The Vibes Giveth

There was SO. MUCH. NEWS. in the last 2 weeks that Mike and Erol decide to go a bit rogue. The focus is all in the first round today, from Biden and Dems getting their groove back to a really bad couple of weeks for some really bad people.

Erol's drinking: Green tea with honey, squeezed lemon, and freshly picked mint

Mike's drinking: High Noon Guava

Show Links:

The drone that killed Zawahiri will haunt your dreams https://theweek.com/briefing/1015696/how-the-us-killed-al-qaeda-leader-ayman-al-zawahiri-and-only-al-zawahiri-with-a

Gaming out a Taiwan/China conflict https://www.wsj.com/articles/war-game-finds-u-s-taiwan-can-defend-against-a-chinese-invasion-11660047804

Spicy Nuggets:

Erol: Hey, that's my house. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/04/hey-thats-my-house-us-aid-worker-realises-zawahiri-villa-is-his-old-home

Mike's TWO Spicy Nuggets: Trump endorses ERIC in the Missouri Senate primary: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/01/trump-greitens-missouri-senate/

Kamala Harris celebrates passing the Inflation Reduction Act by going to see Lady Gaga: [No link, this hasn't been reported from what I can tell. Did we just break news on this show?? VERY spicy.”]