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We are entering the "falling out of windows" phase. (Original Post) sheshe2 Feb 13 OP
Defenestration, a cup of Novichok tea, or an unexplained disappearance. surfered Feb 13 #1
WWPD, what would Putin do? JoseBalow Feb 13 #12
Poison you with dart frog toxin, if the latest report from the UK is true. n/t malthaussen Feb 14 #21
Above all, NO SMALL PLANES. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 13 #2
Just ask Hudly Feb 14 #26
I don't have any hearts left... sheshe2 Feb 14 #27
You might want to move into a basement apartment... Enter stage left Feb 13 #3
SSA says it's one option cbabe Feb 13 #4
Stay out of small planes, dude. n/t TygrBright Feb 13 #5
He's probably been visited by Trump's men in masks. OGBuzz Feb 13 #6
That is exactly what he is doing. sheshe2 Feb 13 #15
Good grief. What a country n/t leftstreet Feb 13 #7
Well there is always the "Epstein option"... Arrested and then so despondent he hung him self.. cough, cough..nt mitch96 Feb 13 #8
I wonder how his steps are Figarosmom Feb 13 #9
Jesus what is this crappy government we have? AllyCat Feb 13 #10
I might be dumb but what is gopiscrap Feb 13 #11
Ummmm.................... sheshe2 Feb 13 #13
kind of what I thought gopiscrap Feb 13 #14
I hear ya, gopiscrap. sheshe2 Feb 13 #16
JFC, how far this country has fallen! niyad Feb 14 #17
I agree, niyad. sheshe2 Feb 14 #18
Russian common cause of death of Putin enemies Pototan Feb 14 #19
Yup. sheshe2 Feb 14 #20
I would like to know about sound effects Tetrachloride Feb 14 #22
so ... justsomeguy01 Feb 14 #23
Here's a method that seems to have been effective: NBachers Feb 14 #24
He may get . . . AverageOldGuy Feb 14 #25

surfered

(13,505 posts)
1. Defenestration, a cup of Novichok tea, or an unexplained disappearance.
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 10:07 PM
Feb 13

WWPD, what would Putin do?

JoseBalow

(9,500 posts)
12. WWPD, what would Putin do?
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 11:19 PM
Feb 13

He'd stick to the tried-and-true playbook if he could...

Send thugs to bang on his door at 3AM. Frog walk him into the back of a Black Maria with a sack over his head, and take him on a joy ride ending on the wrong side of the gates to the Lubyanka. Keep him awake for a couple of weeks straight while subjecting him to constant interrogation, until he signs a confession to trumped-up charges (bonus points if he can be forced to implicate some acquaintance-subversives.) Then it's off to the frozen gulag for a double-nickel of starvation and hard labor.

Ah, The Good Old Days

Enter stage left

(4,576 posts)
3. You might want to move into a basement apartment...
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 10:20 PM
Feb 13

It's not quite as fatal when you fall out the window.

Damn, I shouldn't have warned him.

cbabe

(6,651 posts)
4. SSA says it's one option
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 10:31 PM
Feb 13
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221020077

Trump admin horrifies with training on suicidal callers: 'That's not the thing you say'

By Matthew Chapman
Published February 13, 2026 8:13 PM ET

Mental health experts are aghast at the training Social Security Administration workers are receiving from the Trump administration on how to handle suicidal callers.

According to Government Executive, "SSA recently began shifting new swaths of its workforce to phone answering duty, including those who normally receive and process retirement and disability claims, manage the agency’s technology and work in the agency's finances unit. Those employees received brief, three-hour training before they began answering calls. As part of that training, they were warned some callers may express suicidal ideation and presented with examples using a theoretical employee named Fiona."

In a video obtained from the training, an animated instructor tells the employees, “It's important for Fiona to keep the caller engaged and to remind her that suicide is only one option, and that there is no urgency to make any decisions.”

https://www.rawstory.com/social-security-2675268818/

OGBuzz

(321 posts)
6. He's probably been visited by Trump's men in masks.
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 10:46 PM
Feb 13

It sounds preemptive, like 'if anything were to happen to me..........'
Smart move actually.

mitch96

(15,807 posts)
8. Well there is always the "Epstein option"... Arrested and then so despondent he hung him self.. cough, cough..nt
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 10:50 PM
Feb 13

Figarosmom

(12,046 posts)
9. I wonder how his steps are
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 10:59 PM
Feb 13

And can he fly? This does seem logical for Massie to say since trump is getting his play book from putin.

sheshe2

(97,652 posts)
13. Ummmm....................
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 11:21 PM
Feb 13

cause of death, disagreeing with dear leader.

Accidents happen don't ya know.

gopiscrap

(24,736 posts)
14. kind of what I thought
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 11:23 PM
Feb 13

what a fucked up administration....last year when I was traveling around the world, people would come up to me and what the hell is wrong with the US. I made sure they knew I didn't vote for the orange child rapist!

sheshe2

(97,652 posts)
16. I hear ya, gopiscrap.
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 11:41 PM
Feb 13

BTW, Virginia Giuffre said much the same.


Hmmm...

sonj1 (@sg99.bsky.social) 2026-02-14T00:57:59.529Z


Good on you for setting the record straight in your travels.

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