Well, howdy there, internet people, let's Bowe again, and welcome to The Roads with Bowe.

Today is May 12, 2024, and this is episode 38 of The Roads Not Taken, which is a weekly series

where we go through the previous

weeks events and talk about news that was unreported, underreported.

Didn't get the coverage I thought it deserved or I just found it interesting.

So... just found it interesting. So on top of that, happy Mother's Day and we will

start off with two items. One is a PSA and basically over the last week a whole lot of people probably

could have benefited from a NOAA radio in OAA radio if you live in an area with inclement O-A-A-A-R-A-Rady.

If you live in an area with inclement weather, probably worth having one.

The other thing is that somebody said that they were going to send me something and by the

photo I couldn't actually tell how big it was going to be but yeah so that's me as a as a puppet I have no idea what I'm

going to use this for yet but expect for this to make an appearance a few times. Thank you by the way.

Okay so moving on to foreign policy.

The US announced a new $400 million package for Ukraine.

There is some reporting that says Ukraine might have used a US-made system to hit a target inside Russia.

It looks like Russia launched a surprise offensive near Kharkiv.

Let's see. Moody's has left Israel's credit outlook unchanged so it is still

negative a US soldier stationed in Korea has been arrested in Russia after traveling there to

reportedly meet his girlfriend. His wife said he was having an affair and indicated

that he was not engaged in Espi and Hirsch. Now there are obviously a lot of

developments when it comes to what is going on with Israel. We're going to have to take those as they come because by the time

this goes out it could all change. So that's why there's not a lot on that. But it does appear that leaflets have been dropped

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