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Young Belarusian Killed When Lenin Statue Falls On Him [Darwin Award]
Radio Free Europre ^
| Monday, August 10, 2009
Posted on 08/10/2009 1:00:51 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe
HOMEL, Belarus -- A 21-year-old man from the southeastern Belarusian town of Uvaravichy in Belarus was killed when a piece of a statue to Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin fell on him as he tried to climb it, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.
Early this morning, the unnamed man climbed atop the seven-meter monument and tried to hang from Lenin's famous outstretched arm.
(Excerpt) Read more at rferl.org ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: belarus; darwinaward; lenin; statue
To: Wardenclyffe
Aptly symbolic however of Lenin’s legacy.
To: Wardenclyffe

"Yes!!! Four-million AND ONE!!"
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posted on
08/10/2009 1:04:34 PM PDT
by
M203M4
(NEW New Deal: A pot through every window!)
To: Wardenclyffe
I guess he really did get his ass handed to him.
To: Wardenclyffe
Bummer... I was hoping it was the Lenin statue in Seattle.
To: Wardenclyffe
My halo-addicted kids & their friends would refer to this as a “kill from the grave”...
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posted on
08/10/2009 1:11:51 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(The emperor has no pedigree.)
To: Wardenclyffe
Moral of the story: Rely on socialist outreach at your own peril!
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posted on
08/10/2009 1:16:15 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Constitution Day
I could never get the hang of ideology
I do the Rock
I do the Rock
To: Wardenclyffe
Speaking of hanging on to marxists,
I recently tried to hang on Obama's words and was crushed by them
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posted on
08/10/2009 1:17:53 PM PDT
by
KTM rider
( ..........tell me this really isn't happening ! !)
To: Wardenclyffe
That’s gonna leave a Marx.
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posted on
08/10/2009 1:22:55 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Wardenclyffe
Literally killed by an atheist/pagan idol. Prayers for his family and for mercy on his soul.
To: Wardenclyffe
Lenin is falling apart in Belorussia but has followers in the White House.
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posted on
08/10/2009 1:25:48 PM PDT
by
TopQuark
To: dfwgator
To: Tijeras_Slim
The poor boy, where is the accompanying statue of Yoko?
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posted on
08/10/2009 1:30:39 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
To: Ronaldus Magnus
To: M203M4
Jim Cramer is a mass killer?
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posted on
08/10/2009 1:44:33 PM PDT
by
Trod Upon
(Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
To: Wardenclyffe
When you depend on the socialists they crush you....
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posted on
08/10/2009 1:52:21 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: Wardenclyffe
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posted on
08/10/2009 1:54:14 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Funny movie, especially the parts involving the fake news show.
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posted on
08/10/2009 2:32:14 PM PDT
by
Raymann
To: Wardenclyffe
Hold ma’ wodka un vatch dis!
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posted on
08/10/2009 2:35:01 PM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(CITIZENS OF LIBERTY! RISE UP AND DEFEAT THE EVIL BEAST, OBAMUNISM!)
To: Raymann
Goodbye Lenin, is one of my all-time favorite movies.
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posted on
08/10/2009 2:36:41 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/11/2009 9:56:51 AM PDT
by
Dr.Deth
To: Wardenclyffe
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:08:10 AM PDT
by
NRA1995
(Obama, when you lie, we're going to call you out)
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