Chris Blattman spins some bad news from his hotel stay in Liberia:

I draw some solace from the fact that a rebel war criminal turned Senator and Presidential candidate, Prince Johnson, would be staying in the same room a couple of days later. I did not tell the manger about the bedbugs. Bite away, little buddies, bite away.

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