Value-4-Value

NO ID Episode 47 - Snake Swapper

Executive Producers:

The Agenda Archaeologist

Jack Cramer

The legislature desperately needs your opinion on which vintage firearm should become Idaho's official state gun. Your opinion on whether you should retain the right to make decisions about your own life? Well, that's another matter entirely. This week: HJR 4, drug-policy ballot questions, the state's surprise $657 million surplus, the Boomer wealth machine, and a surprisingly positive River-Keeper follow-up.

Timestamps:

(00:00:03) Previous episode sound drops

(00:08:41) Idaho's $657 million surplus

(00:15:20) HJR 4 and the war on voter initiatives

(00:22:00) “Higher power” and the Idaho voter

(00:32:00) Prohibition, opioids and the “safety” argument

(00:38:20) Freedom with a giant “but”

(00:42:30) Senator Ruchti on HJR 4

(00:46:50) Idaho's official state gun

(00:54:10) Anonymous Boomer strikes back

(01:00:00) The Boomer wealth machine

(01:13:00) Value-4-Value

(01:26:20) The Boomer wealth transfer

(01:34:00) Housing, inflation and government distortion

(01:36:40) Sir Spook of Spokane's River-Keeper intel

(01:50:00) The dead-fish media narrative

(01:53:10) NO ID meetup announcement

(01:55:10) Boise Pride is magical

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NO ID Episode 46 - Bathroom Encounter

Another week, another tour through Idaho's ever-expanding machinery of public spending, from Post Falls snowplows and Shoshone County staffing shortages to Idaho's overflowing tax collections and the collapse of the Idaho Statesman newsroom. Along the way: Measles is AIDS, public schools aren't getting enough, generational wealth, the eternal political carousel, and an Idaho homeschool family's attempt to sell popcorn...right up until code enforcement gets involved. Plus, a brief glimpse into the future of NO ID and a possible new show.

Timestamps:

(00:01:27) Snowplows and Post Falls

(00:04:40) Post Falls and the $165 million budget

(00:08:02) The government shutdown playbook

(00:11:39) Idaho tax collections beat expectations

(00:14:18) The Idaho Statesman lays off the watchdogs

(00:20:30) AI, unions, and the market value of a journalist

(00:23:07) The media bubble and the political carousel

(00:24:36) Raw milk, measles, and public health

(00:29:00) Public schools and the economics of attendance

(00:33:34) Northern Lakes Fire District levy

(00:38:25) The taxpayer's disappearing paycheck

(00:44:22) Who owns Idaho's future

(00:46:01) Sheep, taxes, and the history of Idaho

(00:50:00) Value for value

(00:55:00) A little more NO ID

(01:00:05) Die With Zero versus generational wealth

(01:10:00) The political carousel

(01:15:45) Lewiston School District tort claim

(01:20:02) Rooting for the underdog

(01:25:02) Flock cameras and the surveillance state

(01:27:21) The state versus the entrepreneur

(01:32:25) Bigfoot, popcorn, and the HOA that actually approved

(01:37:43) Raw drink milkers or bathroom encounters

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NO ID Episode 45 - Absinthe and Midwifery

A seasonal river fluctuation becomes a crisis, a health warning becomes a symposium, and every problem somehow seems to call for yet another government solution. This week, we deconstruct the Spokane River "drying up", the push to change regulations on the Post Falls Dam, and Idaho doctors gathering to warn about the health risks of "climate", wildfire smoke, heat, drought, and...nuclear holocaust. We also examine Idaho's housing affordability problem, the role of zoning and regulation in limiting housing supply, and the political battle over who should be allowed to own homes. In the second half, we dig into ICE enforcement in Post Falls, the growing bureaucratic burden on workers and small businesses, the sudden resignation of three Panhandle Health executives, and the story of a Clark Fork coffee shop shut down after running afoul of health regulations. Along the way, we discuss property taxes, government bureaucracy, digital money, and the recurring and ultimate NO ID question: Are our problems actually being solved by government, or are we just creating more government to deal with the problems government created?

Timestamps

(00:00) The Spokane River dries up—again

(08:00) The Spokane River rally and the Post Falls Dam

(16:45) Idaho doctors, climate health, and the N95 solution

(27:35) Ask Paul: Is pumpkin spice finally being replaced?

(34:40) Producer notes, property taxes, and Stafford TX

(47:20) Value for value and supporting NO ID

(57:40) Idaho gets on board with ICE

(59:00) The Post Falls ICE raid and two longtime workers

(01:13:30) Immigration, paperwork, and the impossible government system

(01:15:10) The bureaucratic nightmare of getting a part-time job

(01:17:10) Digital money, CBDCs, and financial control

(01:18:00) The Canadian trucker convoy and frozen funds

(01:19:40) Idaho's housing affordability problem

(01:21:30) Small lots, zoning, and the missing middle

(01:25:30) Supply and demand, corporations, and housing politics

(01:29:45) Panhandle Health's three sudden resignations

(01:31:40) Bucking Beans and the forcible shuttering of a Clark Fork coffee shop

(01:35:20) North Idaho's political and institutional networks

(01:37:30) Democracy, bureaucracy, and who really holds the power

(01:38:45) “Absinthe and midwifery” and the final value-for-value pitch

NO ID is Idaho's mainstream media deconstruction podcast, covering politics, government, local media, and the stories behind the stories shaping the Inland Northwest.

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NO ID Episode 44 - Full Part-Time Job

Government is always announcing that this tax, that levy, or the other spending program is temporary...yet somehow the money never stops flowing. This week we deconstruct the media's coverage of the Northern Lakes Fire District's proposed $4.5 million "temporary" levy, Idaho's "outdated" public-school funding formula, millions in federal wildfire relief sitting in bureaucratic pipelines, and nearly $1 billion in new federal funding for rural healthcare. We also examine the controversy surrounding the Old State Saloon in Eagle, Mark Fitzpatrick's decision to sell it, and the political risks that come with politicizing an owner-operated establishment.

Timestamps

(00:00) KTVB, tick bites, and the latest "health" scare

(06:30) Northern Lakes Fire District's $4.5 million levy

(19:00) What "temporary" property-tax levies really mean

(27:30) Idaho's public-school funding formula

(39:00) Charter schools, homeschooling, and school choice

(47:00) Millions in wildfire disaster relief stuck in bureaucracy

(57:00) The Old State Saloon controversy

(01:09:00) Mark Fitzpatrick sells his business

(01:19:00) Political retaliation and the risks of owning a business

(01:27:00) Idaho's nearly $1 billion rural healthcare funding package

(01:39:00) When federal money becomes the solution to everything

(01:47:00) Money, taxes, and the Value-4-Value model

NO ID is Idaho's mainstream media deconstruction podcast, covering politics, government, local media, and the stories behind the stories shaping the Inland Northwest.

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NO ID Episode 43 - Tyranny is a Software Patch Away

Executive Producers:

Anonymous

Kevin Killian

A rare NO ID guest on this episode: Tyler Cain, the man behind DeFlock Idaho, joins us for an extended deconstruction of automated license plate readers, mass surveillance, and the increasingly blurry line between public safety and government monitoring. We deconstruct the media's coverage of Post Falls and Mayor Randy Westlund, Motorola vs. Flock, a wrongful accusation involving Flock cameras, Tyler's fight with city governments, Idaho's surveillance laws, data sharing with outside agencies, and the argument that surveillance systems can't simply be fixed with “guardrails.” Along the way, we examine the language used to sell government power, the public's changing attitude toward surveillance, and what happens when citizens actually start pushing back.

Timestamps:

(00:00:24) “The man behind DeFlock Idaho” — Tyler Cain joins NO ID

(00:04:00) Flock vs. Motorola, Post Falls, and Mayor Randy Westlund

(00:08:40) Post Falls property taxes and the magical cure-all known as “inflation”

(00:14:20) When Flock cameras accuse the wrong person: a Colorado case

(00:18:00) ALPRs, surveillance, and the road toward “pre-crime”

(00:20:00) Who is actually behind the backlash against Flock?

(00:34:00) How Tyler Cain became the guy fighting his local government

(00:40:00) Wilder’s $5 yard-sale permit and the absurdity of government accumulation

(00:42:51) When laws sit dormant until somebody decides to enforce them

(00:54:54) “Mind Your Business,” the Fugio cent, and voluntary vs. government surveillance

(00:59:30) Tyler packs the city council meeting—and public comment disappears

(01:19:00) DeFlock Idaho, social media, and turning council meetings into content

(01:28:40) Vaccination exemptions, “experts,” and the credibility problem after COVID

(01:43:50) The relationship between the state and the citizen

(01:50:00) Why some people oppose Flock now but accepted government power during COVID

(02:05:00) Idaho’s ALPR legislation, proposed bans, and the problem with “guardrails”

(02:15:00) KTVB, Wilder, and the automated license plate reader machine

(02:30:00) “Governor Pervert,” preserving Idaho, and political inversion

(02:34:00) Phones, cars, biometrics, and the possibility of 24/7 surveillance

(02:37:00) Why “guardrails” may be the wrong answer

(02:38:30) Finding DeFlock Idaho and the final value-4-value pitch

NO ID is Idaho's mainstream media deconstruction podcast, covering politics, government, local media, and the stories behind the stories shaping the Inland Northwest.

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NO ID Episode 42 - The People's Tree

So you think you’re liberty-minded? But you haven’t followed the self-ownership argument all the way to its logical conclusion? Neither, apparently, has anybody else. This week we deconstruct the media's coverage of the Spokane wildfire responses, the River-Keeper's environmental activism, "Dr" Fauxchi's home state, the mythology of benevolent government, public education, taxation, bureaucracy, and the curious ways government institutions manage "protect" us from...problems they seem to create.

Timestamps:

(00:01:27) Liberty-oriented content and the wrong podcast

(00:07:22) The state as your protector

(00:11:20) Government schools and the Prussian model

(00:15:30) Ruby Ridge and the monopoly on force

(00:17:18) Spokane schools reopen after the fires

(00:24:00) Inflation and federal money

(00:30:00) Idaho development and federal funding

(00:35:00) Government funding and the nonprofit ecosystem

(00:41:38) The Idaho Department of Labor comes calling

(00:46:00) The $145 government check

(00:48:00) Billing the government for its own bureaucracy

(00:52:00) Idaho agriculture and the sheep problem

(00:56:00) Idaho migration and development

(01:00:00) The future of Idaho

(01:07:15) Paul’s Fauxchi correction

(01:16:30) The value model strikes again

(01:25:00) Lawn care, trees, and government regulation

(01:31:13) The Spokane Riverkeeper

(01:41:27) Firefighters, back burning, and arson accusations

NO ID is Idaho's mainstream media deconstruction podcast, covering politics, government, local media, and the stories behind the stories shaping the Inland Northwest.

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NO ID Episode 41 - Sh*tty Statist Tortilla

Executive Producers:

Anonymous Schmeckle

Joshua Hoover

The Spokane fires become an excuse to talk about levies, emergency powers, and the government's magical ability to temporarily stop enforcing its own rules. Then it's off to Boise for another $5 million "homelessness" grant, Idaho State Police's perpetual "we need more money" problem, agricultural labor, COVID-era death statistics, and Idaho's newest attempt to let people sell their own homemade goods without asking permission. Plus: Fauxchi theater, Trump's relationship with the COVID era, the World Series of Poker, and another mainstream-media sermon about why ordinary citizens definitely shouldn't have guns.

Timestamps:

(00:00:03) Spokane fires, armed residents and the coming levy

(00:06:00) Emergency powers and the government "giving rights back"

(00:14:30) Fauxchi, political theater and interchangeable politicians

(00:20:40) Boise's $5 million "homelessness" grant

(00:32:00) Idaho State Police recruiting and the eternal funding problem

(00:48:00) Agricultural labor, cartels and government-controlled work

(00:57:30) Value-4-value

(01:04:00) "Covid" death statistics and the incentives behind the numbers

(01:19:00) Idaho opens the kitchen door

(01:24:00) Alabama, alcohol regulation and the burrito supreme leaders

(01:28:00) World Series of Poker

(01:33:00) "Extremism" reporting and the buzzword industrial complex

(01:38:00) Guns, civilian self-defense and the mainstream media

(01:42:00) The "pro-gun" state

NO ID is Idaho's mainstream media deconstruction podcast, covering politics, government, local media, and the stories behind the stories shaping the Inland Northwest.

If you find value in our show, return some value: Share it with someone, leave a rating or review, or become an executive producer.

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NO ID Episode 40 - The Nuclear Lifestyle

Executive Producers:

Sir Donald of the Firebottles, Secretary General of Greater Idaho

Flynner of the Findings

Reb the Gold-digging Cowgirl

Joshua Hoover

An unusually dark trip through the week’s patterns of catastrophe: the devastating Spokane wildfires, the latest fire conspiracy rabbit holes, a mass shooting at the new In-N-Out in Twin Falls, and the media narratives surrounding both. Then we pivot to the usual NO ID medicine: Idaho’s nuclear future, cloud seeding, inflation, disappearing purchasing power, and Idaho’s reassuring new crime statistics. Along the way we get Prison Mike, Dan "Do Not Interrupt Me" Gookin, and possibly the most awkward V-4-V pitch we've ever recorded.

Timestamps:

(00:05:10) Spokane wildfires and widespread destruction

(00:13:28) Arson conspiracies and connecting the dots

(00:23:08) The fire timeline

(00:32:42) Twin Falls In-N-Out shooting

(00:42:01) Twin Falls police press conference

(00:50:36) Mainstream media meets the Internet

(00:53:23) Dan Gookin and the world's strangest PSA

(00:56:44) Value-4-value

(01:04:53) Prison Mike

(01:15:17) Scott's Shots

(01:16:05) How much purchasing power has the dollar lost?

(01:25:18) Idaho's nuclear-energy future

(01:30:27) $50 billion in capital and $10 billion in tax revenue

(01:34:51) Idaho's cloud-seeding program

(01:38:37) Texas THC laws

(01:42:31) Idaho's population boom and falling crime

NO ID is Idaho's mainstream media deconstruction podcast, covering politics, government, local media, and the stories behind the stories shaping the Inland Northwest.

If you find value in our show, return some value: Share it with someone, leave a rating or review, or become an executive producer.

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