Two? OK, that’s an improvement, I guess.

It’s going to be fun if there’s an emergency and the AI starts hallucinating.

Yeah, OK… wait, what?!?

Really? Who would have thought?

Here in Europe the sense of betrayal is painful. For better or worse the European defense structure and geopolitical stability has been dominated by the US. NATO had one major mission: to curb Russia expansionism in Europe.
Now what?

Or one of his big donors.

JDV practicing to be the next MAGA figurehead. With the 🍊 menace and JD 🛋️ Vance, the GOP is between a rock and a hard place. And it’s entirely of their own making.

Have you seen Usha lately? The guy is a psycho

Pritzker for President!! I am convinced he is the only one that could smash the GOP. Before someone asks me to write down an assay in order to justify this conclusion, no, it’s more of a “je ne sais quoi”. So, just gut feelings? Well, considering how voters chose options nowadays, I may be right.

The category is idiot, potentially useful.

Their incompetence, stupidity and arrogance will undermine the path to authoritarianism.

I am not saying that the risk of invasion is low, I am just saying that from an economic standpoint, the risk of massive global economic disruption is high. It’s very possible that this show of force will be used at the bargaining table to insure favorable conditions in trade negotiations. We’ll see

Taiwan is a major trade partner with mainland China, where it invests billions of dollars. What would be the benefits of a war?

First of all, why are MAGA obsessed about other people’s sexuality? Usually people don’t wake up in the morning thinking: “Lesbians!! 😳 oh nooo!! 😱” Or something like that.

For both countries it’s a way to counterbalance China. Unfortunately for both authoritarian regimes, Canada and Greenland are not enthusiastic about the idea, and Ukraine is really interfering with many long term plans by the Russian Oligarchs.

That’s in line with 1) Canada as a 51st state and 2) Annexation of Greenland by the USA and 3) Annexation of the Svalbard Islands by Russia. The goal is to develop an Arctic sea commercial route. For Russia it’s also a way to economically stabilize Siberia.

What did he do?

The loud barking of several European politicians that have explicitly sided with Putin is quite possibly a sign of Russia economic troubles. They want to save their cash cow before an inevitable tipping point.