[1rudeboy]

Not a huge fan of spam, either . . . but if it pisses-off our Russian trolls (not speaking of you, specifically), keep it coming. A Russian troll has less place on FR than spam.

The Putin apologists? They're just fun to needle-around.

[mkjessup]

The Putin apologists? They're just fun to needle-around.

Oh I know where you're coming from. And I am far from being any sort of apologist for Putin, he may have been baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church secretly when he was a young'un, but that doesn't mean that the KGB officer in him has gone off to take a bear nap somewhere. He isn't someone to be trifled with, not by a long shot.

But when he's in the right, and not in conflict with our national interests, I'll be the first to say "GO VLAD GO!", as he is doing in Syria, and the way he's dealing with those backstabbing, ISIS-fellating Turks.