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utterly and wildly off topic,

jollyroger — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:04:57 +0000

In reply to No Oligarchy for Old Men, I

utterly and wildly off topic, but you bring up Javier Barden (obliquely) which leads ineluctably to Vickie, Cristina, Barcelona, coincidentally reprising the Woody Allen controversy so recently troubling these pages.

The total psychopath used by the Coens to such terrifying effect is a completely different guy and Penelope Cruz (no surprise) steals the show. See it on Netflix, the best way you can spend eight bucks a month. (hint--you have to fool netflix into thinking you are in Canada if you want to stream this, and many other titles.)

In response to the actual post, Clint is tapped for the next ambassadorship to a small unimportant country....there was a deal....

No Oligarchy for Old Men, I

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 06:00:10 +0000

In reply to He's old timey, that Putin

No Oligarchy for Old Men, I tell ya. Where's Clint, BTW? Been awful quiet since that bizarro-land convention speech. "Hey, you fascist Ukrainians - get off my yard!" Now where's my sarsaparilla - know I put it down somewhere around here...

He's old timey, that Putin

Qnonymous — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 23:23:42 +0000

In reply to It's sad after growing up

He's old timey, that Putin fella.

Old Timey.

It's sad after growing up

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:46:38 +0000

In reply to Full text of Putin’s speech on Crimea

It's sad after growing up with the image of Kruschev banging his shoe at the UN, that we're left with such a whiny speech by Putin. It's pretty cute Putin celebrating the fruit of Russia's militarism across the centuries, and then get upset that Americans are doing things by military means. It's also cute hearing him skip blithely across Russian atrocities that killed millions, and turn it into a bid for sympathy - Russians suffered the most!!! Why are Ukrainians complaining about mass starvations and deportations? Lots of Russians died too. And just some weird nostalgia and glib passing on the breakup of the USSR - you'd never guess guys named Beria and Stalin lived, and that they were somehow controversial. Mistakes were made - no blame, let's look forward, not backward.

Yeah, the US has been shits over the last decade or so. That's another story to tell. Putin of course doesn't have any trouble making up his soap opera, but still, it's a pretty weak pathetic one - nothing like the old strength. Written for the old folks.