Just One Thing: Israel strikes Iranian terrorist-generals in Syria
I’ve gotta say that this is quite a remarkable story: Yesterday, an Israeli air strike demolished the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, or rather a building that Iran called a consulate but Israel says was nothing of the sort, killing two senior Iranian generals and five other officers (at least one of whom is also thought to have been a senior member of the IRGC) and a member of Hezbollah, according to the Associated Press. That kind of person is not in Syria for anything other than to coordinate attacks on Israel and on American interests in the region. Israel did not admit to the attack but a spokeperson for the IDF said that Iran was behind a drone strike earlier Monday in which a drone flew in from Jordan and hit a building at a navy base in the southern Israel city of Eilat. There were no reported injuries. Fortunately, there were reported injuries of terrorists with American and Israeli blood on their hands when Israel struck back. Now we’ll see if or how Iran strikes back.
Israeli strike on Iran's consulate in Syria killed two generals, Iranian officials say (msn.com)
Fascinating analysis: Inside story: Israel declares war on Iran’s warrior-diplomats | Amwaj.media
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"Havana Syndrome" more likely "Moscow Syndrome" (but gov't says it doesn't think so)
The news isn't surprising. Getting close to proving it is. Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on U.S. officials and their families (theins.ru)
A new report based on investigations by a major German newspaper, a group of Russian exile investigative journalists, and 60 Minutes points toward the so-called Havana Syndrome being part of a Russian operation against US intelligence agents, especially agents working against Russian interests. The effects include a sudden onset of intense headache, loss of balance, sometimes associated with vomiting, and often resulting in long-lasting effects to brain function, from a decline cognitive activity to dizziness to headaches to loss of physical coordination. One apparent victim seems to have holes in her inner ear canals. The US government says there is not actually evidence that these effects result from any attack, but rather from an assortment of normal medical issues. An attorney for some victims says the US is covering up the attacks. I wish I thought he were wrong.
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One More Thing: Things people made the new guy do
"Snipe Hunting" and the non-existing "trading-card stretcher" that we'd tell new clerks to go find (when I worked on the trading floor) inspired some listener texts of stuff they'd tell the new guy to do:
We would send new motorcycle mechanics to find a muffler bearing
Ross, I worked in a very busy restaurant as a manager and I used to send the newbies to go across the street to our sister restaurant for a fresh bag of steam and a left hand spatula
Ross working in restaurants for many years we would have new bussers or dishwashers go to one of the restaurants and ask for a bucket of ice mix
Ross In the Army, we would give a private a hammer and have him bang on the side of a tank looking for soft in the armor he would put an X with chalk everywhere he hit the tank.
In the Army Signal Corps, we used to ask the newbies to go get a frequency stretcher from the supply sergeant
Exhaust sample from a HMMWV in the Army
I was a commercial fisherman back in the day off the coast of Alaska. The greenhorns were often sent into the local coastal town to pick up 50 yards of shoreline.
While working at McDonald's growing up. we would always send the rookies to the back room to get some ice mix
A bucket of steam
Ross growing up, and in high school, I was a bat boy for the Rockies one of the pranks we always used to play was having someone look for the keys to the batters box
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Today's Guests
Talmage Boston is a speaker, historian and author. His new book is "How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons From Our Top Presidents"
Home - Talmage Boston - Attorney - Historian - Speaker Interviewer
Talmage Boston - Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP
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Kellie Meyer is a national correspondent for NewsNation. She'll tell us what she's learning about the "veepstakes" as Donald Trump seeks a running mate for the 2024 election.
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Larry Lesser is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas - El Paso (UTEP) and one of the nation's leading experts on lottery math. We'll discuss the odds of what happened in Colorado a few days ago: Three $50,000 winning tickets from the Powerball lottery being sold at the same store. The answer is VERY much dependent on exactly how you ask the question and is also at least partially dependent on information we don't have, such as how many tickets the store sold.
4 Powerball winning tickets worth $50,000 sold in Colorado Sunday | FOX31 Denver (kdvr.com)
Here’s the song he mentioned at the end of his interview today: https://causeweb.org/cause/resources/fun/songs/average
And he's a singer too! In his version of "The Gambler", Larry uses the classic Kenny Rogers song to teach folks about the lottery:
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Other Stuff
The (continuing) end of an era: Last survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102 - POLITICO
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Big win for religious liberty and free speech: Judge enters injunction in 303 Creative case | Courts | coloradopolitics.com
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This poll is probably wrong given how red the district is but if I were a CD4 voter, I wouldn't risk it; I'd support Flora or Sonnenberg. Lauren Boebert trails Democrat Ike McCorkle by 7 points | Elections | coloradopolitics.com
The way I see it, Flora or Sonnenberg needs to get out and endorse the other in order to defeat Boebert. But I don't see it happening, not least because I really couldn't tell you that I think there's a stronger case for one to get out than for the other.
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As I've mentioned, you don't need to have the most money to win an election; you just need enough money. Will Trump have enough? Probably, but he won't get nearly the free "earned" media coverage that he got in 2016 when liberal TV hosts and stations thought that they'd be helping Hillary by boosting Trump, whom they thought couldn't win. Axios: Trump's donor CPR
Trump hopes to rake in $33 million during Florida fundraiser | AP News
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Speaking of the 2024 election: China’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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Love this story: The real D.C. crime wave - POLITICO
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She's probably right: nobody who steals a car (or the stuff in it) wants a bible: AirTag in Bible helps pregnant Tennessee carjacking victim find car (kdvr.com)
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In many places (I don't have a prediction about Florida), abortion will continue to not just be a central election issue, but a bad one for Republicans: Florida Supreme Court upholds strict abortion bans while giving voters a say in November - POLITICO
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Trump posts bond in NY "fraud" case: Trump posts $175 million bond in New York civil fraud case | CNN Politics
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I owe you a couple of things from yesterday:
When your sanctuary city is tired of offering sanctuary:
Video from inside shelter shows city official trying to convince migrants to move on | 9news.com
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This is intense and thought-provoking: ‘I’m 28. And I’m Scheduled to Die in May.’ | The Free Press (thefp.com)
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I think many folks figured this out long ago but the willingness to push back in public (or in large private meetings) is new: UBS Banker’s Frustration Exposes Cracks in World of Climate Finance - BNN Bloomberg
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Have you heard from AT&T (if you are/were a customer)?
Data from 73M current, former customers leaked on dark web, AT&T confirms - ABC News (go.com)
Interesting detail on insufficiently encrypted codes: AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online | TechCrunch
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I like this story: Axios: JOMO - The opposite of FOMO
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When the huge earthquake hit Turkey last year, I said on the show that Erdogan's political future may depend on how well the government responds to the tragedy/crisis. So far it appears they haven't responded well enough. This is good news for Turkey and for the world but it won't make much difference outside of Turkey unless and until 1) Erdogan is pushed out of office and 2) he's replace by a West-leaning non-Islamist: Is the Erdogan Era Ending in Turkey? - WSJ
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Today's Videos
Gooooooaaaaalllll!!!!!
A future guest bedroom...or a murder room?
TikTok couple discovers secret room behind bookcase in their home (nypost.com)