Day 1148
Full-fledged Easter cakes
So, in continuation of yesterday’s post1, Auchan, the French supermarket chain in Kyiv, has decided not to sell Easter cake tops in order to preserve the sanctity of the dough, as it were.
"We believe that Easter cake should be holistic, just like happiness at the holiday table. Because it tastes best when both the fluffy dough and the sweet icing are together. When you don't have to choose between the top or the bottom. When every bite is like a hug from your grandmother. At Auchan, we sell full-fledged Easter cakes, lovingly baked, richly decorated and ready to be the main star of the Easter basket. Because it tastes better when it's real. Because Easter cake is not half-baked!" — Auchan (Facebook, April 11, 2025)
Earlier this year, the Russian subsidiary of Auchan quashed rumours of an impending sale, saying it would continue to operate “for the benefit of the local population.” And themselves.
Which brings me to Hannity and Steven “the hockey puck,” Donald’s envoy, who chats below about his third, “compelling” meeting with the maniac next door.
”This peace deal is about the five territories [of Ukraine],” says Steven. “But there is so much more to it. There are security protocols. There is NATO, no NATO, Article 5. There is a lot of detail attached to it [the deal]. …We might be on the verge of something that might be very, very important for the world at large.”
In other words, bullshit. And then Steven blurts out there might be “compelling” opportunities to reshape US-Russia commercial relations, as if anyone in their right mind would consider doing biznez with murderous kleptocrats in Moscow, except maybe Auchan. The second half of the interview is about Steven’s efforts to get Iran to give up it’s nuclear bomb ambitions.