Obama’s Little Canossa
“… Imagine the US inviting the Queen of England to a formal state visit. Yet, the monarch wouldn’t be allowed to see Washington; she would be received at the fanciest McDonald’s branch in New York City. This is exactly what happened to President Obama, the first American ruler to visit Myanmar.…”
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USA: Dissolving the Union
“… An indestructible Union, composed of indestructible states? … By the end of 2012, the American Army was little more than an army of Mexican mercenaries fighting for their citizenship….”
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Census Day in Bolivia
“… the state had mobilized 400,000 people to count the roughly 10 million Bolivians in the country. Counting only 25 people each, the process would take 24 hours. This was the perfect definition of “phlegmatic,” and typically Bolivian…”
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Netanyahu Announces Druze Settlement