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@Horace said in From the King of Canada to the "King" of the US: They love him over there. Too bad, he's ours. Burger King of America.

Not so fast! Putin has some questions, concerns and conditions: “We were interested in him sitting there,” Putin told Zarubin, adding that Zelensky is, in his view, “destroying Ukraine from within.” Then Putin shifted focus to his plans for Ukraine’s political future, asserting that he is determined “to bring to power people who will enjoy the trust of the people of Ukraine.” This suggests potential future moves toward installing new leadership favorable to Kremlin interests. In a further twist, Putin indirectly implied that these strategies are part of prior agreements with US President Donald Trump. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/47881 But wait! There’s still more to come: Moscow would not stop at the current contact lines in Ukraine and sought to capture the entirety of four Ukrainian regions it claimed to have annexed via illegal referendums, according to a Wednesday statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “Some say: ‘Okay, let’s leave the line of contact. This is Russian, and this is Ukrainian.’ This will not happen. We have a Constitution based on the will of the people,” Lavrov said at a press conference, referring to Moscow’s illegal referendums in Ukraine. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/47871

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-migrant-bus-lawsuit-texas-1c8e515f9c57d50dbbd66606f995ec24 New York City can’t use an unconstitutional, two-century-old “anti-pauper” law to block the state of Texas from offering migrants free bus rides to the city from the southern border, a state judge has ruled. The court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Mayor Eric Adams in January against charter bus companies contracted by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. It sought to bar them from knowingly dropping off “needy persons,” citing an 1817 state law that criminalized bringing an indigent person into the state “for the purpose of making him a public charge.” Justice Mary Rosado said in a sternly worded decision that the law is unconstitutional for several reasons. For one, she wrote, states are not permitted to regulate the interstate transportation of people based on their economic status. The statute also “violates a fundamental right — the right to travel,” she added.

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@Klaus said in So You Want To Be a Concert Pianist: @Axtremus said in So You Want To Be a Concert Pianist: Popular something usually generates more commercial interests than classical something. Is that even a surprise? One of the disadvantages of the downfall of aristocracy. That statement reminds me something Herman Hesse or Thomas Mann would have written or lamented.

Another good, if less technical, tome is How To Cook Without A Book.

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