Gone for a week but not forgotten, it's time for No Agenda!  Once the vacation, food and Bastille day in the south of France is over, we start with the iPhone 3G.  Adam talks about his new toy, the Nokia E71.  Sounds very cool.  Is Adam a trouble maker?  Mi5 will find out.

John decides to break down and get a subscription to the NY Times.  No, not the online version.  Could it be a matter of efficiency?  What is the Chinese theory of marketing?  Better pay close attention to that front page.  Adam brings up the print industry business model and the shock.  Let's fight about the future price of oil and speculators.

Adam drops the double jeopardy news bomb and John is quite interested in the developments in the EU.  Don't leave your DNA anywhere, the Fascists will get you.  We'll have to come up with a new term for Fascism.

Why is Larry King so interested in flying saucers?  We just can't get away from these crackpots.  Where are the good UFO pictures?  Adam tells John, "watch this YouTube video on the Disclosure Project."  John's take? This is one great marketing strategy for some new movies.

Segue into Viacom, YouTube and copyrighted content.  Adam has some valid points on this subject.  Will Sumner Redstone try to turn ISPs into police stations?  OK, back to Fascism.  We call on our listeners to come up with a modern, negative word to substitute.

Adam may host the Dr. Ron Paul "Rally For The Republic" in Minneapolis.  Why must we go through a metal detector to go to a party for Prince?

The Adam and John Tinfoil Hat Company may soon release the official "aluminium" hat.  How about a Faraday cage hat or an insert for a baseball cap? [Ed. Will John have to buy the patent from some Cage Match listeners?]  Off we go into wacky RFID idea land and prank city, maybe we should just "productize."  Adam brings up the coolest RFID product yet, the RFID pill and bluetooth reader.

John talks about the presidential election, where, in the EU, the winner is a foregone conclusion.  He's not buying it.  Neither candidate has even picked a VP yet, what sense does this make?  And what is a "big box" company?  There's nothing like a completely homogenous country.  How about a conspiracy theory for the tomato and jalapeño scare?

A final note, pay attention to the names of stores run by ex-mobsters in the witness protection program.

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Greeting from AC and JCD, and a nest of hornets.  How was your 4th of July?  John and Adam rant about Chinese fireworks.

John's new book, "Recessions" is due out "any minute now."  What are his predictions for the economy?  Adam laments the new taxes in the UK and asks, "Will we invade Iran?"  He points out the latest funding for covert operations.

John discusses his recent travels to SeaTac and Expert Traveller.  Has the TSA sold out?  And what about the Black Diamond Expert Lane?  John claims it wasn't a great traveling experience. 

Off to miscellaneous.  How do we segue into Adam's BBC 911 Building conspiracy theories? John laughs at the lawnchair balloonist, and the "high tofu vegetarian diet leads to dementia" articles on the blog.

Adam leads us the Codex Alimentary.  John asks, "How can the French tolerate these food laws?"  Welcome to the New World Order.  We should all rewatch "Soylent Green."  John diverts to the UK school boys disciplined for refusing to pray to Allah.  Adam brings us back on track with the secret report on the World Bank. "The incredible rises in the price of food - 70% - is caused by biofuels."  John blames the Greenies, and brings up stock derivatives, the Ultras.  Listen to hear his explanations.  Adam has some good stories about Monsanto seed and lawsuits.  Is John a radical?

Guns? John talks about Gary Weaver, Ruby Ridge and the shooting of his wife. [Ed. The Weaver's won a lawsuit against the Govt.]  Now a Minnesota teen is arrested for a joke on eBay for selling his vote.  Adam asks, are we becoming Fascists?  What happened to voteauction.com?  From here, Adam steers us to Obama and campaign funds.  Is Obama becoming a politician?

We'll argue about oil prices and how they'll be affected by the election.  Who takes which side and who is Lindsey Williams?  See Adam's curry.com for the video.

