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UKRAINE: Putin on Xi Ritz

UKRAINE: Putin on Xi Ritz

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Jan 10, 2023
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UKRAINE: Putin on Xi Ritz
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Circa 1927, Irving Berlin wrote a song about the wealthy enjoying life in the pre-Great Depression 1920’s. Performed later by Fred Astaire, it became a classic: Puttin’ on the Ritz.  With a hat-tip to Mr. Berlin, let us here update the lyrics:

Have you seen the well-to-do
Up and down Park Avenue the Capitol halls
On that famous thoroughfare
With their noses…

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