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FRA WAL one of most entertaining games I have seen in a while, chapeau

OPINION: A credible EU growth strategy must start with an honest evaluation: Europe’s economic weakness doesn’t originate in Brussels.

It reflects a fundamental shift in the global economy.

🔗 politi.co/4aq7gyy

Europe is chasing the wrong fix for its growth crisis The continent’s old growth model no longer works in today’s world. And EU leaders need a plan that matches the scale of this shift.

EU leaders face a clear choice:

Pursue a growth agenda that won’t deliver, reinforcing the false narrative that EU 'red tape' shackles national economies and giving Euroskeptic far-right a free electoral boost.

Or confront reality and make the hard choices we need.

www.politico.eu/article/euro...

All those who religiously read Playbook every morning while quietly cursing about the numerous mistakes and weird takes it serves up daily – could I interest you in The Morning Post Europe? Similar idea but far more substance. In French, English, and Italian.

Also one of most despicable

Imagine taking off your sunglasses after three weeks of darkness and the first thing you see is Robert Fico

The real deal, daddy is not getting this one

Night of the Long Knives - Wikipedia

While Bovino’s sudden fall is to be welcomed, let’s not forget our history. When Ernst Röhm and his brownshirts fell from grace, they were supplanted by something even worse.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_o...

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

There are Americans on here posting advice to Europeans on what we should do to oppose or contain the president they elected twice, and on the economic, political or security costs we should be prepared to pay to succeed where their constitution and institutions failed.
Dicks

'We aim to kill 50,000 Russians a month,' Ukraine's new defense minister says "Last month, 35,000 were killed; all these losses are verified on video. If we reach 50,000, we will see what happens to the enemy," Fedorov said.

⚡️ 'We aim to kill 50,000 Russians a month,' Ukraine's new defense minister says.

"Last month, 35,000 were killed; all these losses are verified on video. If we reach 50,000, we will see what happens to the enemy," Fedorov said.

Time for the EU to Powell up.

The point of these posts by Trump is to ritualistically humiliate European leaders.

He wants to show how much he owns them. That they will accept whatever the US president does.

https://youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U

Trump Announces 10 Percent Tariff on European Countries in Standoff Over Greenland

This is idiotic. If the EU concedes in any way, we are done. Trump Announces 10 Percent Tariff on European Countries in Standoff Over Greenland www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...

Nobel prize extortion is hopefully lowest point in this horrible saga. There are more deplorable and certainly more dangerous acts to come from the individual concerned and his enablers. But debased shrillness of THIS is just beyond comprehension of anybody normal.

Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee

Machado presents Trump with her Nobel award at White House meeting Trump thanked Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, calling it

As small dick energy goes, this is beyond pathetic www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On par with « daddy »

White House cartoon corrected to offer Greenland a choice between Europe and the US/Russia

White House tweeted cartoon offering Greenland a false choice between the US and Russia/China, crossed out

Fixed that for you

Europe Is Stronger Than Its Leaders Think Alberto Alemanno warns policymakers against panic-driven reforms that threaten to undo hard-won gains.

Tired of hearing how weak Europe is?

Make no mistake: if Europe is under attack today not only by Russia, but also China and the US, it’s because it offers a credible, and threatening, alternative to their models of power

Read @projectsyndicate.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...

The Maga war on European democracy America’s national security strategy projects internal fears abroad

The Maga war on European democracy ft.trib.al/crWpcg8 | opinion

Principal Adviser Reconciliation & Normalisation Western Balkans, (Grade AD 14) DG ENEST – COM/2025/10476 Principal Adviser Reconciliation & Normalisation Western Balkans, (Grade AD 14) DG ENEST – COM/2025/10476

Great opportunity for people with proven skills in reconciliation and knowledge of the Western Balkans. ⬇️
Principal Adviser for the
reconciliation and normalisation of relations between the partners of the #WesternBalkans in support of #EUenlargement

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Condoms for free?

US unlikely to be able to take part due to lack of icebreakers

This story is full of gems. Read the whole thing. Here's just one:

DADDY