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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

1 posted on 08/10/2009 1:00:52 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe
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To: Wardenclyffe

Aptly symbolic however of Lenin’s legacy.


2 posted on 08/10/2009 1:04:02 PM PDT by MissesBush
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To: Wardenclyffe

"Yes!!! Four-million AND ONE!!"

3 posted on 08/10/2009 1:04:34 PM PDT by M203M4 (NEW New Deal: A pot through every window!)
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To: Wardenclyffe

I guess he really did get his ass handed to him.


4 posted on 08/10/2009 1:07:19 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: Wardenclyffe

Bummer... I was hoping it was the Lenin statue in Seattle.


5 posted on 08/10/2009 1:09:13 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: Wardenclyffe

My halo-addicted kids & their friends would refer to this as a “kill from the grave”...


6 posted on 08/10/2009 1:11:51 PM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (The emperor has no pedigree.)
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To: Wardenclyffe

Moral of the story: Rely on socialist outreach at your own peril!


7 posted on 08/10/2009 1:16:15 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Constitution Day
I could never get the hang of ideology

I do the Rock
I do the Rock

8 posted on 08/10/2009 1:16:39 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Wardenclyffe
Speaking of hanging on to marxists,

I recently tried to hang on Obama's words and was crushed by them

9 posted on 08/10/2009 1:17:53 PM PDT by KTM rider ( ..........tell me this really isn't happening ! !)
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To: Wardenclyffe

That’s gonna leave a Marx.


10 posted on 08/10/2009 1:22:55 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Wardenclyffe

Literally killed by an atheist/pagan idol. Prayers for his family and for mercy on his soul.


11 posted on 08/10/2009 1:23:33 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: Wardenclyffe
Lenin is falling apart in Belorussia but has followers in the White House.
12 posted on 08/10/2009 1:25:48 PM PDT by TopQuark
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To: dfwgator

LOL


13 posted on 08/10/2009 1:26:42 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim
The poor boy, where is the accompanying statue of Yoko?
14 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.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

LMAO!!!


15 posted on 08/10/2009 1:34:30 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Ronaldus Magnus

Amen.


16 posted on 08/10/2009 1:36:18 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe
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To: M203M4

Jim Cramer is a mass killer?


17 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)
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To: Wardenclyffe

When you depend on the socialists they crush you....


18 posted on 08/10/2009 1:52:21 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Wardenclyffe

19 posted on 08/10/2009 1:54:14 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Funny movie, especially the parts involving the fake news show.


20 posted on 08/10/2009 2:32:14 PM PDT by Raymann
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To: Wardenclyffe

Hold ma’ wodka un vatch dis!


21 posted on 08/10/2009 2:35:01 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (CITIZENS OF LIBERTY! RISE UP AND DEFEAT THE EVIL BEAST, OBAMUNISM!)
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To: Raymann

Goodbye Lenin, is one of my all-time favorite movies.


22 posted on 08/10/2009 2:36:41 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Best. Post. Ever.


23 posted on 08/11/2009 9:56:51 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: Wardenclyffe

Give that man a hand!


24 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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