Pierre Dubonnet

*EU SCRAPS APRIL 15 DATE FOR RUSSIA OIL BAN PROPOSAL 🇪🇺 🇷🇺

@thomas_spaas Mocht de publieke omroep vandaag niet bestaan, zou niemand op het idee komen het in het leven te roepen.

Voor u getest, al jarenlang: de VRT is NIET NODIG. Totaal overbodige zender. Het leven ziet er even goed/slecht uit met of zonder de VRT. Maakt geen verschil. Totaal irrelevant. Hoogst irritant. Verkwisting van belastinggeld.

Stephen Miller praised Trump for several minutes. Then Trump turned to Kash Patel and said, “Kash, see if you can top that.” Patel: “Mr. President, thank you for delivering the safest country on God’s green Earth.” Straight up North Korea vibes

President Trump, who is in the midst of pressuring senators to curb the use of mail-in voting, voted by mail ballot in Tuesday’s special election in Palm Beach County, Florida. wapo.st/47fVUwf

@Ander_Bruckes Never will have anything close to a majority. Morons as they are, while being right.

Spero che questi traditori paghino le conseguenze dell'aver favorito le infiltrazioni dei russi nel nostro tessuto economico e sociale, di averci resi più deboli, divisi e permeabili, di aver infettato le menti di milioni di persone con il virus della propaganda russa. Traditori

@victacausa @cauwelaert Al een jaar of 80.

Wat kan een mens toch moedeloos worden als hij een partijvoorzitter hoort debiteren dat 'mensen hun broek scheuren aan een volle tank'... wij worden geregeerd door intellectuele sukkels.

@EdConwaySky @bankofengland What objective is served by a rate hike following an external supply shock? Anyone?

Financial markets now back to "only" pricing in three @bankofengland rate hikes this year. Before that Trump social post it was up to four...

@citrinowicz Too late for TACO it is.

On the Brink of Escalation: A Strategic Misreading of Iran We are approaching a dangerous escalation — driven not only by actions on the ground, but by a fundamental misunderstanding of Iran’s strategic behavior. A. At the strategic level: Iran’s current leadership behaves less like a risk-averse actor and more like a high-stakes poker player, one that not only calls the bet, but raises it. From Tehran’s perspective, escalation is not recklessness; it is a tool. It is seen as the only way to restore and preserve deterrence. The implicit message is clear: if you strike our critical assets, we will respond in kind — including against your energy and civilian infrastructure. B. At the operational level: recent events underscore that Iran’s command-and-control systems remain functional despite sustained Israeli strikes. Missile attacks targeting energy infrastructure in Haifa and near Dimona, in response to Israeli actions against South Pars and Natanz, demonstrate coordination, intent, and the ability to execute retaliatory operations in real time. Taken together, these dynamics point to a troubling conclusion: if Iran decides to act, it will act — particularly when it believes escalation is necessary to maintain deterrence credibility. We are not just facing isolated exchanges; we are approaching a broader escalation cycle. And here lies the deeper strategic flaw. The assumption that intensified military pressure could weaken the regime or trigger internal change in Iran is likely misplaced. On the contrary, external attacks — especially those targeting national infrastructure, tend to consolidate regime control, strengthen hardline elements, and legitimize escalation in the eyes of the Iranian leadership. What emerges is not a pathway to strategic success, but a march of folly: a cycle in which each side’s actions reinforce the other’s worst instincts, narrowing the space for de-escalation while increasing the risk of a wider conflict. #iran

@CavaggioniMario What measurable effect could this ever have on supply shock induced inflation? Zero!

EUR OIS curve is now pricing a full rate hike in April, a second hike between June (live meeting) and July, a third hike in September and a 50% chance of a fourth hike in December.

@f_wintersberger What measurable effect could this ever have on supply shock induced inflation? Zero!

If the ECB does that, it risks repeating - and exceeding -Trichet’s 2008 mistake.

@ChassNews @FinancialTimes But no coalition party would favor new elections. SPD has CDU by the b#lls already from the onset.

Paradox! Merz's reclaiming the home state of Helmut Kohl from Social Democrats might actually cost him nationally: a wounded, soul-searching junior coalition partner is not what you need when you are about to launch painful reforms: as.ft.com/r/60743d33-3e1… via @financialtimes

@igorsushko Looking at the rest of the world suffering, very mysterious indeed.

Russia: Chief propagandist Margarita Simonyan who repeatedly called for genocide of all Ukrainians is dying, her propagandist husband is dead after extensive suffering, and her child is dying. As some people might say, God works in mysterious ways.

@LindseyGrahamSC @realDonaldTrump 2.000 years?

I truly believe 2026 can be the year of ending a 2,000 year-long conflict. Peace is only possible because of the courage of our men and women in uniform and the leadership of President @realDonaldTrump.

Israel's Defense Minister said the IDF will do to towns in Southern Lebanon what the IDF did to Gaza's Rafah and Beit Hanoun: total, complete, indiscriminate destruction ("flattened"):

@DVanLangenhove ?

With much of the world’s synthetic fertiliser stuck in Russia and the Gulf, there has never been a better time to massively switch over to regenerative agriculture. AI layoffs can provide the manpower. Easy? No. But we’re facing difficult times anyhow. Let’s choose our difficult wisely so that we gain in the long term. Our nations can be happier, healthier and more self sufficient while saving the Earth. These meat rabbits provide me with the perfect fertiliser while I wait for them to mature and they require nothing but garden scraps. My ‘farm’ is tiny but there are regenerative solutions for every scale — even the largest. If I caught your interest, go watch Joe Rogan’s podcast with Joel Salatin, it’s a great start. Humanity is facing a grave crisis, it’s unavoidable at this point, but if we make the right choices, we can benefit from this in the long term. Our politicians will probably be too stupid, corrupt and short-term-focussed to enact this, but you can start today.

@FT A true Titanic-deck story.

The midnight omelette supper in ‘Entertaining’ seemed too ridiculous to be real — until one determined host made it so: ft.trib.al/IKHSubp

@ewmagazinenl Hoofdzaken/bijzaken.

Veel winkels werken met spaarprogramma’s, maar let goed op de voorwaarden. Wie nog papieren koopzegels van Albert Heijn heeft, moet opschieten met inwisselen. ewmagazine.nl/economie/achte…

@HistSyndicate @GraemeCallister Interesting pod, but why insist on 'Belgian' soldiers, when Belgium did not exist yet in 1815. You didn't call the Prussians 'Germans', if I recall well?

Did you know there were four Egyptians serving in the French Line infantry of 1st Corps at Waterloo? @GraemeCallister expertly discussed this with us on the pod on today’s episode…

@visegrad24 Always the same trick: 'I fell in a trap.'

🇳🇴 Norway Crown Princess Mette-Marit said that Jeffrey Epstein “manipulated and deceived” her “It is extremely important for me to take responsibility for not having more thoroughly investigated his past, and to acknowledge that he manipulated and misled me to such an extent,” she said in an interview with NRK.

@LauraStarink1 Laura, laten we zeggen: ze hebben het niet uitgevonden: hrw.org/news/2002/08/0…

My God, how scared is Putin, the bunker dwarf. Obsessed with his own security. He almost never travels abroad but now the Russian army will come to his rescue if he will be arrested. How, I ask you? They are incapable.