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...
PetVille has added several new decorations to the rec room. All to help your Pet get it's dance on. The rec room features a whole lot of new items meant to bring on a whole new level of excitement and fun. The recreation room seems to be transforming itself into a room meant to give you and you pet all the bragging rights in terms of items to get your Pet groove on. So go ahead and give you Rec room all the party themed items your pet deserves. New today: Insta-Disco Light We're #1 Fan Foam Finger Accessory Smooth Zazzle Soda Machine Bubbly & Fizzy Soda Machine Cold Pop! Soda Machine Retro Chrome Bar Table Pink Furrball Foosball Table Sure Bounce Blossom Trampoline An original post by Sociolatte