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Back to episode — Episode 2871 CWSA 06/17/25

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a better time. But for those of you who would like to take this experience up to levels that no one can understand with their tiny shiny human brains, all you need for that is a cup or a mug or a glass, a tanker, chalice or stein, a canteen, jug or flask, vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure, the dopamine hit of the day…

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hat was allegedly Elon Musk's medical report showing that he had no drug use. Is that real? Does anybody know if that's real? Because it wasn't on his account. It was somebody else's account. I don't know. But we'll put a pin in that. I don't know if that's real.

According to Live Science, there's now an EV battery, thanks to the Brits, that can recharge in 18 seconds. And apparently it's been approved for mass production. So it's actually coming. It doesn't say what kind of distance you get, but imagine fully recharging your battery in 18 seconds. That's current technology. I'll tell you this. This battery stuff is going to change everything.

In other power news, obviously we'll talk about Israel and Iran in a moment, but Trump fired Biden's nuclear regulator. I guess there was a nuclear regulator according to the Daily Caller News Foundation. And Trump got rid of him. So apparently that one person might have been slowing down approvals. That's just my guess. But Trump is very serious about making nuclear power work. So I don't know how many regulations he has to get rid of or how many people he has to fire, but there does seem to be some will and ability to do both. So nuclear is coming.

Here's a problem we wish we had. If you think of all the problems that the United States has or whatever country you're in, apparently over in Spain, Portugal, and Italy there are major protests against over-tourism. Over-to

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urism. Now, I get it because you don't want too much traffic and it interferes with your life. But I wouldn't mind living in a country where your biggest problem is too many people want to visit because it's so nice. That'd be a good problem. So Italy, Portugal, and Spain, I feel your pain, but not very much. You've got a pretty good problem there. All right, let's talk about Trump and Iran. Toda…

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