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I looked up an online map of the region and saw how the GERD seems periously close to the Ethiopia-Sudan border. I investigated further and found I was right: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a 6,450 MW hydropower project nearing completion on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, located about 30...

Ellen, this has nothing to do directly with the topic under discussion but I thought that it might be of interest to you anyway: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Egypt-And-Israel-Look-To-Capitalize-On-Natural-Gas-Resources.html?fbclid=IwAR0Z-IJQpZw-q6IPc8_vT4WLL8VEj4Sl35uLD_oq1d3ZJBy6ENDC6F9W...

Now, moving back on-topic, away from all that bullshit:

https://asiatimes.com/2021/01/us-must-s ... w-analyst/

US must set up joint command with Taiwan, now: analyst

Crimea became a part of Russia in 1783 when Russia was Russia, not the Soviet Union. In 1783 Russia was the main part of the Czarist Empire ruled by the legendary Czarina Catherine the Great. The population of Crimea was then overwhealmingly Tatar. Russian settlers were sent in after for the sake o...

Thanks for the anecdote about Papua New Guinea. That "country", if you can call it that, was one of Spengler's favorite objects of reference when talking about the death of languages. Every month or year (can't remember which) one spoken tongue in Papua New Guinea goes silent, as urbanization, mode...

Crimea actually split from the Ukraine before voting to rejoin the Russian Federation. As to the Austrian anschluss and the Sudetenland, these are not comparable to what happened in Crimea, since the former was imposed from the outside while the latter was a wholly decision by the Crimean people. R...

I don't recall Russia poisoning any Russians either. Unnecessary when there are so many quick, discrete and efficient ways to kill them, if so wished. In any case, you seem to think that putting people in prison for their political ideas is just fine... By the way, when was it the last time you pro...

Despite hte much vaunted "trade war" the PRC is waging against Australia we have still ended 2020 with one of our largest trade surplusses ever _ a large part of which have been due to purchases from China. Exports to China drive $9b goods trade surplus https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/exports-t...

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/01/google_threatens_to_remove_its_search_engine_from_australia_as_tech_titan_takes_on_an_advanced_nation_state.html Good luck with this fight. Success would bring about a change in the unlimited power that tech companies and bullies have at the moment. Than...

Ellen, As often, I found your most recent post on Ethiopia illuminating. One thing I have discovered is that the task of the president (or Prime Minister, or any other top politican) in a multi tribal, multi-ethnic state like Ethiopia can't be an easy one. " Uneasy on the head rests the crown" . Ima...