Vladmir Putin Raps On American Psychology & Culture From Carthage To Scarlet O'Hara

If you relied on the warmongering Corporate and Think Tank media analysis of Vladimir Putin you'd never know he's one of the most knowledgeable of all the world leaders. In addition he is easily the most direct, the most savvy and as you can see in this new Russia Today open-discussion panel interview he is quite capable of being very witty.

Go ahead. Take a drink. 

Don't let the West poison the well. Here he is speaking English. He speaks German too.

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The Ian Curtis biopic won Best European Film at Cannes. The post-punk aesthetic of Anton Corbijn's stark black-and-white cinematography was winning over the critics on Friday night but I'm delighted that one of my early music heroes is beginning to earn the the full credit he deserves. I'm also a bit annoyed that I didn't reserve lovewilltearusapart.com when no one else had thought of it and it was going for... erm a song.

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