected to post 2576 02:34:01,140 --> 02:34:05,310 the report on npTL website before March 15. The posted 2577 02:34:05,310 --> 02:34:08,880 documents could play a major role in the second trial phase 2578 02:34:08,880 --> 02:34:12,510 of the ongoing legal battle. A previous review on fluoride 2579 02:34:12,540 --> 02:34:14,550 Adam Curry: I'm sorry, by the way, I for some reason I played 2580 02:34:14,550 --> 02:34:17,130 report to first but we'll just finish it 2581 02:34:17,160 --> 02:34:20,760 Unknown: conducted by the NPT found that fluoride is presumed 2582 02:34:20,760 --> 02:34:23,610 to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard to 2583 02:34:23,610 --> 02:34:27,240 humans. However, the report said the conclusions were based on a 2584 02:34:27,240 --> 02:34:30,510 higher amount of fluoride that is found in US drinking water. 2585 02:34:30,630 --> 02:34:34,350 Advocates of fluoride use argue it could prevent tooth decay. 2586 02:34:34,680 --> 02:34:37,800 The next court hearing in the case is scheduled for April 11. 2587 02:34:37,860 --> 02:34:38,280 I really 2588 02:34:38,280 --> 02:34:40,380 Adam Curry: apologize. This is the first clip that should have 2589 02:34:40,380 --> 02:34:41,550 been played prior. 2590 02:34:41,610 --> 02:34:44,280 Unknown: A study on the potential dangers of fluoride is 2591 02:34:44,280 --> 02:34:47,280 expected to be released soon as part of a lawsuit against 2592 02:34:47,280 --> 02:34:50,040 government agency. According to plaintiffs, the Department of 2593 02:34:50,040 --> 02:34:53,010 Health and Human Services previously blocked the study's 2594 02:34:53,010 --> 02:34:53,700 release 2595 02:34:53,760 --> 02:34:57,720 the fluoride Action Network or Fhn filed a lawsuit against the 2596 02:34:57,720 --> 02:35:03,600 US Environmental Protection Agency or EPA back in 2017. Fa n 2597 02:35:03,600 --> 02:35:06,600 is trying to ban the use of fluoride in public water 2598 02:35:06,600 --> 02:35:11,040 supplies in the US. The National Toxicology Program or NPT 2599 02:35:11,070 --> 02:35:15,210 conducted a study on fluoride toxicity. However, the NPT 2600 02:35:15,210 --> 02:35:18,540 hasn't publicized this study yet. internal emails seem to 2601 02:35:18,540 --> 02:35:21,750 indicate that the study wasn't published because the federal 2602 02:35:21,750 --> 02:35:25,050 government interfered in its publication. The attorney for 2603 02:35:25,050 --> 02:35:29,070 the plaintiffs received internal CDC emails through a Freedom of 2604 02:35:29,070 --> 02:35:32,580 Information Act request. The emails were quoted in this court 2605 02:35:32,580 --> 02:35:36,690 filing, stating as h Levine has put the report on hold until 2606 02:35:36,690 --> 02:35:40,650 further notice, as h Levine is a reference to the United States 2607 02:35:40,680 --> 02:35:44,190 Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine. The attorney 2608 02:35:44,190 --> 02:35:48,150 claims that the emails confirm that the CDC was opposed to the 2609 02:35:48,150 --> 02:35:51,390 NPT releasing the report and that leadership at the top 2610 02:35:51,390 --> 02:35:53,910 levels of the Department of Health and Human Services 2611 02:35:54,090 --> 02:35:56,850 intervened to stop the report from being released. 2612 02:35:57,420 --> 02:35:58,320 Wow. 2613 02:35:59,760 --> 02:36:02,400 John C Dvorak: bombshell. They're trying to kill us. 2614 02:36:02,790 --> 02:36:05,190 Adam Curry: Well, we always knew that. I mean, the way I've 2615 02:36:05,190 --> 02:36:09,510 always heard the story is fluoride in your water is a 2616 02:36:09,510 --> 02:36:14,010 runoff product from heavy industry. Yeah, aluminum may be 2617 02:36:14,010 --> 02:36:18,600 one of them. In order to hoodwink the people into into 2618 02:36:18,990 --> 02:36:22,260 putting it into their own water, they say well, you know, it's 2619 02:36:22,260 --> 02:36:24,360 good for your teeth, it'll protect your teeth. 