Four Eyes, No Leader, a Submarine Called Charlotte and The 10 Dumbest Things Said This Week
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Four Eyes, No Leader, a Submarine Called Charlotte and The 10 Dumbest Things Said This Week

SecWar Hegseth and Admiral Cooper laid it all out at CENTCOM — and the message is simple: Iran hasn't seen anything yet. Plus, the Five Eyes lose one, the USS Charlotte gets a kill, 53 Democrats pick a weird hill to die on, and of course – James Lileks is in the house for yet another round of The 10 Dumbest Things Said This Week.

Watch this episode here.
  • (00:00) - Part I
  • (00:55) - Week 1 of the Iran war
  • (03:17) - CENTCOM briefing headlines
  • (04:30) - Iran delays naming new leader
  • (07:58) - House vote on Iran terror status
  • (12:49) - Hegseth on rules of engagement
  • (15:07) - Refugees and will to fight
  • (19:28) - Russia and China recalculating
  • (24:21) - Biden Iran policy flashback
  • (25:55) - Part II
  • (31:45) - The 10 Dumbest Things Said This Week

Creators and Guests

Duane Patterson
Host
Duane Patterson
Producer of @hughhewitt, Aftershow podcast in the Hughniverse, columnist at Hot Air. Shot in cold blood by @CJBoxAuthor
James Lileks
Guest
James Lileks
Writer, ex- columnist for @StarTribune because hey, the ash-heap waits for all, mid-century pop-culture enthusiast, hater of "quirky" last lines in online bios