On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...
A new Mystery Box was released to the FarmVille Market on June 30, 2010. This Mystery Box costs 16 FV$ and will be available in the FarmVille Market during the next 6 days only.This box is outdoor themed and contains "outdoor" themed prizes. FarmVille Outdoor Mystery Crate You may recognize this box as it was featured on FarmVille Freak as a previously unreleased item. :::Spoiler Alert::: The following are confirmed prizes for this Mystery Box: * Wolf Cub, 250 XP * Chipmunk, 150 XP * Saloon, 450 XP * Campsite, 500 XP * Gold Rush Cabin, 500 XP What prize did you receive in this Mystery Box (June 30th)? Send pics of your prizes to farmgoddess@farmvillefreak.com and we will feature them on FarmVille Freak. FarmVille Freak Esteban's Forest Campsite, Wolf Cub, & Bear FarmVille Freak Taylor's Chipmunks FarmVille Freak Alex's Saloon FarmVille Freak Faith's Gold Rush Cabin * Wolf Cub, 250 XP * Chipmunk, 150 XP * Saloon, 450 XP * Campsite, 500 XP * Gold Rush Cabin,...