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Vladimir Putin wins Oscar for Best Director of a Foreign Country (newsthump.com)

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Vladimir Putin has been crowned the Best Director of a Foreign Country at this year’s Academy Awards after helming the political-comedy ‘The United States of America’.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (2 children)

that was a given, since he had all the nominations

[–] 21Cabbage 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, the US and China have been known to manipulate other countries as well, along with smaller regional shit. Russia's definitely current top dog in that though, unless of course it just means they're the worst at hiding it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

US gets the lifetime achievement trophy for sure

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Great voting. Best voting ever.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Netanyahu got scammed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Netanyahu scammed. Dunno about getting scammed.

[–] 21Cabbage 7 points 2 months ago

sound of bat hitting baseball

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Also winner of the Cold War!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

You know, it's occurring to me now that we're getting our own medicine. How many governments have we controlled?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

buy a few hundred politicians. r is for rubles