2620 02:36:25,020 --> 02:36:26,940 John C Dvorak: Yeah, turns out there's no evidence of any of 2621 02:36:26,940 --> 02:36:28,500 this. Do you know the 2622 02:36:28,620 --> 02:36:34,500 Adam Curry: whose waters heavily fluoridated Austin Texas with 2623 02:36:34,500 --> 02:36:38,730 the price which explains why they're so liberal Miss Hardaway 2624 02:36:39,780 --> 02:36:41,340 is fluoride in my 2625 02:36:42,240 --> 02:36:44,640 John C Dvorak: school Mimi single handedly prevented the 2626 02:36:44,640 --> 02:36:51,120 fluoride did Florida Florida desalination of the water supply 2627 02:36:51,120 --> 02:36:55,500 up in Port Angeles Area good for her, tracked it down to us one 2628 02:36:55,500 --> 02:36:59,310 company nationwide does behind I think they have a contract with 2629 02:36:59,310 --> 02:37:03,570 the some contract to get rid of all this debt. It's hard to get 2630 02:37:03,570 --> 02:37:07,620 rid of fluoride. So you, but it's not hard to get rid of it 2631 02:37:07,620 --> 02:37:10,620 if you can dump it in water supplies and let it just dilute 2632 02:37:10,620 --> 02:37:14,340 it way down. And you know, nobody will notice. Of course at 2633 02:37:14,340 --> 02:37:16,680 this point when companies Delta Dental. 2634 02:37:17,580 --> 02:37:21,570 Adam Curry: Alex Jones has been on this for decades, and I knew 2635 02:37:21,570 --> 02:37:27,810 that this was bad when I read legacy of ashes which is about 2636 02:37:27,810 --> 02:37:31,950 the CIA includes my uncle Don, and right there it said that 2637 02:37:31,950 --> 02:37:35,430 they would often the CIA would put fluoride into the enemy 2638 02:37:35,430 --> 02:37:39,570 camps water supply to make them nice and docile. So that they 2639 02:37:39,570 --> 02:37:44,220 could go in. Yes, that is in that book, override the overrun 2640 02:37:44,220 --> 02:37:47,550 the camp. And when I asked Uncle Don, is this all true? He said, 2641 02:37:47,550 --> 02:37:49,920 Yeah, that's pretty much the way I remember it. 2642 02:37:58,530 --> 02:37:59,550 He upped the war on 2643 02:37:59,550 --> 02:38:02,250 Unknown: chicken continues with a recent bird flu outbreak is 2644 02:38:02,250 --> 02:38:04,710 prompting health officials to consider rolling out new 2645 02:38:04,710 --> 02:38:09,510 vaccinations for birds. Highly contagious, bird flu continues 2646 02:38:09,510 --> 02:38:14,280 to mutate that disease has devastated poultry populations. 2647 02:38:14,430 --> 02:38:18,270 And this most recent outbreak, 58 million birds have died an 2648 02:38:18,300 --> 02:38:20,940 all time high. The Biden administration has not 2649 02:38:20,940 --> 02:38:23,730 officially approved these kinds of vaccinations for birds yet, 2650 02:38:23,910 --> 02:38:26,880 but if it gets the green light well, it actually won't be the 2651 02:38:26,880 --> 02:38:30,480 first time and many poultry are already vaccinated for diseases 2652 02:38:30,480 --> 02:38:32,010 including bronchitis 2653 02:38:34,170 --> 02:38:36,330 Adam Curry: I didn't know that we were vaccinating chickens 2654 02:38:36,330 --> 02:38:37,770 against bronchitis. 2655 02:38:44,010 --> 02:38:48,630 Now, Canada, gotta Blame Canada. This is from Popular Mechanics. 2656 02:38:48,630 --> 02:38:52,620 I'm not sure where they reporting on it. A hybrid breed 2657 02:38:52,650 --> 02:39:00,570 of super pigs. Super pigs, super pigs. A mix of domestic pig and 2658 02:39:00,570 --> 02:39:04,710 wild boar is running wild in Canada and are migrating south. 