Vladimir Putin

From The Room: A Detailed Analysis of Olympic Politics in Cartoon Form

April 7, 2008 - ...

From The Room: "What Change Means to Me": A Five-Paragraph Essay by the American Electorate

February 18, 2008 - This essay is about what Change means to me. What Change means to me is a lot of things. First, Change means that now you have something different. Second, Change means that now you have something new. Lastly, Change means not voting for a third party. These are the things...

From The Room: Putin: Hillary Has No Head

February 15, 2008 - In response to Hillary's January claim that Vladimir "Star Tzar" Putin has no soul, Putin noted that "at a minimum, a head of state should have a head." The Clinton campaign immediately responded, demanding that there was ample proof that Hillary Clinton in fact has a head. "At this...

From The Room: When Did We Start Living in a Bond Movie?

February 15, 2008 - This week started out with news of a $163 million dollar art heist in Zurich that Swiss police called "spectacular." Three masked men stole a high school art appreciation class Who's Who of masterpieces from Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh and managed to escape...

News Odds for Tuesday, February 12, 2008

February 12, 2008 - Odds that... When...

Dickipedia: Vladimir Putin

January 14, 2008 - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born October 7, 1952) is the Prime Minister of the Russian federation, the former President of the Russian Federation, the 2007 ''TIME'' magazine Person of the Year, and a dick. As an emotionless, muscular, tyrannical, soviet-style politician and former KGB agent, Puti...

From The Room: Revised Intelligence Estimate of Putin's Soul

January 7, 2008 - Along with WMDs, Constitutional law, Iranian nuclear aggression, and the economy, President Bush's reasoning for the existence of Russian President Vladimir Putin's soul is being questioned. New inferences, using readily available data, points away from Bush's original intelligence estimate based...

News Odds for Monday, December 17, 2007

December 17, 2007 - Odds that... Today, Russian president Vladimir Putin offers his guest, Greek prime minister Costas Karamanlis, a suitcase full of plutonium for 5 bucks—...

From The Room: Pop Quiz

December 14, 2007 - Question: What do the following people have in common? Osama bin Laden Adolf Hitler Saddam Hussein Benito Mussolini Kim Jong-il Dick Cheney George W. Bush Karl Rove Fidel Castro Vladimir Putin Answer: They're all heterosexual. Tell me again why the Republicans are try...

FAQ: Dmitri A. Medvedev

December 10, 2007 - For Russian political aficionados (at least the ones that haven't been poisoned), the last few days have been a real nail-biter. Who's going to succeed Russian President Vladimir Putin? Thankfully...

Putin picks dorky law professor and oil company chairman to be next president of Russia—proposes newborns be gas-fed for first six months

December 10, 2007 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced he would support Dmitri A. Medvedev, one of his closest advisers, to be the next president of Russia. What kind of man is a close confidante of a notorious KGB member...

News Odds for Monday, December 10, 2007

December 10, 2007 - Odds that... Michael Vick, who'll be sentenced for dogfighting today, is already planning on building a slingshot to kill whatever he...

If They IM'd: Russia and India

November 13, 2007 - After a two-day summit in Moscow, Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and Russian president Vladimir Putin solidified their "friends with benefits" status. Among the many agreements reached by the two nuclear superpowers: a joint mission to the moon and shared nuclear technology. 23/6 takes a clos...

News Odds for Monday, November 12, 2007

November 12, 2007 - Odds that... Broadway performers get through the stagehands' strike by doing impromptu cabaret shows in the back of the Times Square McD...

Now Playing: the Putin assassination attempt

October 15, 2007 - Hypermasculine Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted today at a press conference in Germany that he will head to Iran for talks this week, despite reports of an alleged plot to end his life. According to a source in Russia's special services, "suicide terrorists" were trained to kill Putin whil...