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April 23, 2007 7:55 AM Subscribe
Boris Yeltsin, 76, Dies. The former Russian President who transitioned Russia from Communism to Capitalism and Democracy has passed away.
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posted by stumcg at 8:02 AM on April 23, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by stumcg at 8:02 AM on April 23, 2007 [1 favorite]
I was under the impression he drank alot.
But of course, I think he was entitled.
posted by Ynoxas at 8:03 AM on April 23, 2007
But of course, I think he was entitled.
posted by Ynoxas at 8:03 AM on April 23, 2007
That the man was alive this long is a miracle.
And, at long last, don't we know that being a nice fellow to knock a few back with is not the right yard stick to be measuring a world leader.
R.I.P., Boris.
posted by Dave Faris at 8:03 AM on April 23, 2007
And, at long last, don't we know that being a nice fellow to knock a few back with is not the right yard stick to be measuring a world leader.
R.I.P., Boris.
posted by Dave Faris at 8:03 AM on April 23, 2007
And, at long last, don't we know that being a nice fellow to knock a few back with is not the right yard stick to be measuring a world leader.
Oh, but absolutely. The only valid criterion!
BTW, should I have posted this reply in nickyskye's thread?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:06 AM on April 23, 2007
Oh, but absolutely. The only valid criterion!
BTW, should I have posted this reply in nickyskye's thread?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:06 AM on April 23, 2007
Never heard of him.
In other news, I hear Boris Yeltsin passed away.
Maybe someone should do a non-misspelled, non wikipedia entry FPP to hold the imminent display of punctu(ation)al respect...
posted by davehat at 8:07 AM on April 23, 2007
In other news, I hear Boris Yeltsin passed away.
Maybe someone should do a non-misspelled, non wikipedia entry FPP to hold the imminent display of punctu(ation)al respect...
posted by davehat at 8:07 AM on April 23, 2007
He walked life's tightrope without a nyet.
Oh shit, I was gonna use that one for Yakov Smirnov's dot thread!
posted by maryh at 8:09 AM on April 23, 2007
Oh shit, I was gonna use that one for Yakov Smirnov's dot thread!
posted by maryh at 8:09 AM on April 23, 2007
Joshua Bell is playing violin in a subway corridor and only the ghosts of Boris Yeltsin, James Brown, and Anna Nicole Smith are listening.
posted by Dr-Baa at 8:10 AM on April 23, 2007
posted by Dr-Baa at 8:10 AM on April 23, 2007
How many times must Yeltsin die?
Before he sleeps in the sand?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:17 AM on April 23, 2007
Before he sleeps in the sand?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:17 AM on April 23, 2007
How many times must Yeltsin die?
What do you get when you multiply six by nine?
posted by thecaddy at 8:19 AM on April 23, 2007
What do you get when you multiply six by nine?
posted by thecaddy at 8:19 AM on April 23, 2007
☦☠
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 8:28 AM on April 23, 2007
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 8:28 AM on April 23, 2007
Welcome to Metafilter. Famous people are only dead once we stop posting about them.
posted by Dr-Baa at 8:29 AM on April 23, 2007
posted by Dr-Baa at 8:29 AM on April 23, 2007
Sorry, knapah, beat you to the Dylan punch. Don't know all the words to that tune, do ya?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:32 AM on April 23, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:32 AM on April 23, 2007 [1 favorite]
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