Don't forget, next week's show is Sunday. [Show notes up Sun. evening]

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From the Curry Manor in the UK and smoky San Franciso, it's No Agenda!  Let's start with a Skype delay and Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday party in London.  What's up in Zimbabwe?  John wants a brick of Zimbabwe money.  Adam needs to post his Super8 movie footage from his 3 years in Uganda.  John questions Adam's claim of 60,000,000 sales of new cell phones / mo. in India and Africa.

Now were off to... Jamaica?  Adam's sold.  How about a rent house for $40,000 a month?  John wonders if you can load it up with frat boys and get your money's worth, but there's one problem.  As an argument ensues, we discover what advantages John has with contributing editors to his blog.  Flickr sucks?  This turns into a wonderful word war.  Here's a link to Adam's picture of Patricia.

New cameras with GPS chipsets are cool - the camera will even tell you altitude, azimuth and compass heading. Adam enjoys the new online charts and 3D pictures of airports for navigation.  How does this move to our rights, Britney Spears, Amy Whitehouse and our privacy? We quickly switch to Adam's interest in a new airplane, a Cirrus jet.  [Ed. This is one sweet aircraft].

From aviation we spin into the "Enron Loophole" and out-and-out corruption in the "awl bidness."  Should there be laws against oil speculation and futures contracts?  Adam's latest Source Code netcast and interview with Viviane Reding  is quite interesting. This leads into threats of legislation and regulation of telephone charges, text messaging, etc. Adam learns a new word?

More from John on the pricing of mobile telecom services. Adam rants on marketing for mobile networks vs. pricing on phones. John agrees and brings up the ridiculous plans and indecipherable billing. "Buy a burner."  Do kids use phones for anything besides text messaging?

Adam claims radio in the UK is still very good and takes the place of netcasts. John discusses radio in the US and why netcasting is so popular. Does John listen to sports talk radio and right wing talk shows?  Adam lists his favorite BBC radio programs and netcasts, which do sound interesting. John wonders why some people get hooked on these shows.

The key to interesting radio or netcasting is energy, it's difficult to get energized every day, according to Adam. Where is No Agenda the next 2 weeks? On Sunday. When you lose a listener, do the old rules apply? John brings up Phil Spector and his lectures on the hit singles business.  "Two dogs and you're out!"

Off we go to Phoenix AZ and the Mexican Army. The drug war has come to the US and involves a US Congressman. John's trip to Brazil makes us want to buy bulletproof cars. Adam's Uncle gives some sage advice about Korea and the bad press on American beef. John makes us hungry for some Korean food. How do we get salmonella from tomatoes? You may not want to know.

Just where is this tomato from? Best quote: "We're not eating iPods." Let's rant about Monsanto and others. Why aren't these drugged cows labeled? Countries in South America are banning genetically modified "stuff," but farmers are getting it anyway from neighbor's pollen, and guess what? It's all patented!  Prediction: Here come the lawsuits.

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Again, from the manors in the UK and SF, it's No Agenda! Once we're past the affluent weather (and Goodfellas), we start with Adam's party in Brighton Beach. No Visa or invite for Martha Stewart, but terrorists and traitors? They're OK since they haven't been convicted. We'll just trade London commodities in the City Of London, until the Balls clause kicks in.

Adam gets cranky with the IPCC, John counters with Al Gore. What's up with Al Gore's non-disclosure agreements with certain tech companies? John's best quote: "[Gore's movie] was an advitorial." Both argue about climate and weather predictions. "Don't forget your carbon footprint!" John, always the marketeer, reminisces about the VCR+ gizmo and how it ties into a worldwide marketing effort for carbon credits. Hey! Somebody turn out the lights!

Adam steers us to trading commodities and the war in Iraq. Can we drill for oil there now? John answers with the California referendum system and Adam wonders what kind of referendum framework would work in the EU. Stewert Wheeler's work impresses both. Now in the EU you can't travel to and from the UK without your "papers." Adam explains "GenDec", general declaration, for flying in the EU. John won't let go of Martha Stewart.

