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Transcripts. ... 31 October 04

I’ve been transcribing The Power of Nightmares.

It’s that important.

You can read the transcript of the first half of Part 1 here.

Here’s the second half.

And the first half of part 2.

And the second half of part 2.

[Nov. 9—Here are the first and second halves of part 3.]

I’ve now done all I can.

[ UPDATE , 1 November—Thanks to all who have linked to, emailed, or otherwise disseminated this information.

I’ve made a couple of minor edits, as follows:

In the lead-in to Part 1, the sentence

A threat that needs to be fought via a war on terror.

has been changed to

A threat that needs to be fought by a war on terror. (I misheardified it the first time.)

Also, at the risk of being REALLY pedantic, the original air time for both episodes was 9 pm, not 8 pm. I have edited all transcripts accordingly.

Finally, I apologize for the eccentric mix of SMALL CAPS and large caps in some of the text. The CMS I use is great, but sometimes it’s a bit quirky, and anyway I’m using an ancient beta version. I have plans to do something about this, but not right away.

If anyone finds any other errors—typos, obvious mis-hearings, misspellings of foreign names, etc.—please let me know. Factual errors, if any, are obviously not my responsibility. ]

React!

  1. Crosspost:

    So, there’s a simple answer to why the United States finds itself hated by the rest of the world, at war with a sixth of it, in a quagmire in Iraq, and burning money as if it were confetti even as we slide into environmental and social catastrophe:

    The Republican Party ideological elite is populated by morons. Passionate morons.

    This makes a great deal of sense.
    — js    Oct 31, 8:27am    #
  2. Damn, you\’re an invaluable resource!

    Thanks for the hard work. I\’m passing the link to the download for Part II to my information-deprived friends in the US. Haven\’t heard their reactions yet to Part I; not sure how many of them actually took the trouble to download it.

    Ah, well. Part III on Wednesday; should be interesting.
    Mike    Oct 31, 9:58am    #
  3. Vaara, this is off-topic but if you are reading this today, go and check

    http://teletekst.nos.nl/gif/192-01.html?navi=192&submit=gaan

    I think you may find this amusing. Het gaat over de inburgering en Nederlanders die het examen zelf hebben afgelegd met tegenvallende resultaten! Zelfs LPF kamerlid Nawijnen vond de vragen onnozel.
    Guy    Oct 31, 10:50am    #
  4. \”Wat is er zo leuk aan een Nederlandse man\”? WTF?

    thanks Guy... dat was heel erg grappig. Maar geen verrassing, hoor!

    Mike: I\’m looking forward to Part III as well, though I\’m not sure I\’ll be awake to watch it, what with having stayed up all night and stuff.

    And transcription might not happen till the week after next. Both my parents are coming from the U.S. for our wedding thingie. :)
    — vaara    Oct 31, 2:42pm    #
  5. You made one of the most popular US political blogs. Well done!
    http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2004_10_31_digbysblog_archive.html#109924402578371887

    hopefully this will get this series more eyeballs.
    — justin    Oct 31, 8:17pm    #
  6. Congratulations on your upcoming ceremony!(started to say marriage, but that part probably began long ago...)

    Thank you for transcribing this important presentation for us in the US. Just happened upon a cross-post and have already put a link up on the blog at www.morningsedition.com. (before I even started reading it...aren\’t I selfless?) Fun show if you\’ve never heard of it—on AirAmericaRadio and comes on at a decent hour for you (6-9a EST)

    I\’ll also post it at DemocraticUnderground.com (where I originally read about the series). I imagine you\’ll see an increase in hits ;-)

    Thanks again!
    Kerry in a Landslide!
    BQ    Oct 31, 8:26pm    #
  7. Thanks for letting me know about this Silt.
    It\’s a most excellent thing you\’re doing.
    I tried contacting the BBC to get a transcript after the first programme aired, but without any luck. It never even crossed my mind to make a transcript myself.

    And you\’re right, it is important.


    Good on ya.
    Blue Stone    Oct 31, 9:30pm    #
  8. Hey thanks for seeding the \’power of nightmare\’ doc. I\’m excited to see it.
    howard    Nov 1, 1:39am    #
  9. Those with a little less BT-savviness may want to know that they do need to sign up at http://conspiracy.hopto.org in order to make their downloads even start.

    It\’s an easy, non-verifying process, so it takes all of ten seconds.
    Teaflax    Nov 1, 2:19am    #
  10. Those with a little less BT-savviness may want to know that they do need to sign up at...

    As far as I can tell the .torrent links leads to SuprNova, no registration required. What are you trying to do to the less BT-savvy?
    — Omada    Nov 1, 8:08am    #
  11. Anyway, go here and use the search engine. Enter the word Nightmares in the search field and push the button to find the show in several different formats, from small Real Video to 700 MB DivX.

