Wrong guy to ask. He’s never even heard of Russia before, to the best of his recollection.
how do you avoid political polarization? with a little Magnitsky.
This woman needs to be added to the sanctions under the Magnitsky Act as well. In fact if we can somehow rid ourselves of this Overripe Orange Julius the sanctions on Russia should be ratcheted up severely. So severely that their economy should be a desolate wasteland. Real talk.
I think that we might need a big one, given the “current” state of affairs.
Your Culture Break for today: Herewith some (roughly transcribed) lyrics from Patience, the best Gilbert & Sullivan work you’ve never heard of.
A magnet hung in a hardware shop,
And all around was a loving crop
Of scissors and needles, nails and knives,
Offering love for all their lives;
But for iron the magnet felt no whim,
Though he charmed iron, it charmed not him;
From needles and nails and knives he’d turn,
For he’d set his love on a silver churn!
His most aesthetic,
Very magnetic
Fancy took this turn:
If I can wheedle
A knife or a needle,
Why not a silver churn?
And iron and steel expressed surprise
The needles opened their well drilled eyes
The penknives felt shut up no doubt
And the scissors declared themselves cut out.
The kettles they boiled with rage 'tis said
And every nail went off its head
And hither and thither began to roam
'Til a hammer came up and drove them home
This most magnetic
Peripatetic lover he lived to learn
By no endeavor can a magnet ever
Attract a silver churn.
This Prevezon thing is a big piece of the picture imo. This is the case that Preet Bharara was working on. It’s all tied up with Russian mob money, and one of the witnesses was assassinated by being thrown out of a window in Moscow. Then shortly after Trumpfie fires Bharara, the government settles the case. Sure, nothing to see here.
I really hope Mueller gets the chance to solve this whole puzzle. I’m worried he doesn’t have much time and won’t be allowed to finish.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! And, you are correct; I had never heard of it.