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We all know he hasn't got a plan. He never has.

I am afraid I am rather pessimistic. We have seen this "crowds rally in the capital" over and over again. They do not represent the country. We have seen it also in Bratislava, Belgrade and Tbilisi.
What do the rest of the population think? That is what matters.

Cartoon by the great Ben Jennings at the Guardian.

Short Post. What Is Absolutely Certain About the War on Iran? 3 things are absolutely certain about the War on Iran.

He doesn't know what he is doing. His motivations are all about him. He is only capable of creating chaos—never to build anything.

I would have been more optimistic about a postive outcome, and a better future for the people of Iran, if it had not been initiated by an orange moron who only care about his own interests.

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Why don't people get it? All bastards are motivated by "More Power to Me." Ideologies, religious or political, are just excuses or circumstantial.
Stalin could have been a Nazi. Ali-Khamenei could have been a MAGA. Netanyahu could have been a Hamas leader.
Putin could have been Stephen Miller.

Good news. The bad news: There are now only 999 left?

The kind of news you will never see in today's Russia.

A good and great friend of Ukraine states the bleeding obvious, and what every leader should have said years ago. Why don't people like Howard Buffett rule the world?

To all Ukrainians: You have nothing to be grateful for; we should be grateful to you. Many of us are. For your bravery. For your sacrifices. But most of all: for showing us, in the rest of "fat&lazy" Europe, that the purpose of our lives is to stand up for the good. Slava Ukraini!

🇬🇧🇺🇦 British actor Ian McKellen read a poem by Ukrainian veteran Artur Dron, “First to the Corinthians,” on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion.

It is not about beating Orban in April or Republicans in November.
It is about stupid voters.
Why don’t we have more discussions about that?
We are yet again left to bite our nails and hope people will be less stupid this time around.

There must be a special place in hell for any Ukrainians involved in this.

I don't understand how and why the established press keep on taking him seriously. They act as enablers.
"Trump says..." We all know it is nothing but nonsense.

I am nauseated. Sport has become dominated by dirty politics and dirty money. My country, Norway, has probably won a stack of medals at the Olympics. I no longer care.

The Orange Moron is not the problem. He is just a result.
The result of lazy, ignorant or brainwashed voters. Those who voted for him and those who did not vote at all.
We will keep on having new Trumps, Berlusconis, Orbans and other clowns unless we take action against stupid and lazy voters.

Norway's former PM Jagland charged with gross corruption over Epstein links The charge was brought after the Council of Europe lifted his immunity, which he had as its former secretary general.

Jagland and Epstein. The pettiness of it all! Jagland's bad English. Invited himself to Epstein’s island. Begged for a loan. Epstein picked up his bills. How can such a lowly character end up in such high positions? In one of the world's most developed countries?

The world's most important index report. "Corruption is like cancer", may be a cliché, but it is a true one. No country permeated by corruption will ever flourish.

Short post. What Can We Learn from the Epstein Affair? What can we, ordinary citizens, learn from this sordid saga?

The people in Epstein’s circle could have been stopped. That did not happen. No one stopped Mandelson, Jagland, Andrew, Chomsky, Musk or the rest of the lovely lot —long before they shook hands with the inglorious bastard.

The GOOD THING about the Epstein affair: It involved people from both the left and the right. It was not just an alt-right set-up.

It’s time we ditch the left versus right dichotomy, see our leaders for what they are, not where they belong on an outdated and harmful spectrum.

Would you have said no to an invitation from Epstein?
I hope I had checked his background and said thanks, but no thanks.
Can I be absolutely sure about that? No. What about you? Would a chance to meet some high and mighty people have been too tempting?

The Orange Moron isn’t the problem. The problem is that he wasn’t stopped.
We must stop overfocusing on the man at the top.
We must start focusing on why millions of voters, staff, politicians, reporters and donors carried this man into office. Twice. Otherwise, the same thing will happen again

If there is anything this voluminous Epstein scandal should teach then it is to stop being impressed by titles, fame and money.
Are these the kind of people we want to admire, and to give power over us? People who begged to be invited to his sex-trafficking island... 1/2.

It’s about time we put our petty battles aside, drink several pints of humility, and focus on our primary task— to be responsible housekeepers.

What if the planet had been your house? Would you have treated it the same way as we treat the planet? Especially, if you knew you had nowhere else to go?

A reminder in these tumultuous times.

The Earth does not care about capitalism, the left versus the right— or environmentalism for that matter. The planet merely reacts to the damage we do to it.

Short Post. What Has Been Overlooked in the Greenland Debacle? The People of Greenland As President Zelensky has reminded us, conflicts are not about territories; they are about people.

What Has Been Overlooked in the Greenland Debacle? The People of Greenland.
As President Zelensky has reminded us, conflicts are not about territories; they are about people.
That aspect seems to have been lost in the cacophony surrounding this episode of the POTUS reality show.

Japan do things the mature way. No bravado, no self-applause—just doing good for the sake of it.

I have met many great Americans, but I am afraid I have to agree with you right now.