Approximately 40% of the world's oil supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz, making it one of the most strategically critical waterways on Earth.
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The discussion of Sheridan's creative process focuses on Landman, which Sheridan pitched to Billy Bob Thornton before writing a single scene: take the guy from Bad Santa, put him in West Texas, and have him run an oil company. Thornton's immediate response was 'that sounds fucking awesome,' and that was that. Rogan notes the educational dimension — most people have no idea how the oil business actually operates, and Landman demystifies it. Sheridan seizes on this to make a broader point: the entire modern world — every product, every process, every form of transportation — runs on petroleum. We can debate whether that's desirable, but the debate doesn't change the facts. No engineer or climatologist will tell you there's a replacement available today. Cold fusion, the best candidate, is 30–40 years from viability. Small modular nuclear reactors show promise but can't be trusted with the general public yet. We are where we are. The practical implication, Sheridan argues, is that much of US foreign policy — including the military presence around Iran and the Strait of Hormuz — ultimately traces back to oil dependency.
When Sheridan's ex-convict friend Tom Nelson called him broke and dying from a suspected cancer diagnosis, Sheridan didn't give him money — he gave him a book deal. Modeled on Lonely Planet guides, How Not to Die in Prison walks first-timers through day one processing, gang navigation, commissary, riots, and how to make a shiv — formatted as a literal travel guide to incarceration.
Tom Nelson, the co-author of Sheridan's prison book, served 17 years for drug dealing, armed robbery, and running over a DEA agent before becoming a personal trainer.
A total of 8 states have filed lawsuits against social media platforms, including an ongoing case in Tennessee, using product liability and public nuisance theories to seek accountability.
France built 56 nuclear plants in the 1970s and now has the cheapest energy in Europe, making it independent of Russian or Middle Eastern energy geopolitics.
Estonia has a single tax form, a law preventing the government from asking citizens for the same information twice, and a flat rate of tax — enabling competitive taxation.
Portugal's Lisbon, once a city with a major heroin problem, legalised drugs and redirected enforcement spending into rehabilitation and housing, dramatically reducing crime.
The first Boland Amendment banning CIA and Defense Department funds for the Contras passed the House unanimously — yet the Reagan administration ignored it.
Over just two years, Saudi Arabia alone donated $32 million to the Contra rebels, giving loosely affiliated factions millions they had no way to spend on arms.
The National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty raised $6.3 million for the Contras but only $3.3 million reached them — a shockingly low 52% program expense rate.
Richard Secord and Albert Hakim marked up their arms shipments to the Contras by as much as 300%, making enormous personal profits from the covert operation.
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, tapped to run the entire covert Contra support operation, had no prior experience in covert operations whatsoever — he was learning as he went.
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