Top IPSO of the week (July 14–20, 2025): Chance rules everything. If only we knew who rules chance...

Top IPSO of the week (July 14–20, 2025): Chance rules everything. If only we knew who rules chance... Cartoon by Oleksandr Sydorenko at the Gromada Group Media
Cartoon by Oleksandr Sydorenko.

Hitler unexpectedly ended his speech on a serious note: “The fate of nations and states cannot be entrusted to madmen.” The butlers applauded confusedly. The German people remained silent...

This is a quote from an article by Soviet publicist Ilya Ehrenburg, “Hitler's Spring Offensive,” published on April 29, 1942.

 

You may ask: why did I include it here? There is no particular reason... I just mentally replaced Hitler with Putin, and “spring offensive” with “summer offensive.” And I remembered that at the end of spring 1942, there were eight months left before the defeat of the Germans at Stalingrad.

 

We continue our weekly journey to the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors...

 

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