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The Friday episode was prior to news of the strike on Iranian nuclear sites & President Donald Trump implying regime change, should Iran not cease its nuclear ambitions. Think of this as a test of Tim's prediction abilities.
On June 20, before the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, Tim had Stacy Washington, a conservative radio host, as the guest.
Ian & Phil were the co-hosts.
Clip Collection:
-Tim opens the show, talking about rumours that Trump was being advised tactical nuclear weapons would be needed to break the facilities enough for bunker buster munitions to pierce them. The beanie boy brings up discussions allegedly had with non-interventionists & theorises these threats are merely a negotiating tactic:
-Another theory the beanie boy expounds upon is the threat of nuclear weapons being used is to offer the milder approach of a ground incursion into Iran, to take down the nuclear sites. Stacy makes the mistake of using Top Gun: Maverick's plot to explain how the strike would go. This lets Tim append A New Hope reference, as well:
-Stacy prefers to let the Israelis handle things, or barring that, use bunker busters, rather than an invasion or nuclear strike. Ian notes that this situation stems from the coup which removed Mohammed Mossadegh, in the 1950's. Phil tries to rebut this being pertinent to the current situation, but Our Graphene Guy actually does a decent job laying out the path from installing the Shah to the rise of the islamists which eventually took power. This talk of ayatollahs makes Tim reference a clip from The Simpsons. When Tim asks why he should care about Iran becoming a nuclear power, Ian surprises me by representing the argument from pro-regime change advocates well. As Phil brings up Ian talking about fomenting a revolution in Iran, the manlet musician jokes he sounds like a CIA plant. Tim adds to this, remarking that it would be hilarious if Ian's whole shtick was an act & he really was one. If Tim was the cover for Ian to make these kinds of arguments, (playing the beanie for him, if you will) I could believe it:
-Tim asserts that articles should not attempt to label the Minnesota shooter as a madman, because he wrote a letter to the FBI, claiming Governor Tim Walz (D) told him to assassinate Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) to allegedly ease his run for her office. He claims this should be labelled as an "op-ed", instead, to which Ian responds that if a crazed person made wild claims, the reporter should make note of that. The beanie boy brings up The Daily Beast write-up of his alleged catnapping, as an example of why things should be fact-based only, instead of choosing when to include editorialising additions. Tim claims, & Ian corroborates, that Emily Molli left her cat in Our Graphene Guy's care & Tim did not have it. Tim claims The Daily Beast was aware of the police not pursuing any charges on him & still published the article. After a nearly six minute detour into cat-napping, the panel finally gets back to the assassination story:
-The first super-chat brings up Pakistan nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, which has become funny, in retrospect. The second, which leads Tim into talking about a joke he made using President John F. Kennedy's line calling for people to serve the country, instead substituting in Israel. Apparently it is drop several bunker busters. Tim, also, gets to gripe about being called a zionist:
-Tim hints that Jordan Klepper, from The Daily Show, may be appearing, soon:
-After news of the attack broke, Tim gave his usual stellar analysis:

(archive)
Tim brings up the risk of gas prices soaring, in time for the American summer travel season, due to a blockade of the Straight of Hormuz. The beanie boy sees this leading to a ground invasion of Iran:

(archive)
Tim re-posted Michael "Horatio Troonblower" Cernovich's take that this was an offence to the MAGA base & offers little room for future failures by the Trump administration:

(archive)
But this is followed up with Tim agreeing with Charlie Kirk that people should not over-react to Trump bombing a sovereign nation:

(archive)
On June 20, before the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, Tim had Stacy Washington, a conservative radio host, as the guest.
Ian & Phil were the co-hosts.
Clip Collection:
-Tim opens the show, talking about rumours that Trump was being advised tactical nuclear weapons would be needed to break the facilities enough for bunker buster munitions to pierce them. The beanie boy brings up discussions allegedly had with non-interventionists & theorises these threats are merely a negotiating tactic:
-Another theory the beanie boy expounds upon is the threat of nuclear weapons being used is to offer the milder approach of a ground incursion into Iran, to take down the nuclear sites. Stacy makes the mistake of using Top Gun: Maverick's plot to explain how the strike would go. This lets Tim append A New Hope reference, as well:
-Stacy prefers to let the Israelis handle things, or barring that, use bunker busters, rather than an invasion or nuclear strike. Ian notes that this situation stems from the coup which removed Mohammed Mossadegh, in the 1950's. Phil tries to rebut this being pertinent to the current situation, but Our Graphene Guy actually does a decent job laying out the path from installing the Shah to the rise of the islamists which eventually took power. This talk of ayatollahs makes Tim reference a clip from The Simpsons. When Tim asks why he should care about Iran becoming a nuclear power, Ian surprises me by representing the argument from pro-regime change advocates well. As Phil brings up Ian talking about fomenting a revolution in Iran, the manlet musician jokes he sounds like a CIA plant. Tim adds to this, remarking that it would be hilarious if Ian's whole shtick was an act & he really was one. If Tim was the cover for Ian to make these kinds of arguments, (playing the beanie for him, if you will) I could believe it:
-Tim asserts that articles should not attempt to label the Minnesota shooter as a madman, because he wrote a letter to the FBI, claiming Governor Tim Walz (D) told him to assassinate Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) to allegedly ease his run for her office. He claims this should be labelled as an "op-ed", instead, to which Ian responds that if a crazed person made wild claims, the reporter should make note of that. The beanie boy brings up The Daily Beast write-up of his alleged catnapping, as an example of why things should be fact-based only, instead of choosing when to include editorialising additions. Tim claims, & Ian corroborates, that Emily Molli left her cat in Our Graphene Guy's care & Tim did not have it. Tim claims The Daily Beast was aware of the police not pursuing any charges on him & still published the article. After a nearly six minute detour into cat-napping, the panel finally gets back to the assassination story:
-The first super-chat brings up Pakistan nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, which has become funny, in retrospect. The second, which leads Tim into talking about a joke he made using President John F. Kennedy's line calling for people to serve the country, instead substituting in Israel. Apparently it is drop several bunker busters. Tim, also, gets to gripe about being called a zionist:
-Tim hints that Jordan Klepper, from The Daily Show, may be appearing, soon:
-After news of the attack broke, Tim gave his usual stellar analysis:

(archive)
Tim brings up the risk of gas prices soaring, in time for the American summer travel season, due to a blockade of the Straight of Hormuz. The beanie boy sees this leading to a ground invasion of Iran:

(archive)
Tim re-posted Michael "Horatio Troonblower" Cernovich's take that this was an offence to the MAGA base & offers little room for future failures by the Trump administration:

(archive)
But this is followed up with Tim agreeing with Charlie Kirk that people should not over-react to Trump bombing a sovereign nation:

(archive)