Does not sound like a good plan to me

Pressure Rising as Obama Works to Rein In Russia - NYTimes.com

“[Obama] has left the harshest condemnations to Mr. Kerry, who on Sunday called them a ‘brazen act of aggression’ and ‘a stunning willful choice by President Putin,’ accusing him of ‘weakness’ and ‘desperation.’"

Nor this:

"But Mr. Obama offered Russia what aides called an ‘offramp,’ a face-saving way out of the crisis, by proposing that European observers take the place of Russian forces in Crimea…” [Really?]

Meanwhile, perhaps I am the only person on earth who thought last night’s Oscar show was dull (I gave up before the last, good parts—Kate Blanchett was a good call).