JL;DR SUMMARY During the vice presidential debate, the first question posed to Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz centered on the controversial topic of a preemptive Israeli strike on Iran, amid increased tensions as Iran launched missiles at Israel earlier that day. 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'.