Hello Dave,   
      
    MM>> Russian President Putin ..voter fraud?! No way...he's too awesome! BTW   
    MM>> comrades, where can I get iodine pills in case of 'accidental'   
    MM>> radiation poisoning...   
      
    LL>> Chernobyl?   
      
    DD> Probably he was thinking about Alexander Litvinenko and the radioactive   
    DD> isotope of thallium used on him in London a couple - three years ago.   
    DD> (2006)   
      
   There were a number of incidents that Putin was accused of   
   being (indirectly) involved in.  However, nothing definitive   
   has ever been proven.   
      
    DD> The former USSR has its own version of the Mafia's omerta.  SCHTOOM!!!   
      
   The politburo (committee) ran the USSR, not a godfather (president).   
   But in ways, that is how the Mafia works.  Each family has a godfather.   
   The godfathers periodically get together, forming a committee.  During   
   those meetings, godfathers are able to hash out their differences with   
   each other.  Those godfathers who are unable to hash out their   
   differences are told to leave the room, and a war between those   
   families erupts.  The dispute is settled, the new godfathers welcomed   
   to enter the room, and all is well.   
      
   --Lee   
      
   --- MesNews/1.06.00.00-gb   
    * Origin: news://felten.yi.org (2:203/2)