Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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It's like 10,000 plowshares when all you need is a sword

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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro and Weather Update
00:02:52 The GD News: Russia Bad, Okay?
00:13:10 The GD News: Stockton "The Crush" Rush
00:31:34 The GD News: Russian Mercs Invade Russia
00:38:56 The GD News: US Railroads Need One Simple Trick
00:45:21 What is a Nuclear?
00:49:34 What is a Nuclear Weapon?
00:53:54 What is a Nuclear Weapon For?
01:00:42 Nuclear Excavation
01:31:51 Safety Concerns
01:36:50 NUKE FRACKING
01:46:57 The "Liam BRB" Digression
01:49:51 The End of Plowshare in General and Nuke Fracking in Particular
01:54:51 The Soviets Did It Better
02:01:01 The Soviets Also Did It Much Worse
02:09:57 Digression: The Butt Story
02:18:16 Safety Third: Huge Magnet, Contractors, and a WTYP Deep Cut (that thankfully was a Fairly Shallow Cut)