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| The strange case of "Volgograd Obama" |
| 2009-07-26 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Hmm. Story says his first name's Joachim. The accompanying graphic says it's Vasiliy. In other news, check out the Russian Obama ice cream. My Russian-speaking sources say the translation reads, "Everyone says -- the black in the white gives coolness." They were kind of vague about the "coolness" part, so I'm not sure what that really says. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2009-07-26 19:37 |
| #2 Has been for a very long time, OS, and the fall of the Tsars didn't change that. Just read the stories told by African students brought to the USSR for education. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-07-26 12:48 |
| #1 "In other words, I am ready to toil like a negro" "Crima apparently sells watermelons for a living" /boggle Racism alive and well in Russia. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-07-26 12:03 |