The International Thread

[Coss]

On 1/20/2026 at 7:33 PM, Coss said:

and I guess this is international - Laos/USA

I had lunch with a Lao lady, here in middle earth, on Sunday.

She had just returned to NZ from overseas, she is ethnic Lao but a NZ citizen.

She had gone to Minneapolis, to see her mum and dad, both of them ethnic Lao and naturalised USA citizens.

Why the visit? to uplift her mum's gold and remove it from the USA.

The Lao community in Minneapolis is so harassed by ICE and scared of going outside, that they are taking steps to survive, what they see as impending anarchy and repression.

Some of these people lived through the secret war and have been, in their then country's uproar, so they are being very careful.

further:

it transpires that they stay home, won't go out, except for work, and then often before dawn, returning after dark.

Minneapolis - all ur Nazi Germany r belong us.

[Coss]

Wanna know what the world thinks?   long read, I skimmed it, I'll have another go in the morning:

Under Destruction

What is the state of the international order after a tumultuous year? Why do political forces pushing for destruction rather than reform appear to have momentum? What are the potential implications of wrecking-ball politics for the world? And what can be done about it?

https://securityconference.org/en/publications/munich-security-report/2026/introduction/

Key Points

The world has entered a period of wrecking-ball politics. In many Western societies, leaders who favor destruction over incremental change have risen to prominence. Their disruptive agendas build on widespread disenchantment with the performance of democratic institutions and a pervasive loss of trust in meaningful reforms.

Ironically, the president of the United States – the country that did more than any other to shape the post-1945 inter-national order – is now the most prominent of the demolition men. As a result, more than 80 years after construction began, the postwar international order is now under destruction.

For its supporters, Washington’s bulldozer politics promises to break institutional inertia and compel problem-solving on challenges that were previously marked by gridlock. Critics, in turn, fear that this destructive policy is undermining the international community’s ability to tackle humankind’s most daunting challenges. They also believe that this approach will not solve anything but will pave the way for a world that privileges the rich and the powerful, not the wider mass of people who have placed their hopes in disruptive change.

Those who are still invested in a rules-based order are increasingly organizing themselves. But, if they want to contain the worst expressions of a policy of destruction, they need to better fortify essential structures, draw up new, more sustainable designs, and become bolder builders themselves...

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lots more from world leaders and others at the link above.

I'll say one thing for Donald - drunken bull in a china shop...

[bust]

The Chief Pedo needs to be removed. This so fucked up 😡

[Coss]

The Economist.