- Sissi’s call for massive pro-coup demonstrations in Cairo today is a risky move. Why did he do it? Steve Negus looks for answers.
- The logistics of cutting military aid to Egypt. It’s not easy.
- Cutting aid to the UN though? We’ll see. The House and Senate really are at odds over State and Foreign Operations appropriations.
- Still getting our money’s worth in Afghanistan — $2 billion in waste, fraud and abuse in the last three months alone.
- Which means we’ve hit rock bottom in approval for the war in Afghanistan.
- None of the above probably compares to the $60 trillion price tag of melting Arctic ice caps. From the journal Nature it’s all about the massive release of methane that will happen: “Higher methane concentrations in the atmosphere will accelerate global warming and hasten local changes in the Arctic, speeding up sea-ice retreat, reducing the reflection of solar energy and accelerating the melting of the Greenland ice sheet.”
- Why England is really happy about the birth of young Prince George: Monarchies are the “richest, happiest, and most democratic states.” Who knew?
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