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Posted: 11/2/2015 2:02:48 PM EDT
Russia's official view appears to have changed little since 2003, when Putin told an international climate conference that warmer temperatures would mean Russians "spend less on fur coats" while "agricultural specialists say our grain production will increase, and thank God for that". The president believes that "there is no global warming, that this is a fraud to restrain the industrial development of several countries including Russia," says Stanislav Belkovsky, a political analyst and critic of Putin. "That is why this subject is not topical for the majority of the Russian mass media and society in general." And with Russian media focused on the economic squeeze at home and events in Ukraine and Syria abroad, the absence of a robust media conversation on climate change means his scepticism goes largely unchallenged. That opinion endures. During a trip to the Arctic in 2010, Putin acknowledged that "the climate is changing", but restated his doubt that human activity was the cause. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2015/10/29/world/europe/29reuters-climatechange-summit-russia-media.html?_r=0 |
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Still more badass than this http://www.thedailyrash.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/president-barack-obama-rides-along-bike-path-correllus-state-forest-martha-vineyard-west-tisbury-massachusetts.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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How does riding a trike factor into Putin's badass image? Still more badass than this http://www.thedailyrash.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/president-barack-obama-rides-along-bike-path-correllus-state-forest-martha-vineyard-west-tisbury-massachusetts.jpg beat me to it. |
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Damnit. This site sucks his dick hard enough as it is. This isn't going to help.
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I can just hear the Jergens being squirted into the palms of Arfcomers all across America.
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Well, if he actually said that, he's not wrong about the subject.
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It's almost as if Putin is catering to a specific segment of the West...
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At least he has the balls to call it like it is. FBHO View Quote The balls? The man's a dictator who kills political enemies. Having balls to do something means you're facing actual consequences for your actions. What consequences do you think Putin has to deal with by saying this? |
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Well, if he actually said that, he's not wrong about the subject. 2016 can't come fast enough. I never said I liked the guy, or endorsed him. However the idea of man made global warming is bullshit, if he happened to actually say it, he isn't wrong. On that topic. |
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I don't think very highly of Putin, but he's right, global warming is and always has been, a fraud.
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once KGB, always KGB. He knows how to market himself to the West. He is a Commie-dictator first and always. He may be right, but fuck 'em. |
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It pisses me off when Russia is right about something and we are wrong.
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Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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How does riding a trike factor into Putin's badass image? I thought Trump was Camacho? Aren't they like Highlanders, there can only be one? |
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because it shows "NO fucks given" about whether or not another man cares about what he rides.... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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How does riding a trike factor into Putin's badass image? because it shows "NO fucks given" about whether or not another man cares about what he rides.... Clearly. |
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I don't know what that has to do with the topic at hand, but it's funny as hell. |
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Wow. This site really turned on Putin. 'Bout time you guys figured out that he's an asshole.
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because it shows "NO fucks given" about whether or not another man cares about what he rides.... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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How does riding a trike factor into Putin's badass image? because it shows "NO fucks given" about whether or not another man cares about what he rides.... Wouldn't the same logic apply to the Kenyan on his women's bicycle? |
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Especially when it's intentionally trying to make you think it's right. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Even a broke clock is right twice a day. Especially when it's intentionally trying to make you think it's right. Meh. It doesn't change my view of Putin. He's a scumbag dictator, who would love nothing more than the downfall of the US. |
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i wonder what kind of trike that is. It looks very American. View Quote It should look American. It's a Harley-Davidson FLHTCUTG Tri-Glide. Behind him is a Honda GL1800 Gold Wing with an aftermarket (probably Lehman) trike conversion. There are name brand motorcycle dealerships in Russia. They don't all ride Urals and Dneprs like they did before the Wall came down. There are three aftermarket distributors in Russia -- Bike-Trade, Mototorg and Mr.Moto -- who carry our company's Made in USA aftermarket product line. ETA: Made in USA |
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I never said I liked the guy, or endorsed him. However the idea of man made global warming is bullshit, if he happened to actually say it, he isn't wrong. On that topic. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Well, if he actually said that, he's not wrong about the subject. 2016 can't come fast enough. I never said I liked the guy, or endorsed him. However the idea of man made global warming is bullshit, if he happened to actually say it, he isn't wrong. On that topic. Agreed. I'm saying I can't wait for our current global warming cheerleaders to be done with their term. |
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Meh. It doesn't change my view of Putin. He's a scumbag dictator, who would love nothing more than the downfall of the US. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Even a broke clock is right twice a day. Especially when it's intentionally trying to make you think it's right. Meh. It doesn't change my view of Putin. He's a scumbag dictator, who would love nothing more than the downfall of the US. Obama? Oh sorry, I thought you were describing Obama for a second |
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I don't get arfcom's love affair with him. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Damnit. This site sucks his dick hard enough as it is. This isn't going to help. I don't get arfcom's love affair with him. How many people here post crap like "it makes liberals angry so I'm for it." Putin's PR team knows how to tap into that perfectly. They also know how to model Putin as the strong manly man that so many seem to need in their lives. |
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Wouldn't the same logic apply to the Kenyan on his women's bicycle? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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How does riding a trike factor into Putin's badass image? because it shows "NO fucks given" about whether or not another man cares about what he rides.... Wouldn't the same logic apply to the Kenyan on his women's bicycle? There are limits.... |
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I can just hear the Jergens being squirted into the palms of Arfcomers all across America. View Quote Kind of getting tired around here with this. Train and Shower jokes getting old too. Putin is doiing whats needs doing. If all evidence points to a bomb in the Russian jetliner we may see what Putin is really made of. Can't wait. |
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once KGB, always KGB. He knows how to market himself to the West. He is a Commie-dictator first and always. He may be right, but fuck 'em. no i don't think he has the zeal to be a Communist. hes a mob boss, plain and simple. look at how Russia is run, you grease the right palms and what ever you want is yours. if you are a made man you get all the lucrative contracts. cross him and you sleep with the bears he cares nothing for the common man or worker or anyone but his friends and enemies. hence not a communist. |
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