Hey, F.A.! I think you can only mean      Joan Mckenna Ward ('60) of VA:

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WOW!! You are good. Thanks so much.

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U.S. ‘Black-Baggers’ Weren’t Listening to James Bond Doppelganger

Putin’s God Squad, His Army March to the Same Tune,

World Sleeping, Talking, Russians Quietly Grab Crimea

By Harry M. Covert

Many people, wizened and otherwise, have long believed that Russia of the past and present is the Great Satan. It’s probably a bit too late now but the question looms: did American intelligence agencies drop the ball, completely and totally of late.

The furor over the National Security Agency’s phone-tapping and listening in to world leaders didn’t mean much because the black baggers apparently didn’t sneak in on Mr. Putin’s telephonic commiserations.

Somehow Edward Snowden’s stealing NSA files and defecting to Moscow, Russia has been silenced.

The professionals at Maryland’s Fort Meade may have been too busy with other issues involving the Middle East (as always) or following the bubbling antics in Venezuela, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, North Korea and other international hot spots.

Mr. Putin, however, has been anything but asleep. While Americans were talking about the expected terrorist attacks at Sochi Olympics, which didn’t happen, the Russian president continued on his merry way. As usual the United States debated and debated with academics and commentators filling time.

Russian Orthodox Church officials have been seen giving “spiritual” encouragement to Russian soldiers, identified and unidentified, in Ukraine and Crimea.  Mr. Putin is a member of the Russian Orthodox Church and its priests and membership are considered his God squad.

Roman Catholic Pope Francis I has asked for prayers and talk among the leaders.

It’s a nice thing to work for peace around the world. While that’s something all desire, dealing with the Russians and their leader is akin to kissing a deadly rattlesnake.

The populace in the 50 states accepts the idea the USA is the most powerful nation on earth. That’s nice. While the bragging continues, the alerts are echoing that the Cold War of the 1950s is re-emerging big time, under the noses of the nation’s intelligence agencies.

How could Mr. Putin’s planning and action be so missed? Surely it has been, right on top of Mr. Obama’s recent decision to cut the military back to pre-WWII levels? The world is watching, paying attention and all the wannabe leaders and dictators are back in business dreaming of the day when they can sit on their thrones shooting, killing and starving their people.

Plus, these world despots aren’t worried too much about an intrusion into their affairs. Of course, they will want to tap the American treasury.

Mr. Putin apparently doesn’t like the braggadocios talk that says the Russians aren’t a world power.

So after the success of the Sochi Olympics the former KGB agent and spy leader just quietly went about his business, silently moving in his soldiers to the Ukraine capturing the Crimea acting like he’s Daniel Craig, his James Bond doppelganger.

May the Almighty forbid a return to a time when the Unitarian British prime minister waved a paper noting “peace in our time,” gladly giving up territory to another hard-cold killer.

Mr. Putin has had a plan. He doesn’t do a lot of talking about them but he does act quickly. A 90-minute presidential confab from Washington to Moscow and strong words haven’t solved a thing nor deter him.

No one wants war; it’s out of the question anyway. Mr. Putin is no wall-flower or video talk show debater and he’s flat out walking to his own drums. It is high time world leaders of the western variety realize there’s a problem out there. Not a small one at that.

The computer genius who walked out of the Fort Meade headquarters with thumb-drives and other highly secret files could end up as a Russian intelligence colonel. He’s certainly no American patriot and not misunderstood at all.

Mr. Putin is no Sunday School teacher. Former Defense Secretary Bob Gates, after looking the Russian president in the eye, described him “a stone-cold killer.”

And, not a single American soldier, sailor, marine, coast guardsman, intelligence officer, diplomat, doctor, nurse or journalist should suffer any wound, maiming, death or prison for the invasion of Ukraine or the capture of Crimea.

   Thank you so very much for your insights, Harry!

Last Tango with Charis: Poutin' Putin

   YOWZERONI-RINI! NEVER would I have suspected that you were bullied as a child, Charis! The very thought of bullying is abominable in any case, but is positively astounding when it is inflicted upon such a superior being as YOU! Thank you so much for sharing this with us, Charis Dear!

    I'm so ashamed! Thanks, Jimmy!

18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently
by Carolyn Gregoire

   This is spot-on YOU, Lady - and you're as special as they come! Thanks again, Charis!

Another year has passed
And we're all a little older.
Last summer felt hotter
And winter seems much colder.

There was a time not long ago
When life was quite a blast.
Now I fully understand
About 'Living in the Past'

We used to go to weddings,
Football games and lunches..
Now we go to funeral homes
And after-funeral brunches.

We used to have hangovers,
From parties that were gay.
Now we suffer body aches
And wile the night away.

We used to go out dining,
And couldn't get our fill.
Now we ask for doggie bags,
Come home and take a pill.

We used to often travel
To places near and far.
Now we get sore asses
From riding in the car .

We used to go to nightclubs
And drink a little booze.
Now we stay home at night
And watch the evening news.

That, my friend is how life is,
And now my tale is told.
So, enjoy each day and live it up...
Before you're too damned old!