Adam enlightens with a scary story about Surrey police and their mobile fingerprint scanners which connect to a massive database. This is distrubing: if you're stopped for any infraction, your fingerprints are now on file. Adam's best quote: "That's like Science Fiction. We're living in the Matrix!" John brings up the new credit card data collection system -- let's get into social patterns, your Amex, two tanks of gas and a pair of Nike's. Why will Amex will be calling you right away? Now the govt. wants all your credit card data. And the card companies just roll over? Darned spineless Dems.

John claims the EU is showing how to eliminate the public from any decisions. Just use the US' bills as a guideline, as pointed out by Dick Armey. Nobody is writing about Christopher Dodd's big bill. Adam to be a martyr? So why doesn't the US have "pay parking meter by phone?" John gripes about parking being a profit center, and a political rant ensues. Are we an idealistic version of a socialistic system?

Misc. rants... Who was the inventor of the automobile? Tommy Toyota in 1880 and 1970? According to Adam (and John Battelle), all Bill Gates wants is a Nobel Peace Prize. John asks,"Why is Silicon Valley jumping on Jerry Yang ?" Adam says there's no love for technology anymore, all anyone wants to hear is "who's selling who." It's a lot more interesting than selling credit card data to the government. Adam's best quote: "It's the Britney Spears" of financial news. And we're insignificant, lazy complainers, so everyone misinterprets everything we say!

How does Adam produce "Daily Source Code?" He's up to episode 771, with no interns or staff. John thinks Adam is a "combo man," and that's a good thing. John's take on this is interesting - produce it yourself, that's almost how Tim Russert did it. What happened to the Fairness Doctrine? Adam asks, "Is Rush Limbaugh really significant?" You'll have to listen to hear John's take on Rush.

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From our promising pundits in their manors in England and northern California -- it's another No Agenda!

Adam starts with the new EU Constitution, and, as predicted, Ireland rejects the EU's proposal.  Adam has asked Parliamentarians about this but people can't even read and understand it.  The public has no clue, is it a fascist European takeover?

Adam has a great way to get through airport customs, and meets the Prime Minister.  John wonders why some other countries don't resist this EU constitution.

Off to Northern Michigan and a discussion about Keith Olbermann.  To heck with sports, is he the number 1 Bush Basher?  Yes!   John says, "Obermann is obviously an Obama fan."

Adam brings up the internet age, some quotes from 3 years ago and why is this stuff interpreted by a bunch of lazy journalists?   John's best quote, "Obama is basically the Macintosh Of Politics." [Ed. Har!]  Adam wonders why they get angry emails about Obama bashing.  John pegs it with how Obama will react when the "real journalists and comics take him on and put his feet to the fire."

Is this a setup with the Obama camp?  The Dvorak Uncensored videos are here.    This video should be what Adam had in mind.

John still claims McCain should take Hillary as his VP and shows why she didn't make it.  We'll miss Tim Russert.  What's this? Conspiracy theories abound.

Adam doesn't like Marylin Monroe?  John recounts some tales from his trips to Amsterdam.  Whoa!  Now, when I was in Croatia...

Adam diverts the talk into the Middle East.  John asks, "Why do we send troops into these places?  We should just send assasins and cruise missiles.  Why are we in bed with the Pakistanis?"  Oh boy, Indian take out.  Adam might have things right with the "follow the money" angle.

The public is bamboozled by gasoline prices and the rolling blackouts, the greenies and the giant Enron scam.  John brings up the next giant scam.  Why was there no investigative reporting?  Maybe we can sell some books!!

Adam and John argue over Hillary's posibilites as McCain's VP nomination.  Oh, Good Grief, not the sorority sisters.  Nice way to run a campaign, total incompetence at every level.

