So while we're still allowed to tell jokes about political leaders, here's one from Mussolini's Italy. A woman in her middle years ventures one day to the market to buy food for her family. All the stalls are depleted by shortages: no meat, no vegetables, not even macaroni. 1/x

Man, when The Onion hits, it HITS.

Interesting new figures from an EU Chamber in China survey: - Mofcom approved just 19 out of 141 European applications from rare earth licenses (13.5%) - 121 still pending, the same number deemed "urgent" - 7 instances of production stoppages in August, 46 expected in September

#Germany is exploring how to replace France in Europe’s €100 billion fighter jet project. politico.eu/article/german…

Weil Julia Klöckner mittlerweile allen Ernstes verweisend auf ihr Redemanuskript behauptet, sie habe auf dem Sommerfest der CDU Koblenz am 17.8.2025 die #TAZ gar nicht mit #NIUS verglichen, hier der Ausschnitt aus ihrer Rede.

Delusional, dangerous nonsense. The Ukrainians are still receiving military materiel from the U.S., and claiming domestic Ukrainian production could replace systems such as GMLRS and Patriot PAC-2/PAC-3MSE is laughably, hopelessly wrong.

So I don't say this lightly, but at some point we have to respond in some way. After one warning you radar lock. After the second warning you launch.

There he goes. Another one just like the other one. From driving to flying lessons.

The Turkish shoot down of the Russian Su-24 in 2015 did NOT mark the end of Russian violations of Turkish airspace from Syria. Here is a 2016 example Selective and/or incomplete use of history won't solve the air policing challenge. H/T 3BM15 bbc.com/news/world-eur…

Remember: ➡️If you shoot down a Russian jet over your airspace, that will be the last. ➡️If you escort a Russian jet or drone out of your airspace, many more will follow.

WHAT'S YOUR OBSESSION WITH WINDMILLS? DID A WINDMILL BLOW AWAY YOUR HAIRPIECE WHEN YOU WERE A KID? AND NOW YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT BIRDS? IS IT BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO A BIRD? DON'T WORRY, YOU'RE SAFE. CHICKENS CAN'T FLY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WINDMILLS CAN'T BLOW AWAY? THE EPSTEIN FILES.

This morning, 3 Russian Mig-31 fighter jets entered Estonian airspace. NATO fighters responded and the Russian planes were forced to flee. Such violation is totally unacceptable. The Government of Estonia has decided to request NATO Article 4 consultations.

This word soup

Condemns

NATO's task is to deter. But if you repeatedly have to manage incidents, then you should ask yourself how deterrence can be restored and focus less on celebrating the successful management of such incidents.

Strongly condemns

Nowadays Twitter is: Me struggling for half an hour because I can’t even tell if I’m talking to an AI bot or an African larper pretending to be russian. 🤔 One day I’ll leave this mad place and you’ll never find me 😭

Yes, and Russia increased its bombing campaign against Turkish proxies afterwards. 2020 was also a notable year in which Russia and Turkey were engaged in proxy conflicts in Idlib, Libya, and Karabakh. Turkish TB2 killed Wagner fighters in Libya and played an important role in

I accepted the letters of credence and spoke to the newly appointed ambassadors of the Czech Republic, Norway, and Germany. I welcomed them at the start of their diplomatic missions and expressed gratitude for their countries’ support of Ukraine. We discussed strengthening our

Petraeus took a lot of heat for advocating the U.S. approach Nusra in Syria when it was breaking with al-Qaeda, presumably predicated on what he learned from sahwa in Iraq. Now look.