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John Dvorak really digs the new episode of American Experience on PBS titled, Hard Hat Riot. “It’s one of the best histories I’ve seen. I know part of it, I was there, pretty much—but I’m watching this going, this is all news to me. It’s fascinating!” From PBS.com: On May 8, 1970, construction workers in

John Dvorak: I recommend a movie for people out there who haven’t seen it. It’s an old movie, but you can dig it up now and again. It’s one of the first Le Carré films made, which was The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Adam Curry: Oh, classic… John Dvorak: And the reason

John Dvorak thinks that Oswald Spengler’s The Decline of the West is one of the greatest book ever written–that people have never read! John added that Decline of the West was written in 1918. But it’s very readable as it’s written in a modern style. John: Okay, so this is a screwball tip that came

John’s got a website he likes that puts all the stocks, commodities in one big dashboard called Finviz.com. It even has tipoffs of insider trading! John adds if you dig into the site, you can learn so much more. Adam is shocked it’s free because there’s so much info and feels it beats Yahoo Finance.

Dvorak started with a little lecture on Sake. Ginjo Sake is your baseline; it means it’s at least 100% rice wine and not distilled from other stuff. One observation Dvorak has made over the last thirty years is that when he buys sake from Costco or the local fish market, if it’s in a blue

John thinks this amazing Max Flat-Clinch Stapler is an outstanding product! You can easily staple up to 30 pages with this binding juggernaut. Get one on Amazon. [No Agenda #1796]

At first John Dvorak described this a screwball product, but Allulose appears to be a safe sugar substitute that doesn’t affect glucose levels. Dvorak swears it tastes exactly like sugar. Dvorak researched this product and described Allulose as a rare sugar that can be found in raisins and figs. At NoAgendaFun.com we eat high-protein, low-carb

If John Dvorak ever has to leave his casa, he relies on these Terracotta Watering Spikes to keep his plants from drying out and croaking. These are made of terracotta clay and are inserted into the plant’s soil, then you add a bottle (old wine bottle will do) filled with water upside down into the

Sometimes used by scoflaws trying to fool license plate readers, John Dvorak has discovered Rust-Oleum Reflective Coating Spray is an outstanding product if you need to make objects reflect a lot of light. Spray it on your mailbox or on anything needing a lot of reflectance for safety purposes. Adam joked you can spray it

Adam picks this Tip of the Day, and it’s a case of MRE Meals. These MRE’s (Meals Ready to Eat) from King Surplus feature self-heating elements, long shelf life and don’t require cooking equpiment. Adam’s second-place pick is The Farmer’s Dog, the popular dog food delivery subscription. He thinks it tastes pretty good! Shop for