"If I wanted, in two days I could have Russian troops not only in Kiev, but also in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Warsaw and Bucharest[.]"

Said Putin.

"When I was a boy, all the best meat went to Moscow. … We used to say that Lithuania had exploding pigs. After the explosion, only the ears, tail and feet were left."

A guide explains Soviet-era life to a tourist bicycling through the "Baltic backwater."

 

Mom remembers how the Soviets exported Lithuanian products—butter, pork, and geese—to Russia. In turn, trucks labeled "Food for Starving Lithuania" arrived from the Soviet Union. The trucks were filled with watermelons.

Hey, That's not "Kalinka."

Russian army choir covers "Skyfall."

Needled

"Knitting group told they can't meet at local library because of 'dangerous needles'."

(I belong to a knitting group that meets in a library.)

The lion who couldn't roar.

"Chinese zoo substitutes lion with dog."

Out of Time

How historical figures would have looked today.

Elizabeth I looks like Tilda Swinton.