Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Monday, December 12, 2011

146% of Muscovites are for Free Elections!

That was the text of a protest sign at the rally in Moscow on Saturday. That seemed like a rather odd number to me, but I figured it was a number that was chosen at random.

But it was not. Stu Savory's blog had this picture of Russian election returns from the Rostov Oblast:


Add them all up and you have the vote totals of 146% of ballots cast.

Mayor Daley and Ken Blackwell would have been proud.

(Yes, I know, Blackwell's fraud went the other way, by reducing the 2004 vote total in Ohio by over a quarter of a million, but the point stands.)

1 comment:

BadTux said...

Heh, yeah, I had that screenshot on my own blog back on the 5th. Who woulda thunk that Chicago economists re-designing Russia's economy for the oligarchs would have led to Chicago politics being the rule? :).

I especially like the expression on the news reader's face. She's, like, "And the results are... wha? That doesn't add up! WTF do I say now, that won't get me fired or killed or both?!" It's an expression of surprise, dismay, shock, and fear if I've ever seen one...

- Badtux the "The dead have a right to vote too, y'know?" Penguin