Adam gets a scoop and asks the president of Afghanistan, "How are you going to beat the Taliban?"  The answer, "I don't think we can defeat them by 2010."  Here we are pouring billions into this mess, and we can't get out by 2010?  "The core Taliban is in Pakistan."  Adam brings up even more conspiracy theories.  John thinks we should go short on oil. [Ed. You read it here first.]

McLellan's new book, "What Happened?"  Adam and John's summary, "Nothing."

We're off to legal land, Ireland and Gitmo.  Will Adam spend 42 days in Gitmo?  Maybe, but according to John, Adam is part of "the machine."  John claims the public has become extremely passive.

Now it's sports. John claims that the American sports machines will see a dramatic drop-off in fans in the next 10 - 20 years.

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It's summer, let's get started. Voicemail? Nah. Text messages are worse, they just don't get through.

Adam gets flak for Obama's apparent democratic nomination. What about the murders in Obama's former church?  John's responses include some intriguing theories. Adam's "everyone's a reptile" rant is a good one.

Adam's Russia story: Geologist discovers new mineral that absorbs nuclear waste. John diverts to São Paulo and a rock shop. Now we're off to the Vatican and other archives. Can you imagine what has been collected?  Why not visit NYC and Ted Leonsis, too?  Who is this guy? John gets back to the hotel lobby and interesting newspapers. Must we turn to the UK for US news?

Adam claims the Chinese are invading the UK, including some, er, gardening diversions. John detours into Manchuria, and who is this actress? We're off to Japan and Klingons and some history. Somehow this all ties back to Leonsis and our newspapers. John visits the business news studios (Fox, CNBC) in NYC. Adam has an interesting take on Brian Williams. Who has the best financial news? Find out why John does so few TV appearances.

We delve into ISDN spam and publishing. Who needs an agent? John tells us his ideas on how to publish a book.  Now, how will we get paid? What is a 'dummy contract?' Adam counters with Patricia's record contract. Great, some legalese which morphs perfectly into...

Is the 2005 Lisbon Treaty a constitution for Europe? Adam claims only Ireland can save the EU from this 30 language mess. John sidetracks Adam's glorious moment with Twitter. Adam banters with new EU anti-terrorism laws re: currency. Oh, boy, money sniffing dogs. Are there 50 micron RFID chips in Euro bills?  Adam says, "Put those bills in the microwave and find out." Is this a myth? John has no uWaves?

Back to Africa. Didn't we discuss this earlier? The Chinese are taking over and we receive some insights into the Enron Loophole. John lists the culprits responsible. What's this about tankers waiting to unload? John's anecdote about commodities trading brings up some interesting possibilities. Adam claims $150 oil is the next big deal. Will gas go back to $2 / gal.?

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You never know what to expect.  First up, trends.  Adam starts with the huge protests in Europe about gas and diesel prices.  John, as a petroleum engineer, wonders the why the diesel prices have exceeded the price of gasoline.  What about TV ads for railroads?  And UK carbon ration cards?  Adam nails it -- it's all about new taxes and an Al Gore scam.

Adam rolls right into Scott McClellan's new book.  John thinks there's something fishy about this one, a tell-all from a former White House Press Secretary.  We're off to conspiracy theories and some good arguments ensue.  Swoon.  And why are we talking about the Osmonds?
 
Sharon Stone says the Chinese Earthquake was caused by "bad karma," which leads to a discussion of China and... "Sex In The City"?  The banter just naturally wanders to women's porn and handbags.  Let's do a test -- if you take your date to this movie will you "get lucky?"  "Email Adam and include all the details!"

We detour onto the the NASCO highway and the mess that it's become. Adam recommendeds this Marcy Kaptur video.  John points out that we've been blogging about this for a year. [Ed. remembers Ross Perot predicting, "That giant sucking sound you hear will be all our jobs leaving for Mexico"]  John makes some good points about goods unloaded in Mexico instead of Vancouver.  Is it all about China?  Who is out to "get" Lou Dobbs?  John thinks a lot of this might be giant corporate propaganda.