2659 02:39:06,210 --> 02:39:10,410 Highly intelligent and possibly invincible super pigs are 2660 02:39:10,410 --> 02:39:17,040 invading America. You know, we have a lot of wild wild hogs in 2661 02:39:17,040 --> 02:39:22,140 Texas. And they are they are a real problem. They're super 2662 02:39:22,140 --> 02:39:25,710 problem everywhere they show up. Super problem for the regular 2663 02:39:25,710 --> 02:39:27,570 ones. But how about the Super 2664 02:39:27,570 --> 02:39:28,530 Unknown: pigs? 2665 02:39:31,050 --> 02:39:36,900 John C Dvorak: Well, you know, we should kind of maybe get the 2666 02:39:36,900 --> 02:39:41,940 kids in high school, teach them about gun safety and go out and 2667 02:39:42,570 --> 02:39:44,340 damn pigs, the super pigs, 2668 02:39:44,340 --> 02:39:45,960 Adam Curry: the Edom the super pigs have 2669 02:39:45,960 --> 02:39:49,050 John C Dvorak: become I will say that by the way. Baby wild boar 2670 02:39:49,890 --> 02:39:51,750 tastes unbelievably tasty. 2671 02:39:51,990 --> 02:39:53,640 Adam Curry: The Super pigs This is why they're highly 2672 02:39:53,640 --> 02:39:56,280 intelligent super pigs have become adept at fending off 2673 02:39:56,280 --> 02:40:02,340 recreational hunters sometimes with entire sounders. That's a 2674 02:40:02,340 --> 02:40:06,540 term for a group of pigs turning nocturnal. To avoid that that's 2675 02:40:06,570 --> 02:40:08,820 turning nocturnal to avoid the hunting. Other times the 2676 02:40:08,820 --> 02:40:12,120 Sounders will disperse, making them harder to locate or change 2677 02:40:12,120 --> 02:40:15,120 their patterns and retreat to forest or wetlands. The best 2678 02:40:15,120 --> 02:40:17,880 strategy at reining in the Super pigs has been employing the 2679 02:40:17,880 --> 02:40:22,980 Judas pig concept. Have you ever heard of the Judas pig? 2680 02:40:23,790 --> 02:40:25,740 John C Dvorak: Is that where they tag one pig? Yeah, 2681 02:40:25,770 --> 02:40:33,540 Adam Curry: exactly. The GPS collar. Judas pig. Wow, well, 2682 02:40:33,540 --> 02:40:36,450 that's, that's gonna be interesting. hunting at night. 2683 02:40:36,720 --> 02:40:37,650 That's a whole different 2684 02:40:37,650 --> 02:40:38,910 Unknown: challenge. Yeah, 2685 02:40:39,930 --> 02:40:41,040 Adam Curry: that's gonna be a problem. 2686 02:40:43,980 --> 02:40:46,770 John C Dvorak: If they start showing up, like raccoons, and 2687 02:40:46,770 --> 02:40:50,280 you got something going on. So I have I found a clip. This is an 2688 02:40:50,280 --> 02:40:52,020 interesting clip. It's got nothing to do with anything 2689 02:40:52,020 --> 02:40:55,410 we've talked about. It's about the elections. Okay. And I 2690 02:40:55,410 --> 02:40:58,470 thought this was a good rundown that we should all know, which 2691 02:40:58,470 --> 02:41:04,800 is that this is running, it says running fo fo E. But this is 2692 02:41:04,800 --> 02:41:08,550 from from Brooks and Brooks. And she'll and he actually explains 2693 02:41:08,550 --> 02:41:12,450 something nicely. Because it keeps cropping up. Why don't 2694 02:41:12,450 --> 02:41:15,210 people when they start running for president, they keep running 2695 02:41:15,210 --> 02:41:19,410 and running, when they should bail out. But now it's not that 2696 02:41:19,410 --> 02:41:21,000 easy to do a listen to this. 2697 02:41:21,029 --> 02:41:23,609 Unknown: He said the bigger thing is these Republicans have 2698 02:41:23,609 --> 02:41:25,919 to know when to get out. How does that strike you? 2699 02:41:26,400 --> 02:41:28,980 Well, he's right. In theory, it's it's a lot harder in 2700 02:41:28,980 --> 02:41:31,200 practice. Because if you're running for president, you're 2701 02:41:31,200 --> 02:41:34,380 raising a ton of money. And so you build up these war chests. 2702 02:41:34,530 --> 02:41:37,050 And suddenly a couple of weeks go by, it doesn't look so good 2703 02:41:37,200 --> 02:41:39,870 at you want to look at your donors and say I'm sorry, you 2704 02:41:39,870 --> 02:41:41,880 wasted your money, you're not allowed to give him the money 2705 02:41:41,880 --> 02:41:45,900 back. So and you have to spend it that election cycle. And so 2706 02:41:45,900 --> 02:41:48,900 it's actually hard to withdraw, because you have this pot of 2707 02:41:48,900 --> 02:41:51,510 money there. And the instinct is to say, Oh, just stay in, I've 2708 02:41:51,510 --> 02:41:54,630 got this money, I might as well see what I got and spend it. And 2709 02:41:54,630 --> 02:41:57,840 so since it's structurally hard to get out for this fundraising 2710 02:41:57,840 --> 02:42:00,330 reason I've described, a lot of them are going to face the 2711 02:42:00,330 --> 02:42:04,050 temptation to stay in longer than they should. And that will 2712 02:42:04,230 --> 02:42:06,360 that will split the field. I think it's a real problem for 2713 02:42:06,360 --> 02:42:08,820 anybody who does not want Donald Trump to be the nominee. 2714 02:42:10,680 --> 02:42:11,700 Adam Curry: I didn't know that. 2715 02:42:12,630 --> 02:42:14,520 John C Dvorak: I wasn't unfamiliar with it myself. 2716 02:42:14,550 --> 02:42:17,580 Adam Curry: It's interesting, you know, Bobby Kennedy is he's 2717 02:42:17,580 --> 02:42:20,520 hinting at Iran. Of course, you can't actually say I'm running 2718 02:42:20,520 --> 02:42:22,950 because then there's all kinds of changes with the money, I 2719 02:42:22,950 --> 02:42:23,550 guess. Oh, 2720 02:42:23,550 --> 02:42:26,370 John C Dvorak: yeah. You get yourself in trouble right now 2721 02:42:26,370 --> 02:42:28,770 and only hint and there's certain ways you can hint. 2722 02:42:29,280 --> 02:42:31,770 Adam Curry: Well, the hint is out because they're looking for 2723 02:42:31,770 --> 02:42:37,530 money. I'm gonna see what was it was this. I had it somewhere. 2724 02:42:38,670 --> 02:42:40,680 But it's like, oh, here it is the 2725 02:42:41,730 --> 02:42:43,050 Unknown: what is the website? 2726 02:42:43,200 --> 02:42:47,850 Adam Curry: Team kennedy.com. Join Robert F. Kennedy joined 2727 02:42:47,850 --> 02:42:52,440 Bobby's movement for a free and fair America for all. You know, 2728 02:42:52,440 --> 02:42:54,690 the minute we said, Hey, Bobby Kennedy, I might vote for that 2729 02:42:54,690 --> 02:43:00,690 guy. People like man, he's tied to Big Pharma tied to DISH TV. 2730 02:43:03,660 --> 02:43:05,520 John C Dvorak: Those are the same guys who quit the chat room 2731 02:43:05,520 --> 02:43:06,720 during the donations. 2732 02:43:06,720 --> 02:43:10,200 Adam Curry: Exactly. Well, then another 1000 got DDoS out of 2733 02:43:10,200 --> 02:43:14,550 existence. Stupid trolls. Someone does that on purpose 2734 02:43:14,550 --> 02:43:15,750 just to piss me off. 2735 02:43:16,980 --> 02:43:20,610 John C Dvorak: We have to sell. They are successful. Yeah, that 2736 02:43:20,610 --> 02:43:26,430 worked. Worked. Well, the last clip I've got for the day, okay, 2737 02:43:26,460 --> 02:43:30,600 is the least get to know this is the reparations. We have a 2738 02:43:30,600 --> 02:43:33,270 situation in California where we're, nobody else is doing it. 2739 02:43:33,510 --> 02:43:37,020 We've never were a slave state. We're always in a neutral state. 2740 02:43:37,050 --> 02:43:39,900 But that's beside the point. I love 2741 02:43:39,900 --> 02:43:41,370 Adam Curry: it. Yeah, you're gonna you're gonna give 2742 02:43:41,370 --> 02:43:45,060 reparations we're gonna do a $50,000 2743 02:43:45,060 --> 02:43:47,400 John C Dvorak: every black guy in the state who qualifies? And 2744 02:43:47,400 --> 02:43:50,310 then again, making them qualifies an issue because well, 2745 02:43:50,670 --> 02:43:54,030 some of them don't qualify, but we were working on it. And we're 2746 02:43:54,030 --> 02:43:56,580 gonna give everybody everybody by the way all the black 2747 02:43:56,580 --> 02:43:58,710 community the entire black community is all for this. 2748 02:43:58,859 --> 02:44:02,069 Unknown: The California Task Force studying reparations for 2749 02:44:02,069 --> 02:44:06,599 black residents wants to revive a reconstruction error agency as 2750 02:44:06,599 --> 02:44:10,199 part of its first in the nation statewide reparations plan 2751 02:44:11,100 --> 02:44:13,800 Adam Curry: 50,000 Seems a little insulting 2752 02:44:16,080 --> 