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2banon

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23. a supreme asshat, and yes very creepy.

Reply to MADem (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 22, 2014, 12:44 PM

Jan 2014

Don't know for sure, but I suspect he's doing far better under the current corrupt, despotic system than he would have under the old corrupt, despotic system. Far more wealthier, I think.

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Russian police kill Islamist militant leader before Olympics [View all] okaawhatever Jan 2014 OP

Wonder what was said during that phone call? MADem Jan 2014 #1

Need a little help here DFW Jan 2014 #5

You're right--I meant Munich....right church wrong pew as it were....! nt MADem Jan 2014 #6

OK, thanks! DFW Jan 2014 #7

Thank you for correcting my "Dumas" mistake! MADem Jan 2014 #8

Its not so much "the" Black Widow. dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #2

Result? cosmicone Jan 2014 #3

How about a trial first? marble falls Jan 2014 #13

A trial in Russia doesn't change the outcome cosmicone Jan 2014 #15

Hell, we don't give trials to "terrorists" awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #26

Depends on which side of the conflict you're on. 2banon Jan 2014 #22

Exactly why we need trials in lieu of becoming terrorists ourselves. marble falls Jan 2014 #27

Apparently, there's a lot more to this story than these headlines. 2banon Jan 2014 #4

You aren't the only one who thought "Sochi? W. T. F????" MADem Jan 2014 #9

Hey, they're even violating the sovereign territory of Georgia for the games muriel_volestrangler Jan 2014 #10

Pootie isn't a "freedumb lovin' Russian" -- he's a miserable bully, just like Li'l Boots was. MADem Jan 2014 #11

a supreme asshat, and yes very creepy. 2banon Jan 2014 #23

Abkhazia is 99% Russian cosmicone Jan 2014 #17

It seems Putin will use anything to exercise power over that territory. 2banon Jan 2014 #20

Exactly. I don't know Russian History, never heard of Sochi until currently.. 2banon Jan 2014 #19

Ever wonder who or what 'paper-bag bundles' out of $51 Billion can buy? Amonester Jan 2014 #25

interesting, thanks for the link. n/t 2banon Jan 2014 #28

Thanks for the link, 2banon. Lefta Dissenter Jan 2014 #12

You're welcome 2banon Jan 2014 #21

With millions of years of human history cosmicone Jan 2014 #16

I'm thinking it will be hard to find a major city that hasn't had it's share of bloodshed. Would okaawhatever Jan 2014 #18

wow. 2banon Jan 2014 #24

Those games will not be safe no matter how many "Islamist militants" Putin kills Sunlei Jan 2014 #14