March 16, 2022

Pootie-Poot on the Prowl: V. Putin Takes Center Stage

52 minutes

EPISODE 54 | Pootie-Poot on the Prowl: V. Putin Takes Center Stage

Many see parallels between Putin's invasion of Ukraine and Hitler's of Poland in 1939. Other see echoes of Stalin in today's Russian leader. But maybe we need to go back further, to Napoleon, to see what's up with this guy. Here's a look at "Little Boney", as British satire of Napoleon had it, and "Pootie-Poot", which was George W. Bush's nickname for Putin, as well as what's going on, how it's really all the same playbook, conspiracy theories about the Russo-Ukraine War and more.

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SECTIONS

02:27 - Little Boney - A quick look at Napoleon Bonaparte

07:13 - Pootie-Poot - Putin as PM, President, President, PM

14:59 - A President's Castle Is HIs Armour - President, President (plus President x2 a-comin')

25:10 - So, What's Up with this Guy? - Contradictory assessments; Communist, Fascist, Ataman

32:48 - Weaponizing Information - The Firehose of Falsehood

36:44 -Wag the dog, anti-Semitism, the Khazars return?, QAnon, the Zorro Squad, Armageddon and more

47:48 - 5 scenarios on how the war in Ukraine might end

Music by Fanette Ronjat

More Info:

22 Nicknames for Napoleon

Vladimir Putin page on RationalWiki

Putinism and Bonapartism: The Ten Resemblances by Marcel H. van Herpen

Why has Putin's Napoleonic 'cold charisma' made him so popular in Russia?

Was Napoleon Short?

Blog by professor Mark van Vugt on Putin and Napoleon Complex

Psychology Today article on Putin and Napoleon Complex

Putin on the Couch on Politico

Is Russia repeating mistakes of past wars in Ukraine? on Al Jazeera

The Russian "Firehose of Falsehood" Propaganda Model - the Rand Corporation

China's promotion of Russian disinformation indicates where its loyalties lie on CNN

Fabricated videos about Ukraine Invasion CNN video

Conspiracy Theorists Move To Ukraine Crisis After Covid Disinformation

How to spot false posts from Ukraine

Analysis: Russia and QAnon have the same false conspiracy theory about Ukraine

Article on the letter Z becoming a pro-war symbol

Gymnast Ivan Kuliak in trouble for wearing "Z"

Ukrainians Tell Stories of Divine Intervention from the Battlefield

Ukraine: How might the war end? Five scenarios on BBC

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