[Berlin_Freeper]

Putin has misread his Georgian lesson
Published: August 7 2009 19:00 | Last updated: August 7 2009 19:00

There is a dreadful sense of déjà vu to the sight of Vladimir Putin parading bare-chested for photographers while on holiday in Siberia. The Russian prime minister’s annual picture shoot suggests an inordinate pride in his pectorals and his athletic image.

It is scarcely coincidental that the pictures were published just before Saturday’s first anniversary of Russia’s nasty little war with neighbouring Georgia. That conflict against a tiresome former Soviet republic is seen in Moscow as a triumph for Russian hard power, and Mr Putin as the strong man who inspired it.

[AnAmericanMother]

Only consolation here:

1. He has no idea how to sit a horse.

2. The horse is completely ignoring him. If you ride, it's very funny - the horse's expression says it all. "Yah, you idiot, blah blah blah. Now get off my kidneys and off my mouth!"

[Red Boots]

The Russian prime minister’s annual picture shoot suggests an inordinate pride in his pectorals and his athletic image.

I don't know why. They sag.

[PJ-Comix]

Twitter is STILL having problems. I tried to make two posts to Twitter. One this morning and one just now. No can do.