I wish we’d just stop with all these expressions of grave concern, oligarch lists and “we are almost about to begin to get ready to impose terrible sanctions.” It’s been going on for four years, and it’s risible and pathetic. It’s better not to do anything at all.

A police force will open ‘crying rooms’ and provide extra desk fans for female officers and staff going through the menopause.

This is not only bizarre but offensive and discriminatory. Why is nobody suing?

Does anybody have any knowledge of Kratom beyond what Google offers? We have this very good and very progressive new state rep that we elected over a horrible and corrupt old-timer incumbent a short while ago. She’s been doing amazing work for the region. But now people are massively against her because she seemed to support a Kratom ban (even though she now says there should be a hearing before it’s banned.) Why are there efforts to ban it? Does it really help opiate addicts?

And I’m doomed to lose my cognitive abilities, too, so enjoy them while they still exist:

The journal Diabetologia published a study that “found that people with high blood sugar had a faster rate of cognitive decline than those with normal blood sugar—whether or not their blood-sugar level technically made them diabetic.

So now Klara has her transitional object – a doll called Baby who has to go with her everywhere. A transitional object is a toy or a thing that a child learns to transfer its affections to outside of herself or the parents. It’s a crucial moment in the formation of subjectivity, and it’s an important step in learning to connect with others.

So now every morning I have to dress not only Klara but baby, too. The outfit has to be carefully selected and color coordinated. The baby has to have socks on, a bib, a coat, and a hat. Then I have to brush Baby’s teeth and give her milk. And at night Klara makes space for Baby in her crib, covers her with a blanket and sings her a lullaby. It’s super cute.

Baby also goes potty a lot. Yesterday we even worried if she had disintery because she pooped 20 times in a row.

Human subjectivity is complex.

A crappy title, even crappier subtitles, but a great article on how the Dems are doing all they can to keep losing. It’s truly infuriating but if you look at what is happening at the local level wherever you are, chances are you’ll see something similar.

I’d so love to see this amazing exhibit but I’m not in New York. Those who are, don’t miss your chance to see it.

I had no idea anybody could strike me as even more vulgar and ridiculous than Melania Trump, but anything is possible, it seems.

Speaking of which, don’t you just love our President’s dedication to isolationism?

At the grocery store, a very young man tries to withdraw $40 from the ATM. Two $20 bills come out and then a crumpled third bill emerges. The young man panicks, tried to push it back in, but the bill won’t go back.

“I’m sorry, do you know what I should do?” the young man asks the store worker who is passing by.

“Take it,” the worker replies.

“It’s not mine,” the young guy explains. “I only withdrew $40.”

“Take it. It’s a bonus the machine is giving out today,” the store worker says.

“Oh,” says the young guy. “Oh. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thanks!” And he runs away, beaming.

The worker turns around and sees me waiting in the corner with the stroller.

“Of course, the bank gives no bonus,” he explains. “Like it ever would. But the kid looked like he could really use the money.”

While I heat up dinner, Klara makes an infernal house.

“Klarochka, what are you doing?” I ask.

“I’m making a ruckus, mamma,” she explains.

Three other Democratic members of Congress from New York showed up at the rally in support of Ragbir: Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Joe Crowley and Rep. Yvette Clarke.

They say the government targeted the 53-year-old native of Trinidad because of his activism as the head of the New Sanctuary Coalition of New York that helps immigrants fight deportation.

The government says he should be deported because of a 2001 wire fraud conviction involving a New Jersey mortgage company where Ragbir worked that was caught up in a fraud scheme.

Yeah, well, if Democrats weren’t interested in prosecuting these vicious mortgage fraudsters even back in 2009, why should they care about their crimes now?

What’s really interesting is that they can’t seem to find any immigrants in need of protection who are not rich criminal jerks. There must be a shortage of decent immigrants facing deportation (said I with great sarcasm, obviously.)

Also, another question. Is anybody here on a low-fat diet? Can you recommend any books? I’ve just been to the store, and I found everything but. I don’t buy recipe books online because it’s almost guaranteed the purchase won’t work out this way.

The Ukrainian diet is traditionally high-fat, high-sodium, so I automatically veer towards this kind of stuff, and as we have recently seen, I’m not managing to unlearn these unhealthy practices on my own.