The trailer for a new Russian movie that's like a superhero movie, only the superhero is a flying car. This appeals to both my child-like sense of wonder, and my adult sense of awesomeness.
Children's entertainer Dmitry has been calling Fantik the Llama his roommate (and performance partner) inside this Moscow apartment for ten years. After retiring from training bears (!), Dmitry's first llama was sadly shot in a garden by thieves, which is, incidentally, the beginning of our new fauxtobiography, My Llama Was Shot By Thieves In The Garden (After I Gave Up On Training Bears): A Story Of Strength, Courage, and GARDEN THIEVES???.
Just in time for Brit's upcoming visit to Moscow, one classy Russian teen got the pop tart's visage tattooed riiiight above her boobies. Eighteen-year-old Irina Savina claims Britney provided “the soundtrack for [her] life,” which is fine, but, like, I grew up listening to James Taylor and you don't see “Sweet Baby James” tattooed on my ass (although you will see Gloria Estefan winking because that's “how I roll”).
If you thought the Pantistaur was just another disturbingly young gal carrying around a teddy bear and wearing semi-sheer panties, you were wrong. 'Cuz she's got four legs, you guys! Unsurprisingly, some Pantistaurs have giant penises (so NFSW!).
In Russia, it is socially acceptable to celebrate April Fools' Day by blowing up Lenin's statue with a huge bundle of TNT. There is also a leg wound in the statue, so it looks like Lenin got gunned down all over again. (He was shot at at some point, right? I would think yes.)
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/most-horrif...
The Web seems obsessed by all things Russian at the moment, so what could kindle our curiosity more than a selection of torture devices from that colossal country, preserved for our pleasure? OK, so they’re more Spanish Inquisition than KGB interrogation, that makes no difference when all we care about is how sadistically sick they are.
Let's see how this Russian ad handles the tricky landscape that connects ice cream and race! I'm sure it will be tasteful!
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Apparently these bricks melted from napalm storage!? Not sure how that works, but the photos are awesome.
For years, a Russian professor has been predicting the end of the United States as we know it - a victim of civil war triggered by an epic moral and economic collapse. In his prediction map, Alaska goes to Russia (heh, Palin joke), The northeastern states join the European Union and “The Texas Republic” finally returns to Mexico.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051100709638419.html
Russian professor (and former KGB agent) Igor Panarin predicts that the U.S. will collapse and be divided into six pieces in 2010. He believes our Second Civil War will start in '09, so get ready! He also thinks that Alaska will be returned to Russia [insert Sarah Palin joke here] and that the South, with its many Hispanics, will become part of Mexico. This seems totally plausible.
The Kremlin has embraced a Russian professor's annual prediction of America's demise. Professor Panarin believes that “an economic and moral collapse will trigger a civil war and the eventual breakup of the U.S.” and Russia's state media is happy to propagate his beliefs. I hope the second Cold War comes with a Space Race and a snazzy soundtrack like the last one.
The first rule of Old Lady Fight Club is that you never talk about Old Lady Fight Club. I think the second rule is probably related to making sure that you're armed with a heavy handbag.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7720614.stm
Iceland may be looking a lot like Russia. Russia is giving Iceland a $6 billion loan. Critics are worried that Russia may use this to their advantage by exercising power and influence over them.
The New Yorker cleverly points out that the distance to Russia from the governor’s mansion in Juneau, Alaska, is about 1,200 miles.
Putin confirms that Russia can see Alaska, too. And he hates Governor Palin’s design taste.
Soviet scientists in the mid-20th century keep the severed head of a dog alive via an “autojector,” a primitive heart and lung machine. Ugh, if this is another viral marketing scheme, I will scream. Otherwise, it’s pretty cool.
The story behind Chumazik, the Eastern Bloc internet phenomenon. After appearing in the background of a Russian news report, covered in soot and making a silly face, miner Yury Tatarenkov was given the nickname Chumazik (or “Smudge Boy”) and became a cultural phenom. And then, after a little research, reporters learned Tatarenkov suffered from cerebral palsy. Whoops! *Cue clown whistle* While this story might normally make you taste your own bile, it’s nice to know that the original photog jokers are now raising money for Tatarenkov, who lives alone with his mother. See? Memes may come and go, but kindness lasts forever.