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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Guardian of the Toll Booth
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This week's "Who Said It" is a Truth Social post about the Strait of Hormuz that reads like it was written by a medieval toll booth operator who just discovered all caps — and it sets up everything that follows perfectly.
Tesla keeps sliding and SpaceX just got humbled by something China landed on a platform, which tells you everything about where the hype-to-reality ratio currently sits. We also have a war portfolio update that involves Greta Thunberg showing up somewhere she maybe didn't fully research before chaining herself to the fence.
Ukraine is doing things with maritime drones that have genuinely never been done before in the history of warfare — and the reason the Kerch Bridge is still standing turns out to be a masterclass in strategy that's worth understanding. Russia meanwhile is hearing sounds at home that Ukrainians have been living with for four years, and the tugboat situation has taken a turn that DMX would have appreciated.
Nine EU nations just threw down a serious challenge to the IOC over Russia's readmission to international sport — and we have some thoughts about the countries conspicuously absent from that list. A US Olympic athlete is facing a felony charge over the reflecting pool, Jeanine Pirro has declared it one of the most offensive things she's ever seen, and we're going to need a moment to process that statement given everything else that's happened in the last four years.
Trump has declared America the Guardian of the Strait of Hormuz and is charging a 20% toll on all cargo — which raises some fascinating questions about the definition of piracy, international maritime law, and what exactly differentiates us from the Iranians we spent months bombing for doing something similar. Mike Johnson explained why we need $350 billion more for the Pentagon and the reason involves a boogeyman that retired sometime around 1991.
And then Lindsay Graham died. We have a lot to say about that — including what the internet decided to do with the news approximately four minutes after it broke, the NDA situation, and the very DEI-flavored replacement process that followed.
Link to the Russian soldier video
