I read today that US intelligence believes Putin is SERIOUSLY paranoid and actually does have "food

[Atticus]

tasters" who sample some of everything he eats before he eats it.

It's also been reported that he has discharged and replaced 1,000 of his staff for fear that one of them might poison him.

In this state of mind, I wonder how he would feel if somehow we could let him know every now and then that we know where he is---i.e. in his Kremlin office, at the Duma, in transit in his limo near ____________ ( fill in the blank ).

Or maybe have him open a file and find a note, in Russian, saying "Are you SURE about that new guy? You know the one. Just sayin'---Joe."

[relayerbob]

1. I think they've been doing psyops on him

Repeatedly publishing their plans a few days before they are supposed to happen, with just enough detail to say either you have a mole or we’ve tapped your comm system. Then there’s the reports of getting key intel on troop positions from a FSB leak. Was it? Or just sowing distrust in the government. Either way, it all seems to be working.

[EYESORE 9001]

5. I hope it keeps him wrong-footed for the duration of this criminal invasion

[meadowlander]

2. Just get everything from a random McDonalds, Vlad.

Oh, whoops...

[TheBlackAdder]

25. Putin knows the thousands of ways to stealthy kill or poison somebody, so he must be losing sleep.

[peppertree]

36. Or, like Augustus, grow his own figs

Though of course, that only got him so far.

[Celerity]

40. Picard with hair too

[peppertree]

41. Ah yes - the fearsome Sejanus

Putin, you might say, realized Sejanus' failed dream - i.e. to become an inept emperor's (Tiberius') right-hand man, only to before long force him out and replace him himself.

But these characters always forget that dictatorships seldom work, and never end well.

[Richard D]

3. someone needs to let him know . . ..

. . . that there are poisons that are invisible, tasteless, and odorless and can take several days to kill.

[relayerbob]

6. Prefer lead poisoning

Solid form injected into his cranium.

[Traildogbob]

14. I love it.

[A HERETIC I AM]

26. From 400 yards away

[reACTIONary]

34. +10 nt

[LiberalFighter]

22. Exactly

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

24. Slip him some of that Novichok

He's so fond of using on other people.

Or Polonium.

[DENVERPOPS]

32. Whatever is used

it needs to be instantaneous. Otherwise he can get to the "button" and show the rest of the world how powerful he is.......

I am thinking that Biden and other world leaders are walking a fine line of not provoking Putin in any major way...........

[democratsruletheday]

4. He can't 'leave' soon enough....

he's pure garbage and needs to go and go now. I'm sure a vast majority of Russians would agree with me

[2naSalit]

7. From the looks of...

The background in his most recent videos, looks like he's already bunkered down.

[Igel]

9. I've wondered where that desk is.

The one with the camera and the two screens.

[smirkymonkey]

8. What a sniveling coward!

He is so fearful for his own life and refuses to show his face (unlike Zelensky), but meanwhile he is terrorizing and murdering innocent Ukrainian men, women and children - civilians! - because he feels so weak and powerless and its the only way he thinks he can prove his strength.

Little does he know that he becomes more and more loathsome and hated by the rest of the world with each passing day. I really hope someone does get past his defenses and ends his miserable, pointless life. They will go down in history as a hero to the entire world.

[wnylib]

23. Imagine the world wide celebration.

Fireworks and parties like New Year's Eve 1999.

[DENVERPOPS]

35. Of course he and Trump are spineless cowards

but more importantly, they are both Narcissistic Psychopaths.......just like so many tyrants.........

[meadowlander]

10. It's not paranoia if everyone actually wants you dead.

[NNadir]

16. Good point.

[C_U_L8R]

11. A sane person might ask 'why is everyone trying to kill me?'

And then take some corrective measure to atone. But Putin looks like he wants to go out like Tony Montana. Time for his Generals to call in the Russian equivalent of a Colombiann hit team?

[Cracklin Charlie]

12. 1000 of his staff?

Um…how many staff does he need?

Are there any left?

[Hekate]

18. How many does it take to staff the White House? which is smaller than some of Putin's dachas....

You need everything from cooks and servers to clothes launderers and plumbers, to gardeners and builders.

Any of whom — bwahahaha — could personally want you dead or be susceptible to bribes.

[Qutzupalotl]

13. Joe's strategy of telegraphing Putin's every move is paying off.

That had to drive him over the edge, that someone close to him is leaking and disloyal to him. Trump never got over it.

[Traildogbob]

15. If he is so damn

Scared of dying, how serious is he willing to end all life with nuke exchange. I am certain his oligarch buddies are no ready to stop enjoying all their cash. Maybe some serious ass threats at those billionaires could get them to make a move.

[erronis]

20. My guess is that he will take a pill just before ordering his strike against the world.

Not a whole lot different from his hero Hitler.

[Traildogbob]

30. Frighteningly possible🙁

But HE is not the one to push a button. That person he orders may have reservations. Have Pooty eat his pill and push a fake button. I’m just not sure the world realizes we are so close to an end. Because of one man………one supported by a portion of our country, edged on by free speech. Or free lies. We best savor each day. Another dose of Covid coming, and freaking hand size parachute spiders attacking the east coast with massive web covering. We thought 2020 was a curse, then came 2021. Those were wussy’s compared to three months of 2022. Seeing a pattern here!

[Corgigal]

17. I just listened to Deep State Radio podcast.

Michael Weiss was on there, he mentioned Russia planes flying into the Ural Mountains.
Interesting stuff, if you have a moment.

[Metaphorical]

37. Is Siberia about ready to split from mother Russia?

Putin has had problems with protests in many of the Eastern Pacific oblasts (Russian states), and I think it quite possible that, with a significant percentage of the Russian military currently in Ukraine, these states are exploring options, so to speak. It may be that Irkutsk and Kamchatka will be using the Yuan by year's end.

[NullTuples]

19. He probably also never walks near windows.

He's killed / had killed who knows how many via poison. And by them accidentally falling out windows.

It's probably not paranoia at all.

[LiberalFighter]

21. I hope so

[LiberalFighter]

27. We all know what happened to a person that was hunkered down in bunker in Germany.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

28. You only have to be right ONCE

to validate your paranoia.

[paleotn]

29. Putin understands how Russia works....

better yet, how dictatorship works.

[Kablooie]

31. When will DARPA get the flying insect poison injector working?

A piloted drone mosquito that lands on a specific person and injects poison.

[Smackdown2019]

33. Why not change something that is not broken?

Mr. Putin, why change something that is not broken?

After all, the long process of background checks and finding those who are loyal to you in these times is like asking someone on your streets for an honest opinion of you; the lateral would be lies....

In western civilization, you could randomly go the local fast food joint and get your food. Kinda like what our former Orange traitor did during his four-years as your state puppet.

Only one issue nowadays on that advise..... they all pulled out of your country!

So I suggest you consider a yacht cruise.... oh that's right.. the United Nations of the world sunk your boats.... "sunk them into their bank account to funnel money to Ukraine."

So I suggest you learn to make your own meals... not hard. Just remember to turn your loaf of bread to 500 degrees and walk away for and hour. Ensure you batten down all the hatches to ensure the heat does not escape.. and you lock yourself up ....

[Metaphorical]

38. What I don't understand is why Putin would fire 1000

known and trusted staff, replacing them with a whole bunch of people who have to be vetted in a hurry?

Mr. Putin, here's your new food tester: Natasha Romanoff. She comes very well recommended.

[taxi]

39. Is he safer with the devil he knows

than the one he doesn't?

How hated is someone who is safer with a thousand people who don't know him than he is with a thousand people who do?

[allegorical oracle]

42. Who knows? If even a portion of the Steele dossier was accurate, and TFG fears that Putin's losing

his mojo, Former Guy could get antsy. Might have to resume groveling to Pootie for 2024 election's sake. (Always will believe Putin has some sordid intel on drumpf.)