"Fuck Off, Friedman!"

 and the horse you rode in on...

(Sometimes, don't you just want to talk back to the "headlines"?)

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Year Two of the Ukraine War Is Going to Get Scary

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In other news: the "Ezra Klein Show!" is still playing, I see... and the ladies allegedly running the editorial page are proud to debut David "I'm just a NiceGuy!" French.*  Do people really read this stuff?  Make em  feel good?  Ugh.

EZRA KLEIN

The Story Construction Tells About America’s Economy Is Disturbing

My Debut Column: Considering the Most Uncomfortable of Thoughts

Maybe it makes somebody feel good in a "well tonight thank God it's them instead of you..." way, heading off to work today, to "support" their children and grandchildren.  Paying the price for their choices, they are.

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SOUNDTRACK:  Steve Goodman: Memories they can't be boughten/Can't be "won" at carnivals, for free...  Well it took me years, to get these "souveniers"... and I don't know how they slipped away from me...  #FreedomIsn'tFree

* I guess they couldn't land Rod Dreher?? heh. (yeah, that's snark, people.)