I am CuTRis

Yet another critic of Vladimir Putin has died mysteriously. The only thing as dangerous as criticizing Putin, is fighting in the Russian military--which has a running total of 315K casualties in the war with Ukraine.

Yevgeny Prigozhin allegedly died in a plane crash. Now who could have seen that coming?

For Tyre Nichols to be beaten to death by police earlier this month, nearly three years after George Floyd, shows me that there is the need for police reform. The color of the officers doesn’t seem to have any bearing on these atrocities. For starters, I would change the language. As a writer, I know how powerful words are. I can remember one night after working late, televising a meeting, being pulled over for going 5 MPH over the speed limit. The officer began swearing and yelling obscenities at me after I was found to be completely sober and with no outstanding warrants. I had clearly disappointed this officer, who dropped the “F” bomb numerous times as he cussed me out. I stayed quiet until I was allowed to leave. But what other profession allows someone to unleash obscenities on a member of the public? It was a verbal assault. It’s just another small step from there to a physical assault. Maintaining composure and an appropriate vocabulary is just the start to treating people...

Maybe they are just clumsy and like the taste of poison??? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna45823

The Russian government, more accurately the Putin Administration, has now made it a criminal offense to refer to the attack on Ukraine, with the words, "War," "Invasion," or "Assault." This is due to what the Putin Administration is calling fake news. This reminds me of former United States president Trump, who used the term fake news frequently when he was caught telling lies. Regardless, this will make journalism much more difficult for anyone under the influence of Putin's Russia. But I will try to break it down so that everyone is happy. From now on instead of using the word "War," we will use "Putin." Instead of using the word "Invasion," we will use "unprovoked attack." Instead of the word "Assault," we will use the word "murdering." In the interest of not spreading fake news, that means that, Putin's unprovoked attack, is murdering Ukrainian civilians.

The word “ war ,” carries a number of (ideas and) meanings. It is even embedded into many cultures, as the way for young men to prove their strength and courage. But war, also means death, torture, destruction and sorrow. War, after all, is more accurately defined as, “state sanctioned murder.” We condemn street gangs for shooting and killing each other. Sometimes they kill innocent civilians as well. And war, does exactly the same thing—except it has been sanctioned (and ordered) by a government (or organized group) against another (and its population). As we seem to believe that we are more advanced than our predecessors, and more intelligent than animals, it seems that our large brains and amazing communications skills are being underutilized and greed and the need to dominate and injure is still coursing through humanity. Make no mistake. War is murder. And those who use war to promote their interests, are murderers of the worst kind.

I try to keep informed of the news and use multiple sources. Today I saw a disturbing story and images of a 6-year-old Ukrainian girl killed by Russian shelling. She was one of the victims of Putin's war. Trump thinks Putin is a genius, but I think both men are criminals. The reasons for the invasion are more misinformation. The tactics are barbaric. The results are devastating. Children should not have to die for the egos and self-interest of rich and powerful men--who use deceitful methods to send armies into other people's homes. There are no excuses and no justification. My heart is sad, and I want the killing to stop. I want the tyrants tried in a court for murder. It's more justice than one little soul was given.