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It's Monday, March 12, 2018 from Slate It's the GIST I'm Mike Pesca. And I'm not here today.

I'm in Florida where I guess they don't have microphones. Maybe I'm getting a day off.

I'll come back tanned and well rested, which is always the the pair, isn't it? But I assume

that in the news will still be the story of the attack, the poisoning, the the nerve age

and apparently attack in Great Britain on this former Russian spy, Sergei Screeple. And

what I notice about it, well, a couple things. One is that the president or president doesn't

seem so up in arms about this. Probably should be. Doesn't shock me that he's not. It's

shocking that it's not shocking. You understand. But the newscasters will be giving details

of this story and you know, saying things like Sergei Screeple or or they'll talk about

his daughter, Julia or his deceased wife, Ludmila. And then they'll talk about Alexander Litvinyenko.

They'll quote Litvinyenko, who is the last spy to be killed under mysterious, not so mysterious.

The Russians killed him. Circumstances in the UK. And they'll be quoting his widow, Marina

Litvinyenko. And they'll be saying it just like I'm saying it. Probably better. Like really,

really Russian saying it. Now what I find fascinating about this is that the newscasters presenting

this story are literally saying Litvinyenko, like I am saying it, do it leaning into the accent

big time. And I have to say that I find it a little annoying, although it's passé to note how

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