What was Adam thinking, criticizing Madonna during a TV guide interview?  Here come some good anecdotes about publicity and the media.  Oh, it has to be "GaNew" Linux.  Adam's Media title of the week: "Combative Commissioner For Information In Society."  What the...?  Oh yeah, we're running out of IP space.

Adam pats us all on the back for banning cluster bombs.  John decides "It's Cluster Bomb Week!"  How did this get to be the top of the news?  John counters with "Monkey Brains Move Robot Arms."  Adam claims Belgium will split in two, and Inbev will purchase Anheuser Busch.  You'll have to listen to hear John's reaction and the marketing stories for Bud.  Why isn't this all over the US press?

John and Adam argue about last week's TWiT, the stories and the guests.  "Now you're acting like Bubba."  [Ed. won't forget this, see "Spanish Inquisition"]  This wanders into Twitter and blogs, like the sex exploits of "Girl With A One Track Mind."  Let's get cranky about streaming and the copy/paste culture.  John describes his camera and techniques for "walking."  Adam gets complaints and John gripes about the lack of cameras with geotagging.

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Is it summer yet? Adam starts off with his cool new wireless network USB xcvr and alternatives to Skype and other new phone technologies. John gripes about giving speeches to today's audiences because of new wireless tech. "Hello Mr. President, can I call you Bill?"

What do people talk about in the Netherlands? Adam ends the list with football, so John gets cranky and steers us to Iceland, some travel tips, puffin and... sheep. Are there yaks in India? Adam veers off to Google's new 'search labeling'. John thinks it's a scam - who do you think you're working for?

We're off to Financial Times and Moody's AAA ratings on bogus investment vehicles. After a year, Moody blames the whole thing on... John is gobsmacked. Why? [Ed. This story gets the CM Seal Of Approval]

John brings up the media's reaction to Hillary's call for an assassination attempt on Obama. Here's an interesting analysis of her comments, with some history to back it up. Who will be the Democratic nominee?  John won't take any bets.  Adam thinks this whole Hillary gaffe will just "blow over." Adam asks, "Where are the SNL comics when we need them?" John has a theory of the media's take on the whole thing.

Adam questions current election contributions and finds some strange donations. John solves the mystery of all the cash donated so far. More arguments about the democratic party's current position, the media and campaign funding ensue. Are the TV commercials worth what they're paying? Why is Adam worked up about detergent?

John asks, "What do fashion designers have to do with computerized phone polls and focus groups?" Adam retorts and quotes Steve Jobs, then brings up Mondale / Ferraro and the difference between talking as a candidate and as a real person. Say, what happened to Jesse Ventura?

Somehow we get sidetracked to TV producers and actors and "Boston Legal." Adam and John argue about TV shows and how the real money is made -- syndication and DVDs.

Adam's been searching for the new sensory straw for boxed wine. John heads into a new wine dye, Mega Purple. It may affect wine in a positive way. What is Parkerized wine?  John thinks this is a scandal and this new dye is used in premium wines as well.

Speaking of scandals, Adam switches to pharmaceuticals, how their patents are running out and how to gouge the public. John jokes about the absurd copyright lengths in the US. What does this have to do with Sonny Bono? Now we're copyrighting art grand masters. Adam brings up some interesting facts about Picasso's work. Who alive can get $33.6M for one painting, "Benefit Supervisor Sleeping"? John wants to get Larry Lessig on "Cranky Geeks" to discuss this copyright mess.

This episode lives up to its name - it has absolutely no agenda whatsoever.
 
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Some weather, some instrument flying and we're off to -- the real meaning of No Agenda and the speeds of Skype.  What, we have production critics?  Now we're going to fry the photographers, too (except for one).

What do Thomas DeCrick and all these news stories with English slang and American politicians have to do with Neville Chamberlain and Hitler?  How about some unshakeable "tags" for Obama, Hillary, Bush, and more?  John's long term political strategy is revealed.  Adam claims the average voter won't even understand.  John asserts the Republicans really have the edge on marketing, but his list of "appeasement phrases" shows the Democrats have their moments, too.

