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Jan 19 2025 
A little hasbara: Hostage Release
We start with a photo that Boris Johnson retweeted
What a picture of Hamas – thousands of armed young men jeering these brave, defenceless and totally innocent women. How is that supposed to promote reconciliation? https://t.co/AM9izWb9pS
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) January 19, 2025Let’s see how they jeer, lying Boris Johnson!
So here is the security detail before the… Continue reading -
Jan 19 2025 
Two years of Ibrahim Traore, President of Burkina Faso
1. Burkina Faso’s GDP grew from approximately $18.8 billion to $22.1 billion.
2. He rejected loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. He said: “Africa does not need the World Bank, the IMF, Europe or America.”
3. He reduced the salaries of ministers and MPs by 30%, and increased the salaries of civil… Continue reading
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Jan 19 2025 
Dmitry Medvedev: The Walking Dead. Season finale.
The walking dead Biden, now consigned to oblivion, is a telling example of how an experienced and overall smart politician (and he is experienced, having held top government jobs back in the Soviet period) gradually turned into a senile old dude divorced from reality.
When I had meetings with him, he didn’t yet have dementia. What… Continue reading
