Summa Perplexitas
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Increasingly intolerant of the intolerant.
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Something I see a lot of folks missing in discussions about what's happening Venezuela, particularly around oil, is the role U.S. oil majors' interest in Guyana—and the threat Venezuela posed to it—has in all of it. Explainer here: drilled.media/news/guyana-...
The U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana Oil Triangle
The U.S. interest in Venezuela isn’t just about the oil there, but also about the oil next door in Guyana, and the U.S. oil companies that have staked their future on it.
drilled.media
January 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Something I see a lot of folks missing in discussions about what's happening Venezuela, particularly around oil, is the role U.S. oil majors' interest in Guyana—and the threat Venezuela posed to it—has in all of it. Explainer here: drilled.media/news/guyana-...
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Ser venezolano y llamar a España “dictadura comunista” mientras vives aquí gracias a sus políticas públicas es, como mínimo, un ejercicio de ingratitud selectiva. Especialmente cuando esas políticas no existían antes de que llegase Perro con su “dictadura”.
Vamos a los hechos 🧵
Vamos a los hechos 🧵
January 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Ser venezolano y llamar a España “dictadura comunista” mientras vives aquí gracias a sus políticas públicas es, como mínimo, un ejercicio de ingratitud selectiva. Especialmente cuando esas políticas no existían antes de que llegase Perro con su “dictadura”.
Vamos a los hechos 🧵
Vamos a los hechos 🧵
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1/ The preponderance of US military power around precision strikes creates a strategic culture favoring quick tactical fixes—ostensibly low-cost but very high-risk—over long-term strategic planning. The maturation of the precision strike regime has amplified this institutional bias.
January 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
1/ The preponderance of US military power around precision strikes creates a strategic culture favoring quick tactical fixes—ostensibly low-cost but very high-risk—over long-term strategic planning. The maturation of the precision strike regime has amplified this institutional bias.
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
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Deep gratitude — and eternal memory to our fallen heroes.
May they rest in peace, and may their sacrifice never be forgotten. We will remember you always. 💙💛
May they rest in peace, and may their sacrifice never be forgotten. We will remember you always. 💙💛
January 5, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Deep gratitude — and eternal memory to our fallen heroes.
May they rest in peace, and may their sacrifice never be forgotten. We will remember you always. 💙💛
May they rest in peace, and may their sacrifice never be forgotten. We will remember you always. 💙💛
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How big a threat is the shadow banking sector to EU?
How big a threat is the shadow banking sector to EU?
Since the financial crash of 2008, large volumes of funding are now flowing through entities whose balance sheets are opaque, leverage difficult to measure, and activities capable of amplifying shocks when liquidity becomes scarcer.
euobserver.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
How big a threat is the shadow banking sector to EU?
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⁉️ Engineers, missile strikes and high technology: can Ukraine produce more weapons in 2026?
Engineers, missile strikes and high technology: can Ukraine produce more weapons in 2026?
Ukraine has spent close to one trillion hryvnias [about US$23.62 billion] on weapons procurement this year, including both domestic production and imports. That figure exceeds what the state allocated...
www.pravda.com.ua
January 5, 2026 at 7:51 AM
⁉️ Engineers, missile strikes and high technology: can Ukraine produce more weapons in 2026?
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Toda la prensa que veo da absoluta prioridad a Trump y los suyos, relegando a segundo plano las reacciones europeas y de los partidos españoles. Reacciones que, por cierto, dejan bien claro quiénes funcionan por "afiliaciones polares" y quiénes tienen argumentos. Por aquello de que todos-polarizan.
January 5, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Toda la prensa que veo da absoluta prioridad a Trump y los suyos, relegando a segundo plano las reacciones europeas y de los partidos españoles. Reacciones que, por cierto, dejan bien claro quiénes funcionan por "afiliaciones polares" y quiénes tienen argumentos. Por aquello de que todos-polarizan.
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We are a country whose Constitution, according to the Supreme Court, gives our own presidents immunity for crimes committed while in office, but we will prosecute presidents of other countries for alleged crimes and invade them to execute arrest warrants.
January 5, 2026 at 1:07 AM
We are a country whose Constitution, according to the Supreme Court, gives our own presidents immunity for crimes committed while in office, but we will prosecute presidents of other countries for alleged crimes and invade them to execute arrest warrants.
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That’s cos they are not leaders. They are vassals. Europe urgently needs real leadership, visionary, courageous and committed exclusively to Europe.
January 5, 2026 at 8:18 AM
That’s cos they are not leaders. They are vassals. Europe urgently needs real leadership, visionary, courageous and committed exclusively to Europe.
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It is incredibly embarrassing for this continent that Sanchez has to join a group of Latin American leaders in issuing a statement of condemnation for the US invasion, because no other leader in Europe will join him in criticising 🇺🇸.
January 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
It is incredibly embarrassing for this continent that Sanchez has to join a group of Latin American leaders in issuing a statement of condemnation for the US invasion, because no other leader in Europe will join him in criticising 🇺🇸.
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The Truth about Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The Truth about Venezuela.
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When I said last year that the average American MAGA supporter closely resembles a Russian vatnik in both mindset and ideology, I meant it seriously.
January 5, 2026 at 5:01 AM
When I said last year that the average American MAGA supporter closely resembles a Russian vatnik in both mindset and ideology, I meant it seriously.
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Whenever Trump does something crazy, people try to rationalize it. Now, they're saying it was Venezuela's "heavy, sour crude" that made him kidnap Maduro. I think the truth is much scarier and less strategic: He simply enjoys the feeling of power and humiliating his opponents.
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Whenever Trump does something crazy, people try to rationalize it. Now, they're saying it was Venezuela's "heavy, sour crude" that made him kidnap Maduro. I think the truth is much scarier and less strategic: He simply enjoys the feeling of power and humiliating his opponents.
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¿Será cierto? Dos personas cercanas a Trump cuentan al Washington Post que el presidente ha descartado a M. Corina Machado para dirigir Venezuela por celos. Que Trump no perdona a Machado que aceptara el Nobel de la Paz "que debía haber sido para él".
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 AM
¿Será cierto? Dos personas cercanas a Trump cuentan al Washington Post que el presidente ha descartado a M. Corina Machado para dirigir Venezuela por celos. Que Trump no perdona a Machado que aceptara el Nobel de la Paz "que debía haber sido para él".
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
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Night in the Kyiv region.
Slavutych went dark -
No lights, just silence and fear.
In Fastiv, homes were hit.
Someone didn’t wake up.
This is how our nights pass.
Not in sleep, but in loss💔💔
Slavutych went dark -
No lights, just silence and fear.
In Fastiv, homes were hit.
Someone didn’t wake up.
This is how our nights pass.
Not in sleep, but in loss💔💔
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Night in the Kyiv region.
Slavutych went dark -
No lights, just silence and fear.
In Fastiv, homes were hit.
Someone didn’t wake up.
This is how our nights pass.
Not in sleep, but in loss💔💔
Slavutych went dark -
No lights, just silence and fear.
In Fastiv, homes were hit.
Someone didn’t wake up.
This is how our nights pass.
Not in sleep, but in loss💔💔
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Artículo 581 del Código Penal:
«El español que indujere a una potencia extranjera a declarar la guerra a España o se concertare con ella para el mismo fin, será castigado con la pena de prisión de quince a veinte años».
«El español que indujere a una potencia extranjera a declarar la guerra a España o se concertare con ella para el mismo fin, será castigado con la pena de prisión de quince a veinte años».
January 5, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Artículo 581 del Código Penal:
«El español que indujere a una potencia extranjera a declarar la guerra a España o se concertare con ella para el mismo fin, será castigado con la pena de prisión de quince a veinte años».
«El español que indujere a una potencia extranjera a declarar la guerra a España o se concertare con ella para el mismo fin, será castigado con la pena de prisión de quince a veinte años».
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Recupero esta portada para proponer humildemente el uso extendido del término MAGAFANTAS para referirnos no solo a la quinta columna putinista de la extrema derecha, sino a los tontos útiles como Feijóo y el PP entero.
January 5, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Recupero esta portada para proponer humildemente el uso extendido del término MAGAFANTAS para referirnos no solo a la quinta columna putinista de la extrema derecha, sino a los tontos útiles como Feijóo y el PP entero.
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¿Dónde queda el respeto a la tradición? ¿Y a la liturgia de doscientos años de historia que contemplan sus paredes? ¿Por qué se ha cambiado la auténtica taza por un simple vaso de cartón?
La horchatería Santa Catalina, ¿herida de esencia?
www.levante-emv.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM
¿Dónde queda el respeto a la tradición? ¿Y a la liturgia de doscientos años de historia que contemplan sus paredes? ¿Por qué se ha cambiado la auténtica taza por un simple vaso de cartón?
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Returning to the office in Germany in 2026 apparently also still means an online education module on data protection which includes rules for sending a confidential fax...
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Returning to the office in Germany in 2026 apparently also still means an online education module on data protection which includes rules for sending a confidential fax...