Adam inquires about the TTPR - the Truth To Power Ratio.  John wants to invent the TTPR algorithm and how, if you listen to this show, you're on top of the appeasement meme and the propagandist machine.

Find out about Adam's strange jobs.  What does this have to do with Chinese toothpaste?  And why are we complaining about TCP/IP AT&T phone calls?  Adam explains; hear John's quote of the show.

How do we get to skateboarding and scooters?  John gets cranky about helmets, Adam rides a skateboard and we're a generation of wimps. Adam segues to his favorite TV topic and why we should forget about this PC stuff.  John asks, "What happened to the "stage hook?  Where are the tomatoes?"  Adam and John come up with a new Mevio show.

John changes his mind about cameras with GPS, and Adam expands this to the pocket tour guide.  Very cool.  How about the "No Agenda Visit Pack?"  We hear about some great places to explore.  Why not include the speed traps updated daily for your cell phone?

Bordeaux in a box -- the last straw in French wine (har!), including the straw with 4 holes for that "tasting wine out of the glass effect" on the palate.  Oh, Good Grief!  Here comes the restaurant test.  John blames the 46% drop in French wine consumption on...  There's a patent on this straw?  We'll get some of these wines and report back. (Oh, no! Homework!)

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From summertime in the UK and Northern California, it's No Agenda!  Just back from Korea and his panel moderation, John starts with "goo" floating across the Pacific, the custom tailored "Dvorak Suit," and anecdotes about the PC revolution.  Adam wonders, what's this about Gina Smith and "I Was" -- a new book collaboration with John?

Adam delves into the "Great Firewall Of China."  Maybe China will get busted.  It's a new online and broadcast "China hate culture" that we'll just blame on... the smog?  Hoof and mouth disease?  Germ warfare?  Great, here come the Olympics and, of course, your, er, keyboard.

Adam spins this into the ubiquitious UK security cams, and the stories begin.  These cameras are so effective when we moon them.  We hear some tech news for GPS and speed cameras, Australian highway strips and John's bicycle rant.

Will oil prices hit $200 and reverse?  Let's go long on oil and short on dollars, then reverse the trend and make millions.  John: "When someone in France can come to the US and buy a bottle of their own wine for 1/2 price, what is wrong with this picture?"

John switches back to Korea and the "good old days," before the dot com bust. Now we can go to the Skype store at the airport and get a cool phone that works.  Adam counters with the "Free Sat UK."  Can we bring back John's dream of ancient C-Band satellite tech?  Adam says yes, but are there still hackers using this "old" tech?

Adam wants to know how viable is the new broadcast TV, especially dramas with their production costs.  What can be done with the internet, and are the big TV shows on DVD making more money?  Adam visits an agency that has the rights to 100 TV pilots.  They might just make it in a niche and on-demand world.

John takes Sumner Redstone's "coot" side of things vs. Viacom.  Find out why.  Now we delve into the Korean's Spongebob humor and "why this is the weirdest kind of humor."  Let's get slimed and just "shake it off like a dog."  Adam brings up a new French trend, the "Freedom Kiss."

Oh boy, more Big Brother and the cams!  Adam mentions The Get Out Clause, the band that made their music video from the UK surveillance cams.  (See CM's article here).  John shows his knowledge of 'ancient' movies and Albert Brooks' first movie, "Real Life" and how that mocks the current cam concept. 

Adam challenges the London tube conductors to remove those who violate some of the new London (anti-alcohol) laws.  This should be fun.  John laughs about  the barbed wire fence between soccer fans in Rio.  Adam's quote of the show: "Why is it in the US, when your team wins, you go nuts, you burn up the streets and you riot, but when gas goes to $4 a gallon you sit at home and..."  You'll have to listen to hear the rest, including John's retort.

Nastygrams!  What the??  We don't want these people listening to this show!  And you thought we we're cranky!

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