Further to my post dated 14th March this year (zafoid.com/post/view/11833) regarding President Trump's lavish restyling of the Oval Office at the White House with gilded gold, it appears that the gold quotient has increased further since then. The images here below show the Oval Office on July 9, 2025, with President Trump hosting President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani of Mauritania in front of the fireplace, and it turns out that there is even more gold! There are more gilded picture frames, more cartouches (including one on each side of the grandfather clock, as well as under the picture frames), and the golden decorative items on the fireplace mantle have increased to nine, including a very ornate clock. What's going to be next?



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With a heavy heart we note the unexpected death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who rose to fame as a child actor in the 1980s in the role of Theodore Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” which ran from 1984 to 1992. Warner died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, where he was on vacation with his family. Warner was swimming at Playa Grande in the town of Cocles in the province of Limón on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica around 2:30 p.m. local time Sunday, when a current pulled him deeper into the ocean, according to the Associated Press. May he rest in peace.

Kullħadd isemmi li Franco Debono kien waqqa' l-gvern fl-10 ta' Diċembru 2012, meta vvota kontra l-baġit. Dak iż-żmien Debono kien insista li l-Ministru tat-Trasport Austin Gatt għandu jassumi responsabbiltà, billi jirreżena, ta' fallimenti f'diversi setturi u f'diversi riformi, fosthom ir-riforma tat-trasport pubbliku, kif ukoll it-telf kbir finanzjarju li ġarrbu d-Dry Docks minħabba deċiżjonijiet żbaljati bħall-kuntratt ta' Fairmount. Debono kien għamilha ċara lill-Prim Ministru Lawrence Gonzi, li sakemm Gatt jibqa' ma jirriżenjax, hu mhux se jivvota favur il-baġit, u mingħajr il-vot tiegħu, l-abbozz tal-baġit ma kienx se jgħaddi.



Dak li pero tipikament ma jissemmix f'din l-istorja kollha, huwa l-kuntest. L-aħħar elezzjoni ġenerali kienet fl-2008, mirbuħa mill-PN. Lawrence Gonzi kien reġa' assuma l-kariga ta' Prim Ministru mill-11 ta' Marzu 2008, għalhekk f'Diċembru 2012, il-mandat leġiżlattiv ta' ħames snin (hekk kif dettat mill-Kostituzzjoni ta' Malta) kien xorta waħda ħa jiskadi fl-10 ta' Marzu 2013, u infatti kien ġa kważi skada għalkollox — tant hu hekk li dik il-leġiżlatura baqgħet iżżomm postha sal-aħħar nett, bil-Prim Ministru Lawrence Gonzi, wara l-vot ta' Debono, jiskeda l-elezzjoni ġenerali li kien jmiss għad-9 ta' Marzu 2013, u b'hekk ġie żgurat li l-mandat massimu ta' ħames snin ikun ġie servut fl-intir tiegħu.