Congratulations to colleague Paul Berton on the publication of his book Shopomania - Our Obsession with Possession.
Haven’t tucked into the book yet, but I’m told it rails against the wanton spending of money, a subject my family would attest is dear to my own miserly heart.
These are absolutely historic days, in both Ukraine and Iran. Historians may look back upon this as a hinge moment in the struggle for human freedom. Assuming there is anyone left alive to look back.
Beautiful, simple, elegant, not maudlin or over-the-top. And no cliche Gates of Heaven. THIS is how you handle a tragic story if you are an editorial cartoonist. Another reason @mackaycartoons is the best in the business. @TheSpec#HamOnt
Every serious media outlet in the West tomorrow morning needs to ask what Scholz, Macron, Orban and Biden et al. have to say about the Bucha massacre.
And what they are going to do about it.
@nytimes@washingtonpost@faznet@lemondefr@hsfi@SvD
The name of #VladimirPutin will be forever associated with crimes of cruelty and savagery. #Bucha, #Mariepol and countless others will enter our consciousness and be linked to his name until the end of time. No armistice or treaty will change this. His fate is sealed.
Very concerning news. Marianna, the pregnant girl from #Mariupol, turns out to be one of the refugees that has been taken to #Russia in violation of the evacuation agreement.
There they put her in front of a camera and have her say there was no aerial attack on the hospital.
Between the Truanon loons, the MAGA heads, the identipol fanatics, the anti-vaxxers and the “just-asking-questions” crypto-Putinists, it’s raining cults around here.
Will Smith saying he wants to be a vessel for love fifteen minutes after hitting a guy live on international TV and then getting a standing ovation is just an incredible summation of what Hollywood’s all about.
The Biden White House has done pretty well on Ukraine, so I'm disinclined to carp. On the other hand, all the walking back and hand-wringing about Biden's Putin comment leads me to say to my friends there:
"C'mon!
Walk back less, lean forward more.
Wring hands less, punch more."
“In his meeting with all 30 NATO nations, Mr. Biden must cross his Rubicon. He must declare that the sanctions crippling Russia will remain in full force, with no exit ramps, as long as Mr. Putin remains in power.”
I’m pretty sure that if I got fired from my job but refused to leave & then sent a bunch of crazy people to bash in the windows, build a gallows & smear poop on the walls, I wouldn’t be allowed to tour the country saying I was never even really fired at all.
But what do I know.
⚡️On Sunday, March 6, anti-war rallies were held in 56 #Russian cities. According to OVD-Info, at least 4,000 participants were detained, at least 34 people were beaten during the arrest.
In the video, security forces in St. Petersburg used a stun gun against a detainee.