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A photographic guide to the world’s embalmed leaders
Washington Post ^
| 3/8/13
| Caitlin Dewey
Posted on 03/08/2013 11:06:59 AM PST by jimbo123
When Hugo Chavezs embalmed body is laid in a glass casket sometime next week, he will join at least eight other world leaders whose remains are on display for all eternity
or at least for as long as their keepers can preserve them.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced Thursday that Chavezs body would be on permanent display at the Museum of the Revolution so that his people will always have them. While that idea may sound grotesque, its also not particularly novel.
The Russians, arguably the ones who perfected the practice, have put both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin on long-term display. Lenins body has been embalmed in a large tomb near the Kremlin since shortly after his death in 1924, preserved by a steady 61 degree temperature and a strict regimen of mild bleachings and soaks in glycerol and potassium acetate.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deadsocialists; iseedeadpeople
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Dead socialists and assorted despots photos at the link...
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:06:59 AM PST
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
I think we need a caption contest for that first picture.
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:08:57 AM PST
by
misharu
(US Congress: Children without adult supervision.)
To: jimbo123
The Mark of the ULTIMATE NARCISSIST..........
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:10:44 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
To: misharu
“Hey! Who left the seat down?”
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:13:40 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: windcliff
To: jimbo123
Did I miss it?
Where's Pelosi?
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:13:58 AM PST
by
MARTIAL MONK
(I'm waiting for the POP!)
To: misharu
“Meida, where the keeds going to get milk?”
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:14:27 AM PST
by
cameraeye
(A happy kuffir!)
To: jimbo123
I volunteer to embalm Zero.
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:14:41 AM PST
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: misharu
1st photo...”is this the end of my freebies?”
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:14:43 AM PST
by
albie
(re)
To: jimbo123
Queer Eye for the Dead Guy
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:14:44 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Red Badger
The Mark of the ULTIMATE NARCISSIST..........
Then Obama will be on the list eventually. He's the narcissist's king.
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:14:45 AM PST
by
ZX12R
To: jimbo123
What! No Pharaohs of Egypt! They were leaders!
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:16:08 AM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(CLICK my name. See the murals before they are painted over! POTEET THEATER in OKC!)
To: jimbo123
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:16:36 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: misharu
...you mean...you weren’t looking at the dead body...but at the twins?
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:16:38 AM PST
by
BCW
(http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Never forget Willie the Wimp!
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:17:57 AM PST
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
I wonder if Ted Kennedy still looks that good?
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:20:28 AM PST
by
MARTIAL MONK
(I'm waiting for the POP!)
To: jimbo123
This won’t keep them from burning forever in Hell I’m afraid.
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:23:54 AM PST
by
chuckles
To: jimbo123
It would be fun to sneak in some night ... remove the body ... and replace it with a rubber chicken.
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:24:36 AM PST
by
layman
(Card Carrying Infidel)
To: layman
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:26:13 AM PST
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
Cool. Dead commies are my favorite commies.
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posted on
03/08/2013 11:27:10 AM PST
by
EricT.
(The Second Amendment is Tyrant Control.)
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