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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that a bidding war has erupted in after hours trading ...
between Donald Trump and Nicolas Maduro on the long term lease of Julian Assange's former room in the Ecuadorian Embassy
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a bidding war has erupted in after hours trading ... (Original Post)
Snake Plissken
Apr 2019
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hlthe2b
(113,220 posts)1. Put in bunk beds (and about a dozen more rats)
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)2. LOL
brush
(61,033 posts)3. More serious than that. There are Cuban and Russian forces there. Maduro's not leaving.
OTOH, a protest leader from the other side has sought asylum in the Chilean embassy. What's up with that?
With Russain and Cuban forces there and US aircraft carriers sailing there, this has the potential to be a very tense standoffunless of course trump backs down to Putin, as has happened quite often.
