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4 Feb

Are We Suckers?

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JL;DR SUMMARY The episode explores the transitory nature of political news, exemplified by exaggerated concerns over trade wars that quickly dissipate, linking this discourse to broader geopolitical issues involving Iran and Hamas. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Tags

Biden Administration  Trump Administration  Iran  Netanyahu  Israel Hamas Conflict  Us Foreign Policy  Middle East Politics  Tariffs  Trade War  Government Accountability 

Places mentioned

Panama
"Was it that we were taking the Panama Canal, or we were going to invade Greenland, and everybody was hysterical, and then by the time the people were tweeting, the news had already shifted to something else."
Cuba
"That was Colombia."
Greenland
"Was it that we were taking the Panama Canal, or we were going to invade Greenland, and everybody was hysterical, and then by the time the people were tweeting, the news had already shifted to something else."
New York, United States
"35 years of Trump, as a New Yorker, I should have known that this was vaporware, that he was announcing it, that there would be a Band-Aid put on it, that he would claim victory."
Canada
"Trump announces these tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China, and by the end of the day, Trump is taking off-the-shelf, already extant programs from Mexico and Canada, saying, see, they've bent to my will."
Mexico
"Trump announces these tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China, and by the end of the day, Trump is taking off-the-shelf, already extant programs from Mexico and Canada, saying, see, they've bent to my will."
China
"Trump announces these tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China, and by the end of the day, Trump is taking off-the-shelf, already extant programs from Mexico and Canada, saying, see, they've bent to my will."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"I have friends who are, who drive back and forth all the time to Toronto and Montreal and, you know, like their cars get searched."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"I have friends who are, who drive back and forth all the time to Toronto and Montreal and, you know, like their cars get searched."
Buffalo, New York, United States
"And so we had to drive across the border because it was easier to drive to Buffalo or wherever to a children's hospital than to stay in Canada and think about that stuff."
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Retrieved 2025-02-05 05:30:55 UTC
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