Snowden has left the airport....

[MADem]

65. The Cold War didn't end. It just took a breather.

The Pentagon did, in actual fact, issue "Cold War Certificates" to servicemembers marking their service during the period, and drawing a line under the era. They were inefficient in their distribution of them, though, and just as well--they didn't mean a thing.

If Pootie had his way, he'd reunify the glorious USSR. He's not Santa, he ran the KGB.

As for Depardieu, he is an economic refugee. He just is cheap, and doesn't want to be taxed at a higher rate, and he couldn't find another country to take him because he has a history of misconduct. That's why he went to Russia with their swell 13 percent tax rate. He's not actually LIVING in that hellhole, you know--he's a "resident" of Belgium; that's fine with them, and that's fine with Pootie--so long as he gets his 'cut.'

In recent years, Depardieu has attracted attention from the media and legal authorities for his behavior. In August 2012, he was accused of assault and battery for punching a motorist in Paris.[11] In November 2012, he was arrested for driving while intoxicated after he fell from his scooter, and was found to have a blood alcohol level of 1.8 grams per litre, well above the French limit for driving of 0.5.[12]

He has been an official resident of Néchin, Belgium since 7 December 2012.[13] French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault claimed the reason for the move was to avoid a looming 75% top rate of tax.[14] On 15 December 2012, Depardieu publicly stated he was handing back his French passport.[15][16] On 3 January 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order granting Russian citizenship to Depardieu.[17] Depardieu soon returned the favor by attacking Putin's critics.[18]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Depardieu

And then there was this infamous incident:

Legendary French actor Gérard Depardieu caused quite a scene on an airplane Tuesday night by urinating in the cabin in front of his fellow passengers after the crew told him he had to wait to use the toilet, according to multiple reports.

The Golden Globe winner, 62, was on a CityJet flight from Paris to Dublin that was delayed on the tarmac when he asked to use the bathroom. After being told he had to wait until takeoff, he reportedly relieved himself in the aisle.

"I will only confirm that he, in effect, urinated in the plane," a spokeswoman for the Air France-KLM subsidiary told AFP.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20519658,00.html

It doesn't take a genius to suspect that Gerard has a substance abuse problem.


America is also full of economic refugees--most "Canadian" actors are US passport holders because they don't want to pony up the dough that their fellow Canadians do to support the social programs sponsored by the Canadian government.

Your "boo hoo" statement might have been regarded as generic by me, were it not for your I bet you're just jealous opening salvo at the start of your post. That was rather personal, and you should just acknowledge that. I don't think you were addressing a chipmunk in your shirt pocket, now, were you? You were trying to be sharp with me, and there's really no need for that kind of thing.