Putin Dissolves News Agency

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 8:15am

One passage in particular caught my eye:

"The most pointed criticism of Mr. Putin’s decrees focused on the choice of [Dmitry K.] Kiselyov as the new agency’s director. . . . Remarks he made last year resurfaced during the recent debate over the new prohibitions on 'propaganda' of nontraditional sexual relationships. 'I think it is too little to fine gays for homosexual propaganda,' he said. 'They should be forbidden from donating blood, sperm. And in the case of an automobile accident, their hearts should be buried in the ground or burned.'"





Link Updated On: 12/10/13 at 08:15 AM

[Scripps2]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 9:06am

Contrast that with some of the statements made in President Obama's magnificent and worthy oration at President Mandela's memorial service today.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 9:08am

I worry that with the impasse in Washington all sense of checks and balances will be lost. It's not like I think it couldn't happen here. Like if we get somebody in the executive branch who can't name a newspaper she reads.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 11:28am

I don't know which is worse: Putin dissolving the news agency or the fact that you can't see that it's already happening here in the US under Obama. Wake up Sally Bowles.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 12:35pm

Putin dissolving the news agency.

[Ex-Siny]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 12:53pm

Did Obama dissolve Fox ?

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 1:42pm

What news agency has Obama dissolved?

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:02pm

uh, we don't really have a state-run news agency, do we?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:06pm

Papa we don't even have a state-run state.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:14pm

"uh, we don't really have a state-run news agency, do we?"

Not since Obama dissolved it.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:16pm

sic semper tyrannosaurus rex!

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:20pm

Sic simon tuggasaurus rex

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:23pm

So....SUE gets suspended and suddenly PAPA is back? coincidence? I don't recall ever seeing them in the same place at the same time....

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:23pm

oh lord. someone give the poor boy a sandwich...or a corn dog.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:35pm

joekv99...they have been seen at the same place at the same time.

please put down your crack pipe.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:41pm

Jeez a guy can't even crack wise without being accused of crack addiction.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:44pm

I remember seeing them in the same place. The troll said to papa, "i lik e you your fun ny."

Apparently the feeling wasn't mutual.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:45pm

Joe is having hallucinations of the Russian troll. I'm afraid it has become an obsession.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:48pm

PTSD is not the same as an obsession. I think we're all recovering from the trauma now.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:50pm

Jeez a guy can't even crack wise without being accused of crack addiction.

Crack is whack! Break yo momma's back! Ain't gonna take no slack! Hope that troll ain't coming back!

Werd to da mutha! Pe-ay-ce!

Updated On: 12/10/13 at 02:50 PM

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:54pm

If we're nice enough to Rob over these next couple days, might the limited engagement become an open ended run? I'm so hoping and praying.

[trentsketch]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 6:46pm

Forget about rush, what's the premium seat price to help fund the open run of that fine production?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 9:45pm

You're dreaming of a "Now in its 3rd Smash Year!" banner, aren't you?

[SNAFU]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 11:05pm

Who isn't?