Ave, Mike!

My buddy Mike writes a fascinating post about possible war between Ethiopia and Egypt. The cause? Water. It's like Dune, but without spice melange and Bene Gesserits. Here's a snippet of Mike's post, edited for style:

Water can also be a terrifying subject to think about. Take, for example, the Nile river. Way back in 1989, [our class] talked about the Nile river—how it is the primary potable-water source for four nations, chief among them Egypt. We spoke about the politics of the Aswan Dam and why the dam was so important in the first place. Well... guess what? There is nothing new under the sun. If Egypt can dam the Nile, surely other nations can, too.

And that is just what Ethiopia has done. If you missed it (and your Maximum Leader did until last year, when he read a news article mentioning the dam), Ethiopia has been building a dam on the Blue Nile since 2011. Guess what else? That dam is finished. And Ethiopia is doing what is done when a dam is built: you fill a reservoir and start using the dam. Here is a piece on that: River Nile Dam: reservoir filling Up, Ethiopia confirms.

The world is tearing itself apart this year. The Cathedral of Nantes suffered an arson attack this past Saturday. I just emailed a message of sympathy to my French family, which is from that area. What more does 2020 have in store for us? The possible tearing-apart of the United States, if Tim Pool is right: he contends that half the country will disbelieve the presidential-election results, so we're in for more than just people screaming at the sky this year.