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    Things must be desperate in Moscow if Putin has to resort to doing this...


    Putin pockets Patriots owner's Super Bowl ring

    BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Was it a big misunderstanding, or simply a generous gift when Russian President Vladimir Putin made off with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring?


    Following a meeting of American business executives and Putin at Konstantinovsky Palace near St. Petersburg last Saturday, according to Russian news reports, Kraft showed his 4.94-carat, diamond-encrusted 2005 Super Bowl ring to the Russian president, who tried it on, then put it in his pocket and left.

    It was not immediately clear whether Kraft, whose business interests also include paper and packaging companies and venture capital investments, intended for Putin to keep the ring.

    Stacey James, a spokesman for the football team owner, said he was still traveling in Europe and unavailable for comment.

    "I've seen the story, and I've gotten other calls," James said Tuesday. "I wish I could confirm it, but I just don't have any way to."

    Yevgeniy Khorishko, a spokesman at the Russian embassy in Washington, said he had no information about the matter.

    A Kremlin spokesman on Wednesday refused to comment.

    Tokens given to the Russian president normally are kept in the state treasury, but in this case the Super Bowl ring has been deposited in the Kremlin library, according to a report in Kommersant, a leading Russian business newspaper.

    Kraft handed out Super Bowl rings to players and coaches during a gathering at his home two weeks ago. The team wouldn't say how much each ring is worth, other than it costs more than $15,000. The Patriots have won three of the last four Super Bowls.

    Find this article at:
    http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/29/put....ap/index.html
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    Overlook this
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    They need help - invade and impose a regime change!
    27.27%
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    They need help - set up an aid package of $100 billion, they need the money!
    4.55%
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    Airdrop bananas all over major Russian cities
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    Who is Barinthus?

  • #2
    Does the evil of Lord God Putin know no bounds?
    The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

    The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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    • #3
      Putin
      B♭3

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      • #4
        Russia sucks balls.

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        • #5
          In Soviet Russia, balls suck you!
          B♭3

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            • #7
              Unfortunetly Kraft acknowledged that it was a gift .
              “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.â€
              - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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              • #8
                He's just afraid to unleash the wrath of the Lord God.
                The enemy cannot push a button if you disable his hand.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
                  Unfortunetly Kraft acknowledged that it was a gift .
                  That has to be the worst gift ever. The ring is basically a trophy. Why would someone want to receive a trophy that someone else earned as a gift?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by dudemanjack That has to be the worst gift ever. The ring is basically a trophy. Why would someone want to receive a trophy that someone else earned as a gift?
                    4.94-carat, diamond-encrusted
                    "In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion

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                    • #11
                      I'm sorry, but I don't understand the 2nd poll option...what would we invade?

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                      • #12
                        Why, Russia, of course.
                        Who is Barinthus?

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                        • #13
                          What a strange news story...
                          Haven't been here for ages....

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                          • #14
                            Culturally speaking, wouldn't he need to give a gift in return?
                            "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
                            "Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
                            2004 Presidential Candidate
                            2008 Presidential Candidate (for what its worth)

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