02:44:19,920 John C Dvorak: Well, that's just one of the suggested amount some 2753 02:44:19,920 --> 02:44:21,900 people have suggested half a million 2754 02:44:21,960 --> 02:44:24,660 Adam Curry: Yeah. President I saw a 5 million I thought I 2755 02:44:24,660 --> 02:44:26,730 thought I thought 5 million initially that could 2756 02:44:26,730 --> 02:44:29,490 John C Dvorak: have been in in play. Yeah, the higher it goes 2757 02:44:29,490 --> 02:44:32,160 the less likely it's going to happen. That's everyone's got to 2758 02:44:32,250 --> 02:44:37,650 have to deal with that. 50,000 to me, is a lot for someone who 2759 02:44:37,650 --> 02:44:38,760 didn't do jack shit. 2760 02:44:39,180 --> 02:44:42,060 Adam Curry: No, I I've talked with Moe about this often by the 2761 02:44:42,060 --> 02:44:45,360 way he has that horrible flu so didn't have a show this week. 2762 02:44:45,570 --> 02:44:50,700 He's down and out. And he says the amount is well first of all, 2763 02:44:50,700 --> 02:44:55,890 he says you know, how can we can do the was it the inflation 2764 02:44:55,890 --> 02:45:00,840 Reduction Act for one and a half trillion? You He wants to T 2765 02:45:00,840 --> 02:45:04,560 word. He wants reparations for all black Americans has to equal 2766 02:45:04,560 --> 02:45:08,370 up to a trillion but only if there's atonement, it has to be 2767 02:45:08,430 --> 02:45:12,090 a trillion. And you have to say you're sorry. And it went it 2768 02:45:12,090 --> 02:45:15,540 would be and he bases that on a legal thing, which has some 2769 02:45:15,540 --> 02:45:20,640 validity. But this 50,000 Really? And then, and then what 2770 02:45:20,640 --> 02:45:23,100 happens then we have the spreads to other states, and every 2771 02:45:23,100 --> 02:45:26,610 state's going to do that. And who and this is California 2772 02:45:26,610 --> 02:45:28,020 money, or is it all? 2773 02:45:28,230 --> 02:45:31,680 John C Dvorak: It's gonna spread to every state? Because nothing 2774 02:45:31,680 --> 02:45:33,120 is gonna happen, right? 2775 02:45:33,660 --> 02:45:37,470 Adam Curry: And unfortunately, the 50 you here's your $50,000, 2776 02:45:37,500 --> 02:45:39,120 it's in Silicon Valley Bank. 2777 02:45:40,080 --> 02:45:41,850 Unknown: stock stock, 2778 02:45:42,120 --> 02:45:47,100 Adam Curry: it's better Silicon Valley Bank stock. Goodness, 2779 02:45:47,700 --> 02:45:51,060 goodness gracious, I do have this one clip something going on 2780 02:45:51,060 --> 02:45:54,540 in Canada. We've been tracking this for quite a while beasts a 2781 02:45:54,540 --> 02:45:59,370 Bill C 18. And from what I understand, and Bill C 18. The 2782 02:45:59,370 --> 02:46:05,910 idea is, it would force companies who publish bits and 2783 02:46:05,910 --> 02:46:12,990 links of new stories to for Canadian companies to pay 2784 02:46:13,800 --> 02:46:18,210 Canadian news organisations money for the links they put up 2785 02:46:18,210 --> 02:46:20,880 and the Yeah, from what I understand the well let's listen 2786 02:46:20,880 --> 02:46:22,650 to the clip. And the more we can figure out what's going on 2787 02:46:22,680 --> 02:46:25,020 Unknown: Google is flexing his digital muscles on some 2788 02:46:25,020 --> 02:46:27,960 Canadians and now Heritage Committee MPs want them to 2789 02:46:28,020 --> 02:46:31,410 answer for it. The MPs have summoned top executives to 2790 02:46:31,410 --> 02:46:35,070 testify on Monday after the tech giant move to temporarily limit 2791 02:46:35,070 --> 02:46:39,360 news access for about 4% of its Canadian users. It's just a 2792 02:46:39,360 --> 02:46:42,840 test. In the event that parliament passes Bill C 18, the 2793 02:46:42,840 --> 02:46:46,530 online news act, it will compel tech giants to compensate media 2794 02:46:46,530 --> 02:46:49,860 companies for republishing and linking to their content on 2795 02:46:49,860 --> 02:46:53,310 their platforms. It's something that some experts are opposed to 2796 02:46:53,310 --> 02:46:55,710 including my next guest, Michael, guys. Thanks for 2797 02:46:55,710 --> 02:46:57,690 joining me. Oh, thanks 2798 02:46:57,690 --> 02:46:58,230 for having me. 2799 02:46:58,560 --> 02:47:01,800 So Google is throttling access to Canadian news for some of its 2800 02:47:01,800 --> 02:47:05,340 users in response to this legislation. If this bill is 2801 02:47:05,340 --> 02:47:08,280 passed in its current form, do you think Canadian news will 2802 02:47:08,280 --> 02:47:10,110 just disappear from Google entirely? 