JWSP
John Wayne's Surge Protector podcast is two guys discussing the world around us on a twice weekly basis. We try to look at things that we think are huge deals and sometimes those items are also flying under the radar for a lot of other media channels. Having known each other for many years some of the jokes you hear may not come off as jokes. Keep listening and you will get in the loop soon enough as well. We have a link to leave any feedback in most of the episodes so don't hesitate to reach out.
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This week's "Who Said It" comes courtesy of some very enthusiastic Australians at a very public event — and once you hear it, you'll understand why we led with it.
Tesla briefly popped on merger rumors before a federal probe into a fatal FSD crash in Texas brought it right back down. Turns out murder is still bad for stock prices, even in the golden age. SpaceX meanwhile continues its post-IPO slide and the numbers are starting to tell a story about the gap between hype and gravity.
Ukraine had a complicated week — Zelensky made a baffling unit naming decision that cost him a major diplomatic award from one of Ukraine's most loyal allies, and we genuinely cannot figure out the logic. ChatGPT was right there, man. On the brighter side, Ukraine is systematically dismantling Russia's oil infrastructure across Crimea and the Krasnodar region — gas sales in Crimea are currently suspended — and a Russian war blogger named Fighterbomber accidentally became Ukraine's most valuable drone spotter. The Michael Scott meme that followed is chef's kiss.
Washington DC is about to get a new mayor and Trump is already threatening to federalize the city if she wins — which tells you everything about how that race is going. Her potential victory connects to a growing political movement that's starting to look like the new currency of progressive endorsements.
The reflecting pool saga reaches a new low — vandals, apparently. Definitely vandals. Nothing to do with driving golf carts on fresh paint or hiring a contractor who looked like he was cast for a mob film. The Senate passed a war powers resolution on Iran that was bipartisan, historic, and ultimately completely irrelevant — but we'll tell you exactly which lone Democrat crossed the aisle in the wrong direction and why that matters.
And we close with the most morally conflicting story of the year: a US official pushing to annex Greenland just made the strongest argument we've ever heard — and it involves all-you-can-eat shrimp at Red Lobster. We're not proud of our reaction.
In case you wanted to see the Michael Scott meme the Ukrainians put up here's the link below
https://xcancel.com/1usc_army/status/2068633721301856485
