News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
As Putin’s wicked forces of darkness bear down on the peaceful utopia of Ukraine, you may be asking yourself: “What can I do to help?” Fortunately, there are things we ALL can do to express our extreme displeasure with Putin that will surely have a powerful effect somehow! Do your part, citizen!
Here are ten things you can do to protest Russia:
1) Return your Russian mail order bride: You may have said your vows, but she’ll definitely understand when you tell her it’s important to the war effort!
2) Pass over the Russian mob when hiring hitmen: You have plenty of other options, like the notorious Mexican cartel MS13 or Hillary Clinton.
3) Disavow Communism: Really, you should have done this long ago.
4) Throw away all your Beef Stroganoff Hamburger Helper: Replace it with all-American Cheeseburger Macaroni flavor. Take that, Ruskies!
5) Watch a bunch of 80’s movies, but fast-forward every time a Russian is on the screen: Do not give them the honor of screentime.
6) Stop doing that one Russian dance where your squat and kick your legs out and shout “hey”: We forget what this dance is called. But stop doing it. Now.
7) Use the term “hurryin'” instead of “rushin'”: These small sacrifices really add up.
8) Buy ten million Adidas tracksuits so there won’t be any leftover for Russians to buy: Actually, this might hurt the Ukrainians too, so never mind.
9) Sell your vacation home in Moscow: (Bernie Sanders only)
10) Throw your big red fake reset button in the trash: (Hillary Clinton only)
Go here to read the rest.
I’m not quite old enough to remember this, but does anyone recall this level of hostility to ALL things Russian back in the 50s and 60s at the height of the Cold War? Were people bogcotting vodka and cancelling Russian authors, composers, etc. after the invasions of Hungary or Czechoslovakia? Was Van Cliburn (remember him?) condemned for taking part in the Tchaikovsky Competition? Not that I’ve heard.
I don’t recall it either Elaine. People usually were smart enough to distinguish between Russian culture and the Soviet State which was depicted in the US to be an enemy of the Russian people.
From a Bob Hope Presents Chrysler Theater episode in 1963: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op7qV4cyeOE
Banning Anastasia was counterproductive. She was a member of the Czar’s family and the bad guys were the Soviets and their supporters.