if I lived in Russia, you’d probably find my bullet-in-head-riddled body lying next to an isolated road somewhere, someday.

That’s how the country Barack Obama wants to snuggle up next to treats its critics.

NEWS ITEM:  Russian journalist and critic Magomed Yevloyev yesterday was picked up by police at an airport in Southern Russia, near or in a place called Ingushetin, and was shot in the temple while being transported to the police station.

The New York Times report called the shooting "an accident" while an unattributed Orange County Register account labeled it "an incident."  There is a big difference, of course.  (The OCR also described the man as a "Web site owner" rather than as a journalist per se.)

Now, let’s give the Ruskies the benefit of the doubt.  We all know it’s common practice for police in all civilized countires to hold a gun to journalists’ heads as they transport them to police headquarters for questioning on their political beliefs.

Anything can happen, you know.

Oops, sorry.  One less critic.