News Roundup - March 10, 2023

<p>It’s not quite <em>Top Gun</em>, but Danny, Derek, and Producer Jake fly high with a special theme song. Otherwise, in news this week: the situation in Bakhamut, Ukraine and a new narrative around the Nord Stream explosion (2:13), a Turkish politics update (8:45), Havana Syndrome is <em>not</em> the greatest threat to US citizens’ health (13:50), the USA is #1 [in arms deals] (16:06), a New Cold War update featuring South Korea patching things up with Japan (18:53), AUKUS making moves (21:27), Biden’s budget for the pacific islands (22:39), and McCarthy possibly pulling a Pelosi in Taiwan (26:41).</p><p><em>Recorded Thursday, March 9, 2023</em></p><p>If you like “New Cold War” and the rest of the show’s music, check out Producer Jake’s band <a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/moloqmusic">Moloq</a>!</p><p>“New Cold War” song lyrics:</p><p></p><p>Jake:<em> </em>“Tower, this is call sign PRESTIGE. Permission to open up on this balloon bogey.” </p><p>Danny: “Roger that. Take ‘em out. Put that s**t on TikTok.”</p><p></p><p><em>We’ll roast your ass / And we’ll give you cash / It’ll be a blast</em></p><p><em>Havana microwaves / There’ll be hell to pay /We’re in Taiwan to stay</em></p><p><em>We’ll make wet markets dry / We’ll blow you sky high / Because the end is nigh</em></p><p><em>The CCP / You won’t hear that from me / ‘Cause I’m American free, baby</em></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe</a>