2803 02:47:11,610 --> 02:47:14,070 I think it's a real possibility, if we're honest about and I 2804 02:47:14,070 --> 02:47:16,470 mean, all they've done, I'm not sure that throttling is 2805 02:47:16,470 --> 02:47:18,960 necessarily the right word. I mean, obviously, they've removed 2806 02:47:19,170 --> 02:47:23,610 the links to some Canadian to news sources for about 4% of 2807 02:47:23,610 --> 02:47:26,550 their user base. But given how popular they are, that still 2808 02:47:26,550 --> 02:47:30,120 affects quite a number of people. But given the costs 2809 02:47:30,120 --> 02:47:32,790 associated with this legislation, the government 2810 02:47:32,790 --> 02:47:36,300 envisioning that Google could be required alongside Facebook to 2811 02:47:36,300 --> 02:47:41,430 pay 35% of the news expenditures for every newsletter outlet in 2812 02:47:41,430 --> 02:47:44,850 the country just for linking to their content. I don't think we 2813 02:47:44,850 --> 02:47:47,250 should be particularly surprised that a company like Google would 2814 02:47:47,250 --> 02:47:49,950 say, Listen, if that's the requirement, if you link you 2815 02:47:49,950 --> 02:47:53,040 have to engage in that kind of payment or don't link, they're 2816 02:47:53,040 --> 02:47:55,470 going to at least look at the prospect of not linking at all. 2817 02:47:56,640 --> 02:47:59,490 Adam Curry: Yeah, so they have to pay 35% of the news 2818 02:47:59,490 --> 02:48:01,200 organizations cost. 2819 02:48:01,560 --> 02:48:05,940 John C Dvorak: Hey, welcome to 9090 Check the calendar. We went 2820 02:48:05,940 --> 02:48:07,470 through this in 2821 02:48:07,470 --> 02:48:09,390 Adam Curry: Canada or just in America I remember in 2822 02:48:09,390 --> 02:48:11,910 John C Dvorak: America, Canada around the world. The whole 2823 02:48:11,910 --> 02:48:15,750 thing about links you can't link to my content. You're stealing 2824 02:48:15,750 --> 02:48:18,840 content. You're stealing photos. Oh, deep 2825 02:48:18,840 --> 02:48:22,020 Adam Curry: linking is is bad is killing the music industry? Or 2826 02:48:22,020 --> 02:48:24,990 whatever? No, that was home taping. Yeah, 2827 02:48:25,590 --> 02:48:28,860 John C Dvorak: yeah. So this is the this started with a frame 2828 02:48:28,980 --> 02:48:32,100 long last frame, which they used at home. 2829 02:48:33,930 --> 02:48:36,990 Adam Curry: From your classic right, we still use frames and 2830 02:48:36,990 --> 02:48:40,470 the blink tag here and there was a blink tags gone only on the 2831 02:48:40,470 --> 02:48:41,310 dot h i think 2832 02:48:41,310 --> 02:48:43,740 John C Dvorak: the cat running back and forth across the screen 2833 02:48:43,740 --> 02:48:44,640 is the best Oh no, 2834 02:48:44,640 --> 02:48:50,010 Adam Curry: it was a whack the monkey the monkey punch the 2835 02:48:50,010 --> 02:48:52,890 monkey and whack the Mole. That's what it was. I remember 2836 02:48:54,570 --> 02:48:57,060 John C Dvorak: that these guys are idiots. This is the this is 2837 02:48:57,060 --> 02:49:02,160 telling you how stupid the media is at the highest levels. 