If you were dying of cancer, how important would it be to achieve world domination first?

[milestogo]

[viva la]

1. Can I achieve world peace instead?

An end to hunger?

But truly, if I were dying of cancer, I'd probably be too weak and tired to do much at all.

Do you think Putin is sick?

[milestogo]

3. There has been much speculation that he is dying of colon cancer.

In which case, you'd think he would want to focus on his family.

[viva la]

9. They probably all hate him--

He probably has a lot of apologizing to do, and never will.

[LisaL]

13. He is divorced with two adult children.

[wishstar]

16. He reportedly has 4 young children with Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva

Several media outlets have reported that he divorced his wife due to his involvement with former gymnast Kabaeva who became a pro-Kremlin member of Parliament and then was given a lucrative state media job by Kremlin. He and Kabaeva may have been married at some point but rumors are that she is currently living in Switzerland with their four children who were all born there.

[Backseat Driver]

21. I read he might have as many as 7 illegitimate ones

Poor thing only shot daughters with Ludamila who divorced him after 30 years - all grown up - one a genetics lab researcher/doctor who specializes in dwarfism (was that a Romanov thing--I thought it was a special malformed "chin" and the other, an economist who is probably shaking her head right now!

[dewsgirl]

22. 2,4,7 I've always thought 3, I swear Rachel covered it once.

She was covering how one of his daughters is a (gymnastics dancer?), and he built a state-of-the-art gymnastics center for her to compete in. I think they (his other daughters)were mentioned in that episode, that had to be at least a couple years ago.

[Coventina]

2. I would have a very different set of priorities. n/t

[SallyHemmings]

4. Can you imagine his first conversation with the Devil?

Dude, really?

[Doc Sportello]

17. Now that is a good one

[SoCalDavidS]

5. He Doesn't Want "World Domination"

He just wants to takeover a couple of countries. He would need to go up against NATO far before reaching anything approaching world domination.

[pnwmom]

7. How do you know what he wants? Before, most people thought he only "wanted" a couple territories

in Ukraine. And they were wrong. Before that, he only wanted Crimea. Before that, he only wanted Chechnya.

Now, he's made references to the Russian Empire -- which once included Alaska.

How do you know he "just wants to takeover a couple countries?" His urge to power seems limitless.

[SoCalDavidS]

8. Obviously I Don't Know What He Wants

But his military is having a hard enough time dominating Ukraine.

Anyways, we'll all be dead from a nuclear holocaust long before he achieved world domination.

[milestogo]

14. He wants a new world order.

He wants to destroy democracy.

He wants to take on the US and NATO.

Saying he wants to restore the Soviet Union is his cover story.

[dewsgirl]

23. This. If he could take on one country in the world and destroy it

what country would that be?.... We all know by now he has a list, and even though we were listed randomly in the middle it's us and of course NATO.

Edit: I can't decide if he acts more like Trump or Trump more like him. I have to think that Putin is far smarter than Trump. But I'm beginning to think that he's not as smart as many thought he was.

[Spider Jerusalem]

6. Very, if I had a profound sense of myself as a world-historical figure...

destined to reclaim his nation's lost glory (which Putin, by all accounts, probably does; he wants to be the second coming of Peter the Great).

[JoanofArgh]

10. To burnish his legacy in Russia? Russia has always considered Ukraine as South Russia and Ukraine

have considered themselves European. He got Ukraine back! If he really is terminally ill , I think it would make him more reckless. He's not going to be here to deal with the outcome.


I believe Putin has something wrong with him. I don't know if it's terminal but if you can believe Marco Rubio , who sits on the intelligence committee , he said that he couldn't go into detail about Putin's health but the Intel Committee know that Putin is facing a new , significant personal problem that he's never had to deal with before

[zuul]

11. I don't think he wants world domination.

He wants to restore the USSR.

[Backseat Driver]

15. IDK, but if NATO is holding their collective breath that he'd push the button, do you think I should

but on my heavy sox and best boots rather than my slippers? I'm stocked with a couple long guns, a tiny bit of "stuff" from a "sentimental" vintage thermometer from childhood, "craft supplies" (for wine bottle incense burners)," and 3 boxes of pancake mix in tins (just add water). Oh, and didn't Homeland Security also recommend plastic tarps and fresh water - check!

DH has a busted shoulder on his dominant side on off work w/o pay and can't do anything that requires two hands like driving; I've been sequestered before and after being vaxxed OOT (my county didn't have any) but boosted locally, and my car's been broken and garaged for 2 years so the tanks are full but my battery is likely deader than a doornail. My dog has costl vet issues, and my Apple Cash apparently vanished somewhere.. If that's not enough stress to kill you, just add sirens and the button or the MESSAGE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT, on the iPhone - It's been Trump tested and approved, so I'm ready to return to "twinkle" status...Perhaps, like M. Atta's IDs, they'll find our LW&Ts on the glowing street.

I used to live quite a bit closer to two ground zero locations - Don't think even the fire storm will get us here. But will I get free iodine pills with an evacuation sign for my window, and a card of instructions that I need to pass to the next tenant on pain of arrest? Not likely!

I do remember surviving a tornado "warning" in a drive-in while people died at a north shore beach park ahead of the actual "July 4th rockets red glare-bombs bursting in air." a few miles as the eagle flies. My date told me to buckle my seat belt in a '68 Chevelle, LOL! Whee-rock and roll! Been a "safety/security" joke ever since.

Live long and prosper, whatever comes, gang!

[Silent3]

18. If I were dying of cancer, I'd like to try to achieve Putin elimination first n/t

[Irish_Dem]

19. It's Putin's life long dream, so yes it is very important to him.

[no_hypocrisy]

20. To Putin and any generic James Bond villain, it would be a primary goal.