In this episode of the John Wayne’s Surge Protector Podcast, Eric Halsey and Alex Midway break down what’s really going on in today’s unpredictable markets. First, Alex gives a clear, memorable primer on short selling — using a simple $1,100 / 100-share example to show potential gains, margin risk, and why timing matters. Then the hosts dig into recent moves in Tesla (a pop to $426, closing around $391) and whether AI/tech excitement — with Nvidia in the headlines — is being rationally priced or just speculative hype. They close with political context: how comments and proposals around Russia–Ukraine can ripple through market sentiment, and why geopolitics matters to anyone with money invested. Practical, irreverent, and useful — this episode helps listeners spot risk and opportunity in a chaotic market. 

Show notes: 

 0:20 — Episode overview: what we’ll cover
 1:15 — Short selling explained — Alex’s $1,100 / 100-share example
 6:30 — Risk and margin calls — what can go wrong
 10:10 — Tesla deep dive: recent price action and what it means
 15:45 — Broader market context: Nvidia, AI hype, and valuation questions
 22:00 — Politics affecting markets: Russia–Ukraine commentary & implications
 28:30 — Key takeaways & actionable advice 

Today we are talking corruption. While there is much to choose from we focus on the one brought by tariffs and what it takes to get those tariffs removed. You might know about some of the events but the things that our fearless leader is giving up in return for lavish gifts would make a corporate raider blush with the sell off of assets. 

Why is the price of beef so high in America? The answer from Scott Bessent might surprise you and boggle your mind when you try to picture. 

Say what you will, there will always be content with the administration. 

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Today we  kick off with an update on Ukraine and the AI robot that was unleashed in Moscow earlier this week. It has since been taken to the glue factory to join the people that created it I would imagine. Link to this is below. 

We are also talking about Israel's Unit 100, hence the preface that we are in no way shape or form suicidal. I swam to shore with my broken ankle and Eric is planning a wedding so both looking forward to the future. But as you listen to the story you can figure out why the episode title is the title. 

We finish off with the upcoming Epstein vote and the White House's efforts to clam that up. The update is that Pam Bondi went ahead and said they're opening up an investigation into Epstein and that move kinda kills the vote. From what I understand, an active investigation means you can't vote to release files to the public so Epstein went from a hoax to public enemy number one but he only hung out with Democrats. That's a shame too, there was some super interesting info coming out in the documents so hopefully they can find a way to get them out instead of this kangaroo court. 

Oh yeah a reminder, not suicidal in the slightest. 

Watch the robot below

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Today we are talking about the many ways that the current administration is helping the American tax payer. 

Can't afford a home? We got you.

Can't afford a car? We got you.

Just tired of working and want some trickle back goodness? We got you. 

Also the Democratic shutdown has ended. It's called the Democratic shut down because the President is a Democrat, the House majority is Democratic, the Senate is just chock full of Democrats and wait they're not? HUNTER BIDEN'S LAPTOP!

Messing around with some things and trying to blend in a little walkout music and always, input is appreciated. 

We touch base on more than just Tesla in the news as we go in on acquisitions and shorts on today's show. 

 Fallout from the NYC mayoral race and a PSA about voting for the mayor of a town you don't live in.

Dive a little into the wild adventures of our FBI director and what he's doing to keep us safe and not come off sounding like a hypocrite. 

Finally do we have a wedding in the future? Not talking about Eric but rather that grieving widow in the skin tight leather pants who's all over the socials. Spending time with the President, Vice President and even Jesse Waters is having a hug to good measure. 

Today we dive in to Tesla and stock as a whole, apparently we're not the only ones dumbfounded by the numbers. 

Elon has a great invention up ahead and I'll give you a clue, it's not new tech where a Tesla stops itself before plowing into a baby carriage in a crosswalk. 

The Ukraine update takes longer as today we're talking about multiple wars and not just one. Ukraine also does something Operation Spiderweb esque. There can't be a single wheelbarrow for sale in that country as they are all in use to move the giant set of nuts by the Ministry heads. 

Also D's out for Dick Cheney

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The Tesla ticker takes slightly more time than imagined as we get in to depth on stocks. Spoiler alert: still consider it to be a shell game

Ukrainian SBU units have been busy and racking up high value targets all over Russia. Russia responds with a strike on a similar military target, just kidding. 

We brave the deceptive world of Fox News to see the latest thing your uncle will be screaming about at Thanksgiving. 

Updates from the scientific arm of the current administration, foreskin no longer linked to autism and we are running experiments to prove Tylenol is.  

There's Bob the Builder here while Israel has Ezekiel the Eraser who also drives heavy machinery but in another part of the world and the complete opposite of building. 

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Looks like we are about to enter the golden age of peace under President trump as Russia unveiled a nuclear powered, nuclear warhead capable ballistic missile. I am guessing this is made to show everyone of how safe everything will be going forward. 

The election in DC is on going and to date Mamdani has not been deported but the day is young. We go over the pearl clutching and the imaginative ways the ruling class is trying to make normal people afraid of affordable housing. 

Government shut down continues and much in line with the problem solving of a 1st grader the GOP continues to try and get "Schumer's Shutdown" trending instead of actually caring about their constituents. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has a plan on how to keep the planes flying and the budget balanced. 

Surprise appearance by Kash Patel with tips on how to travel this holiday season. 

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Today we look into coal and why some idiot thinks now is the time for it to get back into our lives. 

Debating whether George Strait or Bad Bunny would have broader appeal is a conversation happening around the MAGA dinner table so we chime in. 

Shooting live rounds over highways? Leave that to Ukraine my guy cause doing it over the I-5 is less than ideal. 

Shameless cross platform promotion

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Never a dull moment with the current administration and being gone for over a week just creates a treasure trove of activity. 

Like the Broncos and Giants game, the President made you think things were going one way with Ukraine only to revert back to his nesting doll factory setting. 

Elected leaders hire staffers that display American flags with swastikas on them and then proceed to tell you that it is really tough to see the 90 degree angles of a swastika on a flag with nothing but horizontal bars. Who says magic tricks are dead. 

We're demolishing parts of the White House and building things are look inferior to the original landmarks in other countries where we stole the idea. Doing cheaper and less stunning knock offs is now an America thing so get lost China. 

Guys in France are stealing jewels during the day time and they're not in politics. One guy did not carry his weight when it came to how much you're taking out the door. 

Everyone's favorite brain worm survivor still hates Tylenol and the reason for your autism might be tied directly to the lack of your foreskin. "Thinking with your little head" now has proof according to RFK. 

Join us as we return and try to deal with what's new in the government once again. 

PS. The youtube channel is trying to grow and quick clips are going up same time as the show. For all your friends who's mothers ever took tylenol this is the Vine equivalent for people with little time. 

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