Midweek Cafe and Lounge, Vol. 253

Comedy is borne from pain and distress. We’re all feeling it right now. So let’s just get to it.

Here is Colbert’s latest opening monologue:

Chris Hayes as a Seth Meyers guest:

Anderson Cooper on Colbert’s show recently:

This is sobering stuff, even if some comic relief is involved.

I will recommend looking for the Ukrainian President’s former series, Servant of the People, to get an insight on how Ukraine’s President Zelinskyy honed his skills. The series seems partially inspired by an old BBC series, Yes, Prime Minister. Zelinskyy continues to use these lessons as he leads his nation through what is a war of re-colonizing a people who were finally decolonized three decades ago. If any of us have Slavic lineage, or friends or family in Eastern Europe and Ukraine, let’s do what we can. Please. Lives hang in the balance. So does a world in which peoples can determine their own version of democracy, based on their cultural norms and values.

Author: Don Durito

Left of center and lover of photography, music, pop culture, and life. Favorite quote - "There are no innocents. There are, however, different degrees of responsibility" (Lisbeth Salander, from Stieg Larsson's original Millennium Trilogy).

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  3. When I was on Twitter earlier, it was wild seeing the long lines at Victoria’s Secret before it shut down its stores in Russia. Given Victoria’s Secret’s reputation in recent years, bailing on Russia is probably a pretty low bar to cross. And yet they did. The Russian middle class must be in some form of shock. A few decades of trade ended practically overnight. The German equivalent of Home Depot is gone. Fast food franchises are gone. Practically every clothing line you can think of is gone. Does the Russian government even have the capacity to manufacture equivalents? I doubt it. In the meantime, for those who missed out on those last goods and services? Good luck, I guess? Maybe Nyetflix won’t be a total disaster? Maybe some nationalized garment manufacturer will come up with something that will keep their webcam and OnlyFans models looking like they belong on those platforms? As bad as the Russian economy was already, that was one of the few viable career choices available. As Russian goods become a pariah and dockworkers refuse to accept their shipments? As Russian petrol become acceptable to fewer buyers? Enjoy being the new North Korea, I guess. China, from a position of actual strength, might show pity. And so it goes. I’ve lived through some stupid wars over my lifetime, and this one is arguably the stupidest ever. There may be Russian citizens who did not want this. Fine. Too many are drinking the same Kool-Aid that the MAGA idiots drink on a daily basis. Hard to find sympathy. My message for any Russian who actually reads this is to get up and get angry and work to change their regime. I see no other way out.

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