Now I understand better Barbara Kingsolver’s great novel Flight Behavior. Reading it from Europe made their appearance in Tennessee just a local secret.

Liityn kiittäjiin.Tätä juttua odotin siitä lähtien kun YLE näytti kartan keltaisten maidesi laajuudesta - ensi vaalien laitaoikeistovoittajat. Hyvä että kysyt tavoitteiden kirjosta maahanmuuttovastaisuuden lisäksi - suhteista suuryrityksiin ja Venäjään. Kysymyksiä jää,esim. Muskin algoritmit. Lisää!

Kremlin may provide more information, but initial readout from Putin adviser Ushakov is spare and not cause for optimism: "The presidents discussed the idea to study the possibility of raising the level of Moscow and Kyiv representatives in talks." ria.ru/20250819/raz...

Interesting details in Trump's readout of his call with Putin: He's now aiming for a meeting between Zelensky and Putin, followed by a crowning "trilat" he will attend.
And he delegates Vance, Rubio and Witkoff to deal with Kyiv and Moscow—but not Kellogg. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

#UPDATE US President Donald Trump has ruled out an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine after his summit with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska and said a direct peace agreement would end the war.