Yeah, nothing stops a dictator in his tracks like raising his A.T.M. fees (The beginning is near)

February 2022

“Why is Vladimir Putin planning to send troops into another country. He claims it’s to carry out ‘peacekeeping functions,’ and it’s true. (imitating Vladimir Putin) ‘I keep this piece of Ukraine. I keep that piece of Ukraine. I keep all the pieces of Ukraine. I am piece-keeping.’” —Stephen Colbert

“Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, in a sharp escalation of already sky-high tensions. Putin had already unilaterally declared the breakaway Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent republics on Monday. Smart – he declares them independent and then when he sends troops in, he can technically say, ‘That’s not an invasion of Ukraine, because that’s not Ukraine any more.’ And at this point, Putin’s most important weapon is his Sharpie for redrawing the map.” —Stephen Colbert

“In response to aggression along the border with Ukraine, the US government had imposed some economic sanctions, barring new investment, trade and financing by US persons to, from, or in the provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. Well, that’s a disaster for anyone invested in the Ukrainian coffee chain Dunkin’ Donetsk.” —Stephen Colbert

“It’s not just the president — the Senate is preparing its own list of sanctions and, reportedly, Republican lawmakers are itching to sanction Putin’s romantic partner. Putin’s romantic partner? So, the horse?” —Stephen Colbert

“Yeah, President Biden also used his speech to announce a bunch of new sanctions against Russia. Yeah, nothing stops a dictator in his tracks like raising his A.T.M. fees.” —Jimmy Fallon

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html 

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

and Orwell’s 1984.”