This just in: To no one’s surprise, Putin has invaded Ukraine on the pretense of Keeping The Peace. However, the obvious truth is that this has been a typo in his stated mission. It’s “piece” not “peace” that he is keeping. “I’ll keep that piece of Ukraine and that piece over there and….”

All this is happening 240 kilometers to the east of where I sit right now in Budapest.

People are dying from a war that was started to simply feed the ego of Trump’s idol. Putin wants a legacy of recreating the Soviet Union. People are dying and it’s all on him.

Putin has plenty of backers; people cheering him on as his murderous spree continues. Fox News, Trump, Pompeo and a whole slew of Republicans think this is all just fine. Why? For one reason: They oppose the position of a sitting Democrat president because it strengthens their political position. In short, Republican support Russia because they want more power.

Meanwhile, Putin is spinning a web of lies that are second in line only to those spun by Trump. Why does Putin tell so many blatantly obvious lies? For the same reasons our Republican party tells obvious lies, they both have a base of people who will believe anything they say. Putin wants war. Russians want justification. Putin says, “Ukrainians are killing children and they need to be stopped.” That’s good enough for the right.

Now for a music video…

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim