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saip wrote: ↑19 Jan 2026 00:20 No mention of Billion dollar bribe.

"Why are Americans paying for AI in India? ChatGPT operating on US soil using American electricity servicing large users of ChatGPT in India and China

- US Secretary of State Rubio on Pakistan being part of intl stabilization force to be deployed in Gaza'We're very grateful to Pakistan for their offer to be a part of it

saip wrote: ↑19 Jan 2026 00:20 No mention of Billion dollar bribe.

“India began buying Russian oil after the Ukraine war began. But President Trump put a 25% tariff and now India has geared down and stopped buying Russian oil,”

A_Gupta wrote: ↑20 Jan 2026 06:54 India should neither say No, nor say Yes. Just some diplomatese about what an interesting idea, we are studying it.

KL Dubey wrote: ↑21 Jan 2026 03:50

A_Gupta wrote: ↑20 Jan 2026 06:54 India should neither say No, nor say Yes. Just some diplomatese about what an interesting idea, we are studying it.

India and Kanadda have appointed Russell Peters as a joint representative to this board a few hours ago. He will particularly reproduce Modi's accent in the meetings.

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that he accepts the invitation of US President Donald Trump and will become a member of the Board of Peace, which is to be comprised of world leaders.”

António Guterres : The @UN Charter is the foundation of international relations, the bedrock of peace, sustainable development & human rights.

When leaders run roughshod over international law, picking & choosing which rules to follow – they are undermining global order & setting a perilous precedent.

When a handful of individuals can bend global narratives, sway elections, or dictate the terms of public debate, we are facing inequality and the corruption of institutions & our shared values.

The Charter is a compact which binds us all.

All countries must adhere to it, fully & faithfully.

Amber G. wrote: ↑21 Jan 2026 21:46 Pakistan accepts Trump’s invite to join the Gaza Board of Peace.

Who is going to loan them 1 Billion USD?
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Vayutuvan wrote: ↑22 Jan 2026 00:13

Amber G. wrote: ↑21 Jan 2026 21:46 Pakistan accepts Trump’s invite to join the Gaza Board of Peace.

Who is going to loan them 1 Billion USD?
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Fair point. That said, is that $1 Billion fee verified? I have not seen anything to that effect.

Vayutuvan wrote: ↑22 Jan 2026 00:11 "Global Order" was made by the US. They can also unmake it. It is not fair that China gives only $37 M to the WHO, whereas the US gives $500 M. Tedros was a puppet of China in the COVID-19 spread affair.

India is at the receiving end of this BS called the UN and the P5. Somalia is the president of the Security Council for this year (two-year term, IIRC).

I won't cry even two drops for this entity in its current form.

Quote: In 1978, the Czech dissident Václav Havel, later president, wrote an essay called “The Power of the Powerless,” and in it he asked a simple question: how did the communist system sustain itself?

And his answer began with a greengrocer.

Every morning, the shopkeeper places a sign in his window: “Workers of the world unite.” He doesn’t believe in it. No one does. But he places the sign anyway to avoid trouble, to signal compliance, to get along. And because every shopkeeper on every street does the same, the system persists — not through violence alone, but through the participation of ordinary people in rituals they privately know to be false.

Havel called this living within a lie. The system’s power comes not from its truth, but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true. And its fragility comes from the same source. When even one person stops performing, when the greengrocer removes his sign, the illusion begins to crack.

Friends, it is time for companies and countries to take their signs down.

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Which brings me back to Havel. What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth?

First, it means naming reality.

It means acting consistently, applying the same standards to allies and rivals.

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It means building what we claim to believe in, rather than waiting for the old order to be restored. It means creating institutions and agreements that function as described, and it means reducing the leverage that enables coercion.


It calls for honesty about the world as it is.

We are taking a sign out of the window.

The powerful have their power. But we have something too: the capacity to stop pretending, to name realities, to build our strength at home and to act together.

We’re doing something else: to help solve global problems, we’re pursuing variable geometry. In other words, different coalitions for different issues based on common values and interests.

A_Gupta wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026 19:12 "U.S. Signals Tariff Easing as India's Russian Oil Imports Plunge"
https://www.chosun.com/english/world-en ... 75DLR4MHE/

You're going to lose the House, you're going to lose the Senate, you're going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week."

Trump’s response, according to Cruz: "**** you, Ted."

When a questioner at the donors’ session mentioned "Liberation Day" — Trump’s branding for his tariffs unveiling — Cruz joked: "I've told my team if anyone uses those words, they will be terminated on the spot. That is not language we use."

Amber G. wrote: ↑25 Jan 2026 22:54 Ted Cruz says Navarro, JD Vance blocked India trade deal; mocks Trump tariffs in leaked audio

putnanja wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 18:13 It wasn't just a missed call: The currency clash behind the stalled US-India trade deal

putnanja wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 18:13 It wasn't just a missed call: The currency clash behind the stalled US-India trade deal

His persistent refrain that the war in Ukraine is somehow happening "because of India" rather than because of Vladimir Putin is beyond ridiculous. Nor is Russian oil the only issue between the United States and India. The fact is, these guys have tanked 25 years of bipartisan work to build the U.S.-India relationship, including in Trump's own first term. They have "succeeded" in repoliticizing what had been a depoliticized relationship in both New Delhi and Washington. And they have allowed objections to third-country partnerships to bleed back into bilateral relations in ways that were absolutely unthinkable when, for example, I worked on U.S.-India relations under President George W. Bush, including deep involvement with the civil nuclear deal. I warned about this nonsensical approach back in August and this kind of self-congratulation suggests they still don't get it

The US has made much bigger sacrifices than the Europeans have. We have put 25% tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. Guess what happened last week? The Europeans signed a trade deal with India. the Russian oil goes into India, the refined products come out, and the Europeans buy the refined products. They are financing the war against themselves."

An incredible Republic Day reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Thank you @rashtrapatibhvn for hosting us all.

Amber G. wrote: ↑ Here is U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:

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The US has made much bigger sacrifices than the Europeans have. We have put 25% tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. Guess what happened last week? The Europeans signed a trade deal with India. the Russian oil goes into India, the refined products come out, and the Europeans buy the refined products. They are financing the war against themselves."