The Russians are as funny as ever.
“On Monday, March 16, President Putin had several important meetings,” the newscaster declared yesterday and then proceeded to give details of the meetings.
If you don’t get why that’s funny, look at your calendar.
The Russians often use what they call “canned news.” Putin is supposed to appear on the news every day, doing something massively important. Since it’s not humanly possible to do something massively important every single day, servile journalists film newscasts in advance and hold them until the days when there is nothing new about Putin to show.
Of course, such a strategy often produces mistakes and then everybody gets a chance to laugh at Putin who experiences Monday, March 16 serveral days before everybody else does.
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Марат Гельман: “Впереди – только мрак”
http://trim-c.livejournal.com/409849.html
“– Я помню 90-е годы, когда болезни Ельцина, которые периодически повторялись, были такой простой технологией: когда происходит что-то грустное, неправильное, нужно просто отвлечь внимание. Это первая мысль, которая мне пришла в голову, по большому счету, болезнь Путина не играет никакой роли в том, что происходит. Мне кажется, это просто способ поинтриговать нашу публику, чтобы она отвлеклась от реальных проблем, которые у нас уже есть и которые нас ожидают.”
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There’s something to it. Nobody has even mentioned Nemtsov’s murder in days. And nobody is mentioning that the rouble is dropping again.
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He’s with Carmen Sandiego and Waldo. Nobody knows where they are either.
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Perhaps they were referring to Monday March 16th, 2009? Trouble is at that time he was Prime Minister Putin, not President Putin…
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“Trouble is at that time he was Prime Minister Putin, not President Putin…”
It has been announced that Putin will be shown to the world on Monday (tomorrow.) Everybody is awaiting the moment with bated breath.
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Weirdly as I recall the whole Putin-Mevedev switch was being orchestrated back in 2006 at least- I can remember exactly where I was when I heard that news story (still at university and that’s all I’ll say on that…)
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The more I recall about Putin the more I wonder why I ever gave him the benefit of the doubt (apart from acknowledging he seems a pretty savvy operator…)
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You wanted to give him the benefit of a doubt because the alternative (a large and dangerous country being run by a psychopath) was too frightening.
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