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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" is a question about freedom of movement — and once you find out who asked it and who they were asking it about, it reframes a whole lot of what's happening in the Middle East right now.
SpaceX beat sales expectations by $400 million and jumped 20% — we run the math on what that actually means for a company valued at $1.65 trillion and let you decide if those numbers live on the same planet. Tesla followed the coattails up and we have a theory about how those two stocks are basically holding hands at this point.
Ukraine had another productive week — Engels-2 airbase got a visit, refineries in Saratov and Ufa are on the list, and Wildberries absorbed more losses across multiple regions including one with a video so perfectly scored it could be a short film. We also have a breaking update out of the Vladimir Region and a private Russian company that just accidentally made a very loud political statement about Crimea. Russian new recruits meanwhile showed up to graduation with hardware that debuted before the Beatles did, and a drone warfare university near the Ukrainian border made a very predictable enrollment decision.
The reflecting pool saga gets its most satisfying chapter yet — the charges were dropped, the reason cited in the motion is going to make you smile, and both Trump and Doug Burgum immediately turned on the person who dropped them. So do facts matter again? We investigate.
Tucker Carlson, MTG, and Thomas Massie sat down for a photo in Maine and didn't say they were starting a movement, which is exactly what people starting a movement say. We have complicated feelings about this and we're going to be honest about all of them.
Texas decided that synthetic weed deserves harsher penalties than drunk driving, punching strangers, or running naked downtown — we built the vacation guide so you don't have to. And New York City's plan to put trash in trash cans has somehow generated architectural opposition.
