Could Putin Be Assassinated?
The meme here is interesting, isn’t it?
On her show “Fresh Air” yesterday, Terry Gross interviewed American journalist and historian Anne Applebaum, who has written extensively about Marxism–Leninism and the development of Central and Eastern Europe. Most of her recent work has centered around Russia and the Ukraine, going back to the formation of the country in the early 1990s.
Terry asked her guest if she’d like to comment on the possibility that Putin could be taken out by one of his own people, perhaps by poison, which, of course, is one of his favorite tools. Applebaum denied to comment, noting only that he remains very distant (physically) from all others, and perhaps communicates in person only with his bodyguards. Yet I found it interesting that the question presented itself.
I’ve often expressed my exasperation that no one on Earth can write political comedy that comes anywhere close to that of Andy Borowitz. Everyone knows that:
It appears that Ukrainians are uploading 
Once upon a time, there was a very good idea concerning police reform that centered around the utilization of unarmed professionals to diffuse situations involving non-violent law-breakers. Wherever it’s been implemented, it has shown remarkable results in terms of effective de-escalation and, of course, a 100% reduction in lethal force. Nobody has a gun, so nobody get’s killed. 
One might think that the top brass in the Republican party would move to eject Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert from Congress. Maybe the GOP has lost all sense of shame, but do speaking at white supremacist conventions and 
Here’s a commencement address given by Australian comedian/intellectual Tim Minchin. He says he’s not an inspirational speaker, but in fact, it’s hard not to be inspired.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen one of these 
“Lethality Jane” makes an excellent point here, though it’s one of those cases in which decent people don’t need to be told, and it won’t deter the pigs.
As much as we admire the courage and guts of the Ukrainians, we need to be realistic, and acknowledge that Russia has a 40-mile long convey of weaponry on its way to Kiev, a city already under siege from the air.
In truth, it’s hard to know exactly how much Trump has control of the geopolitical world. When he was in office, we commonly heard from his staffers how little interest the former president had in briefings, even on critically important matters.
