Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wins the internet this week with this striking characterisation of the wannabe dictator:

"The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire, just because they show up with a bucket of water."

(Thanks to @Paul_stilgar for this find.)

@randahl @Paul_stilgar

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The pumpkin spice Palpatine has just entered the finding out phase. I am fascinated that France is enjoying a huge capital gain, but aren’t they taking a physical shipment?

This reminds me of what eventually pushed Nixon to go off the dollar standard

https://youtu.be/HRPMpBYTpKQ

France moves 129 tonnes of gold from New York Federal Reserve

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