The breakup of America is near

or so Russian Igor Panarin would have you believe. My friend and fellow writer, John Lambshead, brought this to my attention via this article in the Wall Street Journal.

Panarin exhibits craziness of a high order, the kind you usually get to read only in fiction or in stories of people under treatment. When he discusses the fate of Alaska, for example--it will become part of Russia--the story says,

A framed satellite image of the Bering Strait that separates Alaska from Russia like a thread hangs from his office wall. "It's not there for no reason," he says with a sly grin.

You have to love a guy who's already decorating for the coming economic apocalypse.

The best part of the story, however, is the map at its end, a beautiful drawing that shows the eventual fates of all us loser Americans. Just stare at it and enjoy.

Though I know this guy is predicting the collapse of my nation, I couldn't help but smile and be happy at the sheer wackiness of his vision. Wow.