Monday, March 22, 2021

Quote Of The Day -- Limited Choices



People either die or they leave.” -- Funeral home manager Yulia Balandina from Gorokhovets, five hours drive from Moscow.  Ms. Balandina was referring to the reality in her town, but implicitly to the downward demographic spiral in Vladimir Putin's Russia, brought on by a drop in birth rates, a weak economy, and the coronavirus pandemic.

(Image:  How can there possibly be a downward demographic spiral with virile, manly men like Vladimir around?)