2838 02:49:02,430 --> 02:49:05,460 Adam Curry: Correct. And then because the media benefits it's 2839 02:49:05,460 --> 02:49:08,250 not going to benefit the small news organization is going to 2840 02:49:08,250 --> 02:49:10,350 benefit the big guys as it always does 2841 02:49:10,500 --> 02:49:11,940 John C Dvorak: not going to benefit anybody because you're 2842 02:49:11,940 --> 02:49:15,870 gonna get cut off and access what Google's gonna do. No links 2843 02:49:15,870 --> 02:49:18,780 to you. And who carries you to do 2844 02:49:18,900 --> 02:49:21,690 Adam Curry: who cares about Google? It's like the like well 2845 02:49:21,690 --> 02:49:23,490 John C Dvorak: who cares about anybody linking but they're 2846 02:49:23,490 --> 02:49:26,430 trying to nail everyone who links so screw does anyone who 2847 02:49:26,430 --> 02:49:30,150 doesn't want to be linked below robot tag in there don't link it 2848 02:49:30,150 --> 02:49:33,600 should be on there probably in the in the code. Yeah. 2849 02:49:34,320 --> 02:49:37,200 Adam Curry: Yeah. Google is going down, man. It's gonna take 2850 02:49:37,200 --> 02:49:40,860 a while but you know, people are on Tik Tok. No one cares. No one 2851 02:49:40,860 --> 02:49:43,380 cares about Google. No one cares about fate. Have you noticed 2852 02:49:43,380 --> 02:49:47,730 that meta is just no longer discussed? I think they shut 2853 02:49:47,730 --> 02:49:50,400 that thing down. I think that you're not going to hear about 2854 02:49:50,400 --> 02:49:52,740 metta and the metaverse at all. 2855 02:49:54,780 --> 02:49:57,480 John C Dvorak: It's well I if I didn't have $1 already hanging 2856 02:49:57,480 --> 02:49:59,940 on the your wife 2857 02:50:00,000 --> 02:50:02,220 Adam Curry: All right, well, we'll go for the Oscars first 2858 02:50:02,220 --> 02:50:06,360 and then we'll see how we how we fare later on. It's about 2859 02:50:06,360 --> 02:50:10,500 averages really, for me, just got to average out $1 a year, 2860 02:50:10,860 --> 02:50:12,630 which is pretty much what we're doing so far. 2861 02:50:14,250 --> 02:50:16,350 John C Dvorak: But on today's show, today's show 2862 02:50:16,410 --> 02:50:19,830 Adam Curry: will support us divorce.org/na. We appreciate 2863 02:50:19,830 --> 02:50:24,690 everyone who did support us. So always, always helpful, always, 2864 02:50:24,690 --> 02:50:29,910 always appreciated. We have end of show mixes only two, if you 2865 02:50:29,910 --> 02:50:32,730 don't hear your mixes because they're long. If you do the 2866 02:50:32,730 --> 02:50:35,670 songs, that's great, but you couldn't cut at least one verse 2867 02:50:35,700 --> 02:50:40,620 out. And now we got to deal with that. Hey, citizen and Phantom 2868 02:50:40,620 --> 02:50:43,800 Bill both brought his outstanding end of show mixes, 2869 02:50:44,040 --> 02:50:49,170 the kind that John loves, and AppNexus no agenda stream.com If 2870 02:50:49,170 --> 02:50:52,170 you're still in the troll room troll room.io behind the schemes 2871 02:50:52,170 --> 02:50:55,140 with blueberry and lavish coming to you from the heart of the 2872 02:50:55,140 --> 02:50:57,570 Texas Hill Country FEMA Region number six in the morning, 2873 02:50:57,570 --> 02:50:59,340 everybody. I'm Adam curry 2874 02:50:59,400 --> 02:51:01,920 John C Dvorak: and from Northern Silicon Valley where as I look 2875 02:51:01,920 --> 02:51:06,990 out on the scene, it's gloomy, but it's not wet. I'm John C. 2876 02:51:06,990 --> 02:51:07,620 Dvorak. We 2877 02:51:07,620 --> 02:51:11,670 Adam Curry: return on Thursday right after Pi Day with another 2878 02:51:11,670 --> 02:51:16,530 episode of deconstruction tailor made for you remember us at the 2879 02:51:16,530 --> 02:51:22,380 vortech.org/na Until then adios mofos and such Anna Hui Hui 2880 02:51:35,040 --> 02:51:42,120 Unknown: Johnson gazing out of his window wondering rowdy show 2881 02:51:42,120 --> 02:51:49,410 me excuse says he recovered down the funny jams get them sad is 2882 02:51:49,410 --> 02:51:57,720 fat seems those times gone and now it hurts him so much no 2883 02:51:57,720 --> 02:52:04,110 agenda has a little Mastodon instance that the no agenda 2884 02:52:04,110 --> 02:52:14,640 listeners every day they post as many memes as this really admins 2885 02:52:14,640 --> 02:52:22,980 have to crack down and cat listens and may you know drop 2886 02:52:22,980 --> 02:52:36,240 off a show mixes like you used to it means that you are 2887 02:52:36,240 --> 02:52:37,200 listening to 2888 02:52:43,200 --> 02:52:49,800 a user with broadcast obsession is subscribing to this fable the 2889 02:52:49,800 --> 02:53:00,060 feed navigates his way to get it setting to increase the rate of 2890 02:53:00,060 --> 02:53:16,110 audio when He sets it up to 2.5 times to maximize information is 2891 02:53:16,110 --> 02:53:22,320 Elvis fading and he doesn't know why it's causing damage to his 2892 02:53:22,320 --> 02:53:24,480 personal relationships 2893 02:53:24,510 --> 02:53:25,170 yeah don't 2894 02:53:25,170 --> 02:53:28,710 hear me you know 2895 02:53:33,870 --> 02:53:37,950 like you used to do 2896 02:53:49,830 --> 02:53:52,110 Adam Curry: wasn't gonna bring this up John was really absorbed 2897 02:53:52,110 --> 02:53:54,750 today he feels at the end of show mixers are no goods they 2898 02:53:54,750 --> 02:53:58,680 suck. It's not anything the way it's supposed to be. He songs 2899 02:53:58,680 --> 02:54:01,440 parodies are very hard to do a lot of during lockdown, but you 2900 02:54:01,440 --> 02:54:03,420 just hate everything that covered everything you hate all 2901 02:54:03,420 --> 02:54:03,930 it's horrible. 2902 02:54:03,960 --> 02:54:06,420 John C Dvorak: There's not one mix in the entire collection. 2903 02:54:06,539 --> 02:54:08,219 Adam Curry: Of course many controls you can also find, 2904 02:54:08,399 --> 02:54:12,089 reach or follow on Norwegian social.com which I also will say 2905 02:54:12,119 --> 02:54:15,209 is getting a little rowdy. People are a little unhinged. 2906 02:54:15,239 --> 02:54:17,819 I've used in an even bigger note in the social.com or people just 2907 02:54:17,879 --> 02:54:20,879 hosting me all day long. Oh my goodness. It costs a lot of 2908 02:54:20,939 --> 02:54:23,669 space. People don't care. You guys are very untangle 2909 02:54:23,669 --> 02:54:27,479 ungrateful. Stop DMing me I do not respond to DMS on Noah 2910 02:54:27,479 --> 02:54:28,109 social.com. 2911 02:54:28,140 --> 02:54:29,310 John C Dvorak: I just don't notice them because they don't 2912 02:54:29,310 --> 02:54:32,100 have no lag. There's no flag. So I click on an on accident. Boom. 2913 02:54:32,100 --> 02:54:34,980 There's a bunch of DNS and all backed up. You 2914 02:54:35,010 --> 02:54:41,610 Unknown: know, drones aren't taking and shoumik says like you 2915 02:54:41,610 --> 02:54:49,950 use too many means you. 2916 02:54:59,010 --> 02:55:04,590 John's complaining This domain Adams trying to give us chain 2917 02:55:06,060 --> 02:55:12,600 COVID to more practical way to eat in and Christ to tell me 2918 02:55:12,600 --> 02:55:13,170 that he's 2919 02:55:19,529 --> 02:55:20,549 still need 2920 02:55:27,690 --> 02:55:35,280 to go into toilet yours is to think that haven't you heard 2921 02:55:35,640 --> 02:55:41,400 when debo with all that being Christ you know it and he said 2922 02:55:43,830 --> 02:55:48,390 it can be a show me 2923 02:55:54,810 --> 02:55:59,640 I don't wants to keep your blood because China wants to steal my 2924 02:56:01,650 --> 02:56:06,870 cream with my cash. I got the rash and everybody brings it on 2925 02:56:06,870 --> 02:56:16,200 me Christ you know it can be show me 2926 02:56:22,650 --> 02:56:25,110 John C Dvorak: all of the after show 2927 02:56:26,190 --> 02:56:26,610 Adam Curry: okay 2928 02:56:28,980 --> 02:56:34,230 Unknown: so we talked about locked down when we said the job 2929 02:56:34,230 --> 02:56:43,380 was to stay SATs have come in you can cry skin no weight and 2930 02:56:43,380 --> 02:56:47,490 he said he can be 2931 02:57:11,100 --> 02:57:15,270 MOPO boruch.org/in a 2932 02:57:16,350 --> 02:57:18,390 John C Dvorak: really crazy stuff