Vote, now....do it. C"mon, do it..."





Anyway...how about that Medvedev guy?

Has Putin asked to borrowed the Diebolds from the US?

no, we sold them the plans back in the 80's with only a few glitches and a backdoor or three.

I hear the Russian machines are quite secure and totally on the up-and-up, actually. The problem comes in with the armed Medvedev robot who watches you vote.

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Originally posted by Boogerhead:
no, we sold them the plans back in the 80's with only a few glitches and a backdoor or three.

Ah, you're still using them this November, though.

Is that a Val he's holding?

Putin and Medvedev go out to lunch. Putin is hungry for a steak, and steers Medvedev into an appropriate restaurant. Putin orders.

"I'll have a steak."

"How would you like it, sir?"

"Still a little pink."

"And the vegetable?"

Putin waves his hand at Medvedev. "Yes, the vegetable will have steak, too."

-hat tip to TIME

lol.

Well, Medvedev's in.

I admire a man who can create a name of three syllable using as many letters.

If I was a less lazy man, I'd dig up the article that showed the "incentives" given to voters. Bald-faced ones, like free entry to nightclubs (and Russian nightclubs get pretty exclusive.)

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Originally posted by Splitcoil:
Putin and Medvedev go out to lunch. Putin is hungry for a steak, and steers Medvedev into an appropriate restaurant. Putin orders.

"I'll have a steak."

"How would you like it, sir?"

"Still a little pink."

"And the vegetable?"

Putin waves his hand at Medvedev. "Yes, the vegetable will have steak, too."

-hat tip to TIME

That's an old joke. I remember it being about Margaret Thatcher and her Cabinet. I expect it pre-dates even that.

Day One.

"Hello" to the new boss...

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Originally posted by Kradlum:
That's an old joke. I remember it being about Margaret Thatcher and her Cabinet. I expect it pre-dates even that.

Ah. It was new to me, but I suppose it's been recycled a few times. TIME included it in their writeup on Putin for man of the year.

Henry Kissinger was on Charlie Rose talking about this on Friday night if anyone wants to see it on Charlie's site.

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Originally posted by lithos:
If I was a less lazy man, I'd dig up the article that showed the "incentives" given to voters. Bald-faced ones, like free entry to nightclubs (and Russian nightclubs get pretty exclusive.)

My friends from St.Petersburg said the youngest voters there were given usb flash-cards and even mobile phones, and others - flowers and... corvalolum )))

Actually these things are not new in Russia. In the beginning of 90s, when millions of people didn't even understand clearly what election was for, they were given beer like "incentive".

This time, I guess, these actions were made not to guarantee kind of an equity of results, but just to provide for a necessary quantity of voters. Becouse we all new the results a long time before the election.

About Medvedev.
Yeltsin has chosen Putin as his successor. Putin soon broke down everything Yeltsin's built and raised in his own way.
With Mr.Medvedev it's gonna be the same thing we guess.

And, if you guys dont know yet, it will be an economic slump in Russia soon. Just like 1998. Some mention April-May, others - August.

We're getting ready for our own here in the states. Can't fight too many wars in too many places for too long...

Anyway, welcome.

Well, we'll see...

Anyway, thank you.

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Originally posted by VanillaKiller
And, if you guys dont know yet, it will be an economic slump in Russia soon. Just like 1998. Some mention April-May, others - August.

Well, that's a quite fatalist feeling...

Anyways, I have a business partner that says: "be carefull with morons. When you think you devised every stupid thing they can do, they come out with something new to screw your plans."

That's a major truth when it comes to politics and economy.

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Originally posted by UberDog:
Henry Kissinger was on Charlie Rose talking about this on Friday night if anyone wants to see it on Charlie's site.

I LOVE listening to Kissinger, if only I could temporarily remove my semantic capacity.

Lets see if they let the Black voters vote this time.
Ooopsss! So sorry.
Wrong election thread!

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Originally posted by VanillaKiller:
My friends from St.Petersburg said the youngest voters there were given usb flash-cards and even mobile phones, and others - flowers and... corvalolum )))

Actually these things are not new in Russia. In the beginning of 90s, when millions of people didn't even understand clearly what election was for, they were given beer like "incentive".

Ah, VanillaKiller, welcome to the board. And welcome to democracy - Russia seems to be handling the important facet of pork-barrelling very well.

Possibly a reason why democracy's not going too well in Iraq.