Judging from my Nextdoor feed and the odd conversation overheard at the grocery, Vladimir "Emmanuel Goldstein" Putin is responsible for everything from tooth decay to the war against Eurasia. Or was it Eastasia? Let me turn on CNN to remember correctly.

I mostly stopped talking about anything political with my neighbors a very long time ago, for fear of being run out of town just ahead of a furious mob of hysterical leftists wielding Shun tofu knives and rechargeable electric candles.

Apparently Brandon can do no wrong, but at least they are not having their children sing hymns to him like they did with Chocolate Jesus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW9b0xr06qA

Best to watch on an empty stomach.