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News can be utterly ridiculous, but this cracks me up

From multiple sources

Summary: Putin takes his shirt off on vacation and …....

-The Buzz
Kremlin watchers have been trying to guess what kind of political message the pictures send, given that the 54-year-old Putin has insisted he plans to step down at the end of his second term next year, as required by the constitution. maybe he was hot?

Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that women who visited its Web site posted comments on Putin’s “vigorous torso” and said they “were screaming with delight and showering (him) with compliments.” men really should take their shirts off more often

Russian gay chat rooms and blogs were particularly intrigued by the photos: Some claimed that Putin, by stripping to his waist, was somehow pleading for more tolerance of homosexuality in Russia – where gays and lesbians are for the most part forced to remain closeted. Of course he was, that’s also why he was holding a fishing pole, it’s all phallic and means something, I mean he was the head of the KGB!

One satirical photo circulating on the Internet jokingly compared Putin’s mountain adventure with Prince Albert II of Monaco to the movie “Brokeback Mountain,” a love story about two cowboys who conceal a homosexual affair. I really should watch that movie

The Russian media still can’t get enough.

The tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda on Wednesday published a huge color photo of the bare-chested president under the headline: “Be Like Putin.” Its excuse? A guide showing exactly what exercises were required to build up a torso like the Russian leader’s. Hmm, suck in your gut and pump some iron?

Keith Elliott of the Independent says the pic screams of shameless photo op, similar to old photos of Mao Tse-Tung swimming in the Yangtze River to demonstrate his virility. First, Putin’s holding the fishing rod by the very end of the rod, which no sensible angler would do—you’re begging to have it yanked from your hand. Second, going shirtless in Siberia in the summer equals a serious loss of blood thanks to hordes of mosquitoes. Barring a dousing in industrial grade DEET or other insect repellent, Putin’s merely showing off for the cameras. AOL Sportsmen yes, how shameless! Putin, you hussy!

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{drools}

There is an awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guanyin, that is making the rounds across the net. Considering the tight coordination required, their accomplishment is nothing short of amazing, even if they were not all deaf.

Yes, you read correctly, all 21 of the dancers are complete
deaf-mutes. Relying only on signals from trainers at the four corners of the stage, these extraordinary dancers deliver a visual spectacle that is at once intricate and stirring. Its first major international debut was in Athens last year at the closing ceremonies for the 2004 Paralympics. But it had long been in the repertoire of the China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe and had traveled to morethan 40 countries. Its lead dancer is 29 year old Tai Lihua, who has a BA from the Hubei Fine Arts Institute.

The video was recorded in Beijing during the Spring Festival celebration.

http://www.suoitumedia3.net/Video/thousandhandguanyin.wmv

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