Day 1,611: orgy: topple: retort: plastered

Mr Kissinger’s many critics hold him responsible for an orgy of killing in Cambodia and Bangladesh in the 1970s, as well as for helping topple elected governments. He retorted that everything had to be subordinate to peace between America and the Soviet Union.

Secret back-channel meetings end up being plastered on TikTok.

What does Henry Kissinger’s diplomacy have to teach the world?

Artwork of the day 
Orgy
Alexander Bogen
Date: 1982
Style: Abstract Expressionism
Genre: abstract

Word of the day 
orgy: an occasion when a group of people behave in a wild uncontrolled way, especially involvingsex, alcohol, or illegal drugs
topple: to (cause to) lose balance and fall down:
retort: to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way:
plastered: extremely drunk:

Quote of the day
“I've got a library copy of Gone with the Wind, a quart of milk and all these cookies. Wow! What an orgy!”

― Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls