Earlier, White House spokesperson Kate Bedingfield said the US had information that Mr Putin "felt misled by the Russian military" and this had resulted in "persistent tension between Putin and his military leadership".
"Putin's war has been a strategic blunder that has left Russia weaker over the long term and increasingly isolated on the world stage," she said.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby called the assessments "discomforting", because an uninformed Putin could result in a "less than faithful" effort at ending the conflict through peace negotiations.
"The other thing is, you don't know how a leader like that is going to react to getting bad news," he said.
Kamala Harris talks about the 'significance of the passage of time' four times in a row in bizarre speech touting high-speed internet in Louisiana
Kamala Harris said the 'significance of the passage of time' four times in less than 30 seconds in remarks from Louisiana Monday on expanding broadband
'We were all doing a tour of the library here and talking about the significance of the passage of time. Right? The significance of the passage of time' she said
'There is great significance to the passage of time in terms of what we need to do... And there is such great significance to the passage of time when we think about a day in the life of our children'
GOP Rep. Austin Scott wrote of the comments: 'There has been too much passage of time with nothing being done [with border security]'
It's another in a long line of criticism over Harris' public presence, including inappropriate laughter and demeanor during remarks and interviews
Polish Deputy Prime Minister Demanded the Disappearance of Russian Culture in Society
Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Poland, Minister of Culture and National Heritage Piotr Glinsky:
According to Glinsky, Russian culture should disappear from public space.
“Right now is not the time for Russian ballet, not a good season for Chekhov or even Pushkin. I’m not talking about the Alexandrov Ensemble,” he said at a press conference in Luxembourg, where the meeting of the EU Council for Education, Youth, Culture and Sports (EYCS) is taking place.
“Russian culture must disappear from the public space,” he demanded, adding that he appreciates the achievements of this culture in music or literature. “They are at the highest level, but we are dealing with a country that has gone crazy,” Glinsky summed up.
Earlier, the Special Representative of the President of Russia for International Cultural Cooperation, Mikhail Shvydkoy, criticized the renaming of "Russian Dancers" by the French impressionist artist Edgar Degas into "Ukrainian" by the National Gallery in London.
One can condemn Putin’s actions and even cheer on Ukraine’s military resistance without fostering a false image of Ukraine’s political system. The country is not a symbol of freedom and liberal democracy, and the war is not an existential struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. At best, Ukraine is a corrupt, quasi-democratic entity with troubling repressive policies.
Given that sobering reality, calls for Americans to “stand with Ukraine” are misplaced. Preserving Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity most certainly are not worth the United States risking war with a nuclear-armed Russia.
One can condemn Putin’s actions and even cheer on Ukraine’s military resistance without fostering a false image of Ukraine’s political system. The country is not a symbol of freedom and liberal democracy, and the war is not an existential struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. At best, Ukraine is a corrupt, quasi-democratic entity with troubling repressive policies.
Given that sobering reality, calls for Americans to “stand with Ukraine” are misplaced. Preserving Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity most certainly are not worth the United States risking war with a nuclear-armed Russia. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/whitewashing-ukraines-corruption/
"This phenomenon has been happening ever since there has been stand-up comedy," he says. As the two jesters from Richard I's court demonstrate, comedy has always been risky, and the power has always ultimately rested with the audience.
"What is wrong and what is OK is determined not by the teller, but by the audience member, by the receiver, and by their mood, the context they're in, the number of drinks they've had, their culture, their identity," continues McGraw.
If the power rests with the audience, the comedian has a tricky task in pleasing them. Stand-up comedian Catherine Bohart knows this pressure well. "The psychology of an audience is really interesting because [if] you seem fine, they are willing to trust you," she says. "But if you are being vulnerable, they can sniff out that anxiety and vulnerability."
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin pledged to move "heaven and earth" to make sure Ukraine won the war.
There has recently been an increasing number of pledges to increase military support to Ukraine, including Germany's announcement that it will send 50 anti-aircraft tanks, in a sharp U-turn in policy.
Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.
Всё к лучшему в этом лучшем из миров
Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles (‣ Вольтер. Кандид, гл. 1 - 1759 г.)
Alles ist aufs Beste bestellt in der besten der möglichen Welten. (Voltaire. Candide).
Mit diesen Worten parodiert Voltaire in seinem satirischen Roman die teleologische Ansicht des deutschen Philosophen Leibnitz, nach der alles in der Welt zweckmäßig erschaffen sei, so dass diese als "die beste aller möglichen Welten" zu gelten habe.
Verwendungsweise des Zitats: Ausdruck einer ironischen Ablehnung.
1. Horrorshow (‘хорошо’ or ‘khorosho’ meaning ‘good’)
“I gave him one real horrorshow kick on the gulliver and he went ohhhh, then he sort of snorted off to like sleep…”
The Nadsat word for ‘good’ comes directly from the Russian word for good. Anthony Burgess purposely took liberty mis-transliterating the word, however, so that it would be spelled with the English word “horror.” This is important as its usage throughout the novel quite literally goes from good to bad. Gradually, “horrowshow” acquires an ironic meaning, revealing Alex’s satisfaction with violent films and horrific acts of torture.
2. Gulliver (‘голова’ or ‘golova’ meaning ‘head’)
I had something of a pain in the Gulliver so I had to sleep.”
Like ‘horrorshow’, ‘gulliver’ is an extremely anglicised version of the Russian word golova, and therefore looks like British slang at first glance. The word is perhaps an allusion to Jonathan Swift’s classic Gulliver’s Travels, giving the English-speaking reader a tauntingly false sense of familiarity. Although Gulliver was a giant in a land of pygmies – was this a sly depiction of big, scary Soviet culture taking over the West?