    I haven\’t seen them myself, but the ones that says VCD will probably be playable on most systems without hassles.
    — Omada    Nov 1, 8:26am    #
  12. Some torrents (the minority) that Suprnova will return in a search, do require registration, because the trackers are on register-only sites - which Suprnova allows in it\’s listings.

    http://www.uknova.com/ is a register only site (just requires a valid e-mail address) which has the episodes in 600MB VCD versions - which are just MPEG 1 - and playable on virtually anything.
    —And thanks again, Silt. :)
    Blue Stone    Nov 1, 12:17pm    #
  13. Thank you, vaara.
    Elton Beard    Nov 1, 8:53pm    #
  14. Thanks, Vaara. Calling it an \”important\” documentary doesn\’t do it justice. It\’s like a veil was lifted from my eyes.

    And, the torrent I got through Vaara\’s link was tracked through http://conspiracy.hopto.org, which requires registration in order to keep track of ul/dl ratios.
    Teaflax    Nov 2, 2:52pm    #
  15. Thank you for an invaluable service. Hoping that the Hong Kong english-language stations pick this up from the BBC, but in the meantime I\’m enjoying the torrents and transcripts.
    Tom - daai tou laam    Nov 4, 2:58am    #
  16. With hat in hand, humbly, humbly I ask if you\’ll be doing a transcript of Part 3?
    Jen in Brooklyn    Nov 4, 11:33pm    #
  17. I shall indeed, but it might take a while... I’ve been having trouble locating a bittorrent of it so far. There’s one available via UKNova but its registration system doesn’t seem to work for me.

    Stay tuned...
    — vaara    Nov 4, 11:55pm    #
  18. For what it\’s worth, part 3 appears to be up on UKNova. Free signup, login, and search for \”nightmares\” in the Documentaries section.
    Mike    Nov 5, 12:15am    #
  19. Downloaded it last night as a VCD.mpg file, and it works fine.
    Mike    Nov 5, 8:31am    #
  20. Well, then why don\’t you transcribe the bloody thing??

    *ahem* what I mean is, the uknova registration system is fucked up. I selected a username and password, entered my email address, received the confirmation email, and clicked on the confirmation link.

    But whenever I try to log in, I get an \”incorrect username and password\” message. And when I try to use the \”send username and password\” link, it doesn\’t recognize my email address—the very same email address they\’ve already used to confirm my account!

    So, I\’ll just have to wait till there\’s a non-password-protected torrent out there.

    In any case I probably won\’t have any time to transcribe it till late next week. Personal business.
    — vaara    Nov 5, 11:00am    #
  21. Actually, I\’ll be happy to give it a shot.

    I\’ll get started over the next few days, and come the end of next week, if I haven\’t finished yet and you\’re ready to go, you can take over or just wait until I get it done. Should be fun.
    Mike    Nov 5, 11:38am    #
  22. Sounds great! And don\’t hesitate to C&P whatever you need from the existing transcripts. The first couple of minutes are exactly the same as in the first two, and there\’s a bit of repetition at the end too.
    — vaara    Nov 5, 3:20pm    #
  23. Excellent work done with the transcription. Indeed a very important work.

    Are you aware of this being in the form of subtitles to the show? I\’d like to get moving with translation into my language as I need to show this to a lot of people—but english language subtitles would be a better starting point.
    zzen    Nov 7, 5:36pm    #
  24. You can also find links for downloading this from the BitTorrent or eDonkey networks at filesyouneed.com: Power of Nightmares

    ;)
    Tim Osman    Nov 8, 2:03am    #
  25. Thanks Tim! That\’s exactly what I needed. I\’ve just downloaded part 3, so the transcripts should be available shortly (probably by tomorrow evening), thanks in large part to Mike\’s contribution (see above).

    Zzen - I don\’t know how you\’d go about obtaining a script for subtitles. The transcripts here are unofficial, unauthorized ones. So I suppose that if you wanted to create subtitles, you\’d have to watch the video and insert breaks in the script manually. Of course you\’re more than welcome—in fact, you\’re encouraged—to copy my transcripts and use them for whatever purpose you want.

    Incidentally, I read something on imdb that seems to indicate that they\’re planning a DVD release. Though it\’s probably way too early to confirm this, much less predict a release date.
    — vaara    Nov 8, 1:21pm    #
  26. vaara: I contacted the BBC through their web site to try and obtain a legitimate DVD of the documentary, and got the following response:


    Thank you for your question/questions regarding Power of Nightmares.

    At present we do not have any information relating to whether the
    programme will be re-broadcast. Unfortunately the resources to show
    previous episodes are not available at present.


    Due to resource limitations the programme\’s transcripts are not
    available.


    We regret that there are currently no plans for the programme to be
    released on DVD. However, you may be interested to visit the programme\’s
    web content: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3951615.stm

    Regards

    Anthony Simon
    Assistant Editor, Current Affairs Interactive

    — silence    Nov 9, 4:11am    #
  27. thanks so much for your service.

    joy.

    Don\’t for the given rule of MoW.

    Everyone is invited.
    wah    Nov 10, 4:12am    #
  28. err, don\’t forget. Don\’t ever forget.

    We\’re on this rock together.

    peace.
    wah    Nov 10, 4:26am    #
  29. You can watch all three episodes on line at
    www.informationclearinghouse.info

    What you have done is simply amazing. A friend of a friend who has dial-up couldn\’t watch the show on-line, so I have sent her here!

    Bravo, and hat\’s off, for a job well done.

    \”If we stop breathing we\’ll die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die.\” - Casablanca 1941
    Paul    Nov 10, 5:34am    #
  30. also noticed that someone has posted a DVD encode to usenet, alt.binaries.multimedia http://abvcd.how.to/

    -ReleaseNotes:———————————————
    The raw digital broadcast streams were used to make this DVD. The video has not been re-encoded at all - thus preserving as much of the original quality as is technically possible. There is no logo, and chapter points and a menu have been included.
    Since most of the footage is 4:3, and the broadcast format is 16:9, the show was pillarboxed by the broadcasters. Rather than re-encode the video and risk screwing up the interlacing of the old footage, we kept it as is, and your DVD player should display it properly depending on what you set your TV format to in the DVD player\’s setup menu. PC players will display the 16:9 version.
    -Specifications:——————————————————
    Format: PAL DVD-Video
    Region Code: None
    Source: 576i Digital TV
    Video: Anamorphic Widescreen - 16:9 (enhanced for widescreen TVs)
    Audio: AC3 Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
    Subtitles: None
    Tim Osman    Nov 11, 5:51pm    #
  31. When I click on your \”second half\” of Part III, I get the first half of that Part. What do I need to do to get a transcript of the second half of Part III? Many thanks. Regards,
    Jeff Stevens    Nov 14, 10:25pm    #
  32. Whoops! Thanks for pointing that out. I\’ve now fixed the link. In any case there\’s also a link to the second half at the end of the transcript of the first half.
    — vaara    Nov 14, 10:49pm    #
  33. Thanks for all the work!
    Karen    Nov 16, 1:04pm    #
  34. Stumbled across your transcript by accident. When I saw the programmes at the time I felt sad that other people would not get the chance to see the truth that\’s \”out there\”, so hats off to you for spreading the word.
    Starbuck    Nov 19, 12:11am    #
  35. I was looking for torrents, and found your transcripts which will be a great help in passing this information on to the great unwashed masses here in Jesusland. (U.S.)
    — Fenris_Wulf    Nov 19, 4:30am    #
  36. Now that all of the transcripts are done, how about collating them into a single download link? Geoffrey
    Geoffrey    Nov 19, 8:56am    #
  37. Thanks again for the sterling work you\’ve done in preparing the transcripts for us. After I posted my last message, I thought, \”Sod it,\” and decided to make my own single-file version of the transcripts. I\’ve added a link-reference section to the frontispiece, and each section also sports a URL that leads to the official BBC web page for the program. Interested parties can grab the full 3-part transcription of Mike\’s here: http://madrigal.org.uk/~brains/The_Power_Of_Nightmares.txt (153k DOS-formatted plain text, non-wrapped) Geoffrey
    Geoffrey    Nov 19, 9:40am    #
  38. Thanks! I really appreciate this transcript. I thought I would have to wait for a long time. The real question which the documentary doesn\’t seem to cover is the relation of Strauss to Nietzsche. Then again, I\’ve not read it all or looked at \’all\’ of the documentary yet, only parts. But I suspect I\’m right nevertheless.
    David Frisby    Nov 21, 9:35am    #
  39. MISTAKE—YOUR LINK TO THE SECOND HALF OF PART 3 IS WRONG. IT POINTS TO THE FIRST HALF OF PART 3—PLEASE FIX.

    I MANAGED TO GUESS THE URL, HERE IT IS (BUT PLEASE STILL FIX SO OTHERS DON’T MISS IT):

    http://silt3.com/index.php?id=587

    THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK !!
    Anonymous    Dec 8, 5:54pm    #
  40. truth out
    Barbara Haddad    Dec 8, 8:25pm    #
  41. To Anonymous #39 … thanks for the tip. It’s fixed now.
    vaara    Dec 10, 11:51pm    #
  42. Thanks a million for posting the transcript – you saved me so much time typing up my own. I tried contacting BBC2 with no luck. THANKS! THANKS! THANKS!!!
    Geri    Dec 14, 11:43am    #
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