Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again. And this is episode 12 of the

roads not taken. A weekly series where we go through the previous week's events

and cover under reported

unreported news or news that is going to be context for later events and then

we take a few of your questions at the end.

And we will start off with foreign policy the way we normally do.

Okay, so there was a whole lot of back and forth about what happened at a Kerch shipyard and Russian officials have finally

confirmed and admitted that Ukrainian forces hit a ship and the shipyard and damaged both, the extent of which I really haven't

been able to figure out yet. But initially the Russian story was that you know some debris fell it wasn't that big

of a deal and given the fact that they finally had to admit it. It certainly seems as though it's probably something too big to hide.

Okay, the United States is developing some new add-ons to its nuclear arsenal because you know that's needed

And the add-ons would allow for ground penetration and better accuracy.

Because what the world needs now is bunker-buster nukesukes I guess. There are marches calling for a ceasefire everywhere.

Berlin, Paris, D.C., New York, and this is in reference the conflict in the Middle East. I will say don't expect U. to use the term ceasefire anytime soon.

It looks like they are testing the term pause and that will probably be

probably be paired with humanitarian. So they will seek a humanitarian pause rather than a ceasefire.

For those in the street, one is just as good as the other.

One is just as good as the other right now.

There is a little bit of

its itself. Basically the United States doesn't want to dictate

policy to Israel.

So policy to Israel. So when you're talking about a ceasefire, well that's about the conflict, a humanitarian pause,

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