The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

rubber soul · 12-04-2022, 12:15 PM

Nope, I read in the Newspaper.com archives somewhere that he had claimed to be the King of England, though I suppose Scotland would have been included in that in his mind.

BTW: Whitaker is brilliantly menacing as Idi Amin.

SGR · 12-04-2022, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

Nope, I read in the Newspaper.com archives somewhere that he had claimed to be the King of England, though I suppose Scotland would have been included in that in his mind.

BTW: Whitaker is brilliantly menacing as Idi Amin.

Ahhh...

and yes...love the movie

**Marie Monday** · 12-04-2022, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

He also declared himself King of England

based

The Batlord · 12-04-2022, 01:06 PM

You gotta pick a country that can't argue with you. Austria-Hungary can't tell me I'm not the emperor.

Trollheart · 12-04-2022, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Do dictators usually call themselves The Official Dictator of [Country]? I think we need to give a point to Norg on this one.

Fair enough. Why not, after all?

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

Yeah, if Putin really had to answer to somebody, he would have already been out on a rail.

If he didn't have to answer to anyone...

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Originally Posted by rubber soul

He also declared himself King of England

I'd like to see that link. I know he styled himself King of Scotland but I don't think he ever claimed to be king of England.

My favourite joke about him was some comedian had him sitting at his desk, with a sign that says AMIN and when he reversed it it said AM OUT.

~~jwb~~ · 12-04-2022, 06:22 PM

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No he's not. He may be SEEN as a dictator (and may be in all but name) but he's not "the Russian Dictator", he's the Russian President. Like it or not, he still has to follow Russian laws and policies. He can't write new laws without the Politburo etc etc basically yes he's a dictator as we see it but officially he is an elected (!) president.

In any case, the main thrust of my argument there (not that it did any good and even you cherry-picked the bit you could contradict me on and ignored the rest) is that Putin, dictator or not, does not want what's good for Russia. He couldn't give two ****s about Russia. He wants what's good for him and his ego.

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Kinda like north Korea calls themselves the democratic peoples republic of Korea? That must mean they are a democracy right....

Trollheart · 12-04-2022, 08:17 PM

Catch up. I've already ceded the point to Norg. It's the rest that's important anyway, which you have once again ignored. Not that I'm surprised.

~~jwb~~ · 12-04-2022, 08:19 PM

You still argued back and said no he's not he's the president. Which is what I was responding to. You want a pat on the back for saying Putin is bad or something? Lol.

Trollheart · 12-04-2022, 09:50 PM

Please.

The Batlord · 12-04-2022, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/05/nort...stigating.html

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	You still argued back and said no he's not he's the president. Which is what I was responding to. You want a pat on the back for saying Putin is bad or something? Lol.