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I googled "manufactured

artappraiser — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 03:45:10 +0000

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I googled "manufactured persona" and what came up first is---T. Roosevelt.

Hey, I heard tell there's a bonafide expert on that topic right here on this website.

Don't know why but I keep

Oxy Mora — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 03:33:01 +0000

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Don't know why but I keep thinking of that Bulgarian umbrella which injected KGB pellets into opponents. Maybe field testing a lapel pin device for use at big wig conferences.

Hey. I did follow the PR and

Oxy Mora — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 03:24:19 +0000

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Hey. I did follow the PR and you are the peep so correct in your analysis there and on Prez.

Not sure why but I googled "manufactured persona" and what came up first is---T. Roosevelt.

In any event, Dems seem to be losing the PR battle and that's what I'm trying to explore.

Been streaming the Miami Book Fair for two days (don't have cable and Book T.V) which in my rural location is a real treat.

Cheers.

Show joy with cute animals

artappraiser — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:56:40 +0000

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Show joy with cute animals

artappraiser — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:52:55 +0000

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Show joy with cute animals and babies, classics for politicians trying to look humanoid. Fail: he should have gotten snapped with a baby koala. That would also have solved the hunting problem, as manly men hunters don't kill baby animals, only grown ones. But I've got to admit the facial expression is sweet, you wanna pinch his cheeks, he looks so cute and happy (the Putin, not the koala.)

You bringing up the Tsar

artappraiser — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:44:16 +0000

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You bringing up the Tsar Putin thing made me curious to see what was available visually. So I went to Google Images and what I found is that a Napoleon comparison seems to be more popular (Napoleon, of course, being the epitome of empire); two examples:

There's actually a lot of interesting comparisons to make once you think on it. For one example, Putin's relationship with and use of the Russian Orthodox Church vs. Napoleon's demand of bishops for an oath of fidelity to Empire. Both were/are sort of updates on the theme of "Holy Roman Empire." Where empire means a wholistic approach, including trying to control the culture as well as other facets of society.

Did you see this shocking pic

ocean-kat — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:41:15 +0000

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Did you see this shocking pic of Putin at the G20?

First of all he's wearing a shirt, unbelievable! And notice the animal is alive instead of being recently killed by Putin and the bloody carcass tossed over his shoulder.

Now about Putin's abs.

artappraiser — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:24:38 +0000

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Now about Putin's abs.

Excellent point! You have been following the numerous recent threads here concerning Putin's P.R., I presume. That or it's one of those things about smart peeps thinking alike.

Some folks can do both. I

Oxy Mora — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 21:12:37 +0000

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Some folks can do both. I found this thread to be quite informative.

Now about Putin's abs.

I'm gobsmacked - Putin leads

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:30:21 +0000

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I'm gobsmacked - Putin leads a bunch of petro-yuppies devouring the world with an insatiable appetite. They aren't "confronting the Hegemon" - they make up part of the Hegemon that covers about 1/3 of the populated globe, if you include their continued domination of Turkic ex-Soviet lands. His reported $50 billion runaway show at Sochi was one of the tackiest ostentatious display of excess wealth & corruption to date. Putin's horridly primitive when it comes to dealing with Muslims, or anyone who simply isn't like him. What has he done for the people of Russia? put them on an unsustainable path of unfulfilled expectations. Watch as Crimea turns to shit rather than some Venice/Ibiza on the Black Sea. The Russian Bear demands respect as a remaining great power, but unlike Peter the Great who watched and learned from the West, Putin simply assumes anachronistic fear and unpredictability as his main bargaining chips. HIs silly 17-goal hockey game is as embarrassing as Yeltsin's falling-down-drunk stages.

I'd still like to know how Putin got Yeltsin to resign, leaving him as sudden heir-apparent. It's as nasty a business as Stalin quickening Lenin's demise, I'd bet. BTW - giving the Russians another Tsar who hangs onto power 15+ years is not exactly what they needed in a post-Soviet era.