As our genetic and hormonal superiors seldom tire of telling us, the personal is political. On that level, I can’t help admiring Uncle Joe for reaching out from under the Kremlin wall, to snip your gonads in the bud. As for your finely tuned olfactory receptors, extortion requires a threat to inflict an unlawful injury upon any person or property, which cannot be realized by touting matters of public record. “Was nicht verboten ist, ist erlaubt.”