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Putin flexes his muscles and shoots 'runaway' tiger in display of masculinity ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1051017/Putin-flexes-muscles-shoots-runaway-tiger-display-masculinity-tensions-West-intensify-oil-supply.html ^
Posted on 08/31/2008 3:57:52 PM PDT by traumer
Gordon Brown's tough message to Russia today was overshadowed when Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin shot a runaway tiger, apparently saving the lives of a group of TV journalists.
On the eve of an emergency Brussels summit over the Georgia crisis, Mr Brown said measures need to be taken to prevent further 'Russian aggression'.
But Mr Putin, intent on proving he is not someone to be messed with, turned action man to fire a tranquiliser dart that rendered the escaped animal helpless.
The extraordinary episode happened during a trip to the far east of Siberia in what was clearly a stunt designed to demonstrate his macho credentials to the Russian people as EU leaders prepared to meet for talks.
Accounts from Moscow suggested that ex-president Mr Putin, a former KGB spy and now prime minister, saved a group of TV journalists from attack after the tigress escaped its harness.
What is more likely is that the crew, who were standing just 15ft away, were in place to capture the 'heroic' shot.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: oil; propaganda; putin; russia; tiger
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To: Girlene
"Does he think the world is stupid?"Yep......and enough of 'em are just that.
To: traumer
Obama to the rescue!
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posted on
08/31/2008 4:27:12 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Biden on Palin: Well, thereÂ’s obvious differences, SheÂ’s good looking.)
To: traumer
Been there, done that.
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posted on
08/31/2008 4:28:37 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Biden on Palin: Well, thereÂ’s obvious differences, SheÂ’s good looking.)
To: traumer
I wonder what happens to Russian policies if Putin dies?
To: RightOnline
Let's see here now...
You have a bunch of journalists about to be et by a tigger...
So youse just happen ta have a trank dart gun handy (which won't affect said tigger for ten minutes or so)...
You be HERO!
Give me an f'n break...
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posted on
08/31/2008 4:31:26 PM PDT
by
JDoutrider
(Obama: The Hype and Chains candidate)
To: RightOnline
Yep......and enough of 'em are just that.
Well, even the dailymail out of UK was not fooled. From the title with quotes around "runaway" tiger, to the referring to his actions as antics, they were not fooled.
Maybe he's intimidated by McCain's VP pick. LOL, he's trying prove he's as tough as the "girl". He failed.
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posted on
08/31/2008 4:36:14 PM PDT
by
Girlene
To: traumer
If Joe Biden was there, he would have bored the tiger to death. Obama might have used some pretty words to convince the tiger to eat him last. Only Sarah Palin would have enough experience to compete with Putin in that situation.
To: traumer
Really this is about as good as what comes from the Korean Central News Agency (kcna.co.jp), except for the fact that Kim Jong-Il would’ve shot three tigers.
To: ari-freedom
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posted on
08/31/2008 4:45:26 PM PDT
by
efs111
(Hasta La Vista, Baby!)
To: 1rudeboy
Maybe we'll get a picture of him, like Chairman Mao, swimming across the Yangtse River. All these dictators and would-be dictators seem to share a definite vulnerability to ShortMan Syndrome.
To: traumer
And for his next great deed, Putin will make a cross with pebbles in the sands of a Normandy beach.
To: ari-freedom
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posted on
08/31/2008 4:48:00 PM PDT
by
Girlene
To: traumer
Russian President and Superhero Vladimir Putin takes a well deserved break Sunday after simultaneously shooting a wild tiger, wrestling two grizzly bears while blindfolded and bending a railroad tie with his bare hands.
(Photo courtesy of Soviet Ministry of Information)
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posted on
08/31/2008 4:49:52 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
("And how can this be? For I am the Kwisatz Haderach! " - Barack Obama)
To: traumer
Vladimir Putin shot a runaway tiger, apparently saving the lives of a group of TV journalists. what they didn't tell you was that Putin had the journalists, tied to a tree as bait..and was laughing so hard he almost missed....LOL
(really not true but I thought it was funny)
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posted on
08/31/2008 4:51:51 PM PDT
by
Gone_Postal
(We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat)
To: reagan_fanatic
and bending a railroad tie with his bare hands. railroad track
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posted on
08/31/2008 5:12:37 PM PDT
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: traumer
|
Wild animals? Been there. Done that. |
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posted on
08/31/2008 5:33:20 PM PDT
by
Hoplite
To: traumer
The pictures are hysterical.
The macho stuff is over the top.
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posted on
08/31/2008 5:42:39 PM PDT
by
MarMema
("..this isn't about the U.S. and Russia, It's about everyone and Russia.")
To: MarMema
Thanks for the laughs, guys, this has been better than dessert!
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posted on
08/31/2008 6:17:45 PM PDT
by
Melinda
To: ERJCaptain
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Really this is about as good as what comes from the Korean Central News Agency (kcna.co.jp), except for the fact that Kim Jong-Il wouldve shot three tigers.”
No. He’d have taken them down barehanded. Either that or he’d have made the shots blindfolded.
To: traumer
O-o-o, a